[ILUG] OT: Mobile Broadband Router for home lan. Right Track?

[Niall O Broin]

On 1 Nov 2011, at 13:33, Frank Murphy wrote:
> 
> Very happy with my upc internet.
> But occasionally it does go off for hours on end.
> 
> As I have a mobile broadband stick,
> would like to be able detatchto just,
> move my  Negear cat5 from the upc modem\router,
> to something,
> so all my settings don't have to be re-invented\inserted.
> 
> Came across:
> http://commsoft.ie/shop/3gn.php
> 
> Am I on the right track,
> as it seems to be able to take a stick modem.

That looks like it will work, provided you have a supported modem, and of course reasonable service, though you may have to switch your UPC router into gateway mode, if you have one of the newer Cisco devices. If you have the older simple cable modem, it should be plug and play.

Note that if you've a house full of people using your connection, you might want to keep a tight eye on data traffic on 3G.


Niall