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Building an LTE Access Point with OpenWRT Rooter

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Re: Building an LTE Access Point with OpenWRT Rooter

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Post by hinkley »

javier2 wrote: post #8
Bucephalus355 wrote: post #2

I believe GL iNET already sells something similar too: https://www.gl-inet.com/

I love this, but I found their web pages confusing and with too many products. I think they need someone to look at how they express themselves. Can't believe I'm saying this, but it's in need of some simpler, clearer marketing.

Jesus, you ain't kidding. A carousel with 8 slides, each a different product. I'm just starting to absorb what the difference is between the product on tab 3 and the products on 1 & 2 and then I'm looking at product #4.

And if you look at their product page they actually have 11 products and a discontinued section with 10 more products in it.

Half the time I think I want to work for a company of nerds, by nerds, and for nerds.

The other half the time I remember what we think 'marketing material' and 'documentation' looks like and get a little scared about my own judgement.

Re: Building an LTE Access Point with OpenWRT Rooter

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Post by mycall »

Hengjie wrote: post #9

Currently, my ideal setup is GLinet Spitz X750, with the LTE modem swapped out to a MC7455 for maximum compatibility (for mpcie slotted cards) with the world's LTE bands. Then run GoldenOrb's ROOter. The x750 has integrated dual band simu WiFi, and has an integrated slot and pigtails for the modem. Since I travel a lot, I can power this entire thing off of an Anker USB power bank. Today, you can go the route of: 1) O…

I been wanting to try the SDR [0] approach, but knowing OpenWRT can do it is thrilling. What LTE release do they support?

Also, I see ROOTer supports Android devices using tether. I am curious if this is better than PdaNet+

[0] https://github.com/srsLTE/srsLTE

Re: Building an LTE Access Point with OpenWRT Rooter

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Post by [deleted] »

Hengjie wrote: post #9

Currently, my ideal setup is GLinet Spitz X750, with the LTE modem swapped out to a MC7455 for maximum compatibility (for mpcie slotted cards) with the world's LTE bands. Then run GoldenOrb's ROOter. The x750 has integrated dual band simu WiFi, and has an integrated slot and pigtails for the modem. Since I travel a lot, I can power this entire thing off of an Anker USB power bank. Today, you can go the route of: 1) O…

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Re: Building an LTE Access Point with OpenWRT Rooter

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Post by jcims »

Hengjie wrote: post #9

Currently, my ideal setup is GLinet Spitz X750, with the LTE modem swapped out to a MC7455 for maximum compatibility (for mpcie slotted cards) with the world's LTE bands. Then run GoldenOrb's ROOter. The x750 has integrated dual band simu WiFi, and has an integrated slot and pigtails for the modem. Since I travel a lot, I can power this entire thing off of an Anker USB power bank. Today, you can go the route of: 1) O…

Curious how you use this on the road. Is it basically a hotspot?

Re: Building an LTE Access Point with OpenWRT Rooter

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Post by mycall »

sercand wrote: post #6
Bucephalus355 wrote: post #2

I believe GL iNET already sells something similar too: https://www.gl-inet.com/

GL iNET routers are great. The forum and the developers are nice. I think all gl-inet devices’ source code available on github. I recommend it to anyone who wants to hack their router.

Are there third party boaster antennas available for their 4G collection? I use these antennas on my WRT3200ACM and they help.

Re: Building an LTE Access Point with OpenWRT Rooter

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Post by bri3d »

turdnagel wrote: post #17

Noob question: why would you ever want to use this instead of Wifi?

This isn’t in lieu of WiFi - it’s just a DIY WiFi hotspot with an LTE modem attached to it. The title could be read to misleadingly make the device sound like an LTE base station.
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