[Solved] 4G/5G dongle recommendation?

[Arno]

Hi,

Today I tried to use a Huawei E3372H. No luck
Read online that model has to be flashed (to S version)

Does anyone has a recommendation for a similar dongle that is supported by OPNsense?
It is a failover for DSL. My DSL is down for now.
Posting from a public hotspot.

The Acer D5 Connect Predator does not work because there is not enough power on the USB port.

[pfScrub]

Hi,

Today I tried to use a Huawei E3372H. No luck
Read online that model has to be flashed (to S version)

Does anyone has a recommendation for a similar dongle that is supported by OPNsense?
It is a failover for DSL. My DSL is down for now.
Posting from a public hotspot.

The Acer D5 Connect Predator does not work because there is not enough power on the USB port.

I got a NETGEAR Nighthawk M6 Pro.

https://a.co/d/0dPSKU7p

And have a yuanley unmanaged switch.

https://a.co/d/01d3ax4e

And plug my pfSense and OPNsenses behind that unmanaged switch.

Unfortunately you need a business account at AT&T to get more than 100GB per month, and even if the thing is NBase-T, AT&T caps your bandwidth to 100mbps. Netgear's website says it is capable of 8gbps over the air though.

It dishes out a strict NAT over IPv4, which you can circumvent with a VPN and control your NAT or use its built in UPnP feature, but good luck with that 🫠


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[pfScrub]

Hi,

Today I tried to use a Huawei E3372H. No luck
Read online that model has to be flashed (to S version)

Does anyone has a recommendation for a similar dongle that is supported by OPNsense?
It is a failover for DSL. My DSL is down for now.
Posting from a public hotspot.

The Acer D5 Connect Predator does not work because there is not enough power on the USB port.

I think pfSense has a huawei apllication in its package manager for those cellular cards. You'd either have to port it to OPNsense or switch to pfSense. Not sure what kind of huawei support OPNsense has.


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[Arno]

Thanks for your replies,
The M6 I saw, but for me it's too expensive for only bridging a gap for a month between two DSL providers.

Because it's a temp solution, switching software is not an option now.

[Greg_E]

Would a cheap phone with data fix this for you? You could use USB tether maybe? Just guessing at things I might try.

[Arno]

Solved with a 4G dongle (Alcatel IK41xx).

Configured WAN interface with USB device (ue0) and DHCP.
The WAN IP address is a private IP address of the dongle.
All fine now.

Key was to remove the PIN code from the SIM card.
Can't tell how that was done. That was done by the store where I bought the Sim card.
Something like put SIM in a smartphone and remove the PIN.