3g/4g internet -> wired router?

[willisan]

I'm setting up a dvr system to monitor a remote location. There is no power or net on site, and now I am working on the net part. I see some 3g routers online, but anyone I talk to at Verizon or Sprint has no idea.

I am looking to use one of the Mifi's I have to connect to a router to provide an ethernet port (for the dvr.) I've read you can do this, but have any of you guys done this successfully?

 

[Ronnie Dobbs]

cradlepoint

 

[godswill]

How will you do this with no power?

 

[willisan]

Yeah I've been looking at those online but wasn't sure if it still needed a 3g modem attached to it or they were standalone.

Which 3G/4G Mobile Broadband Router is Best for Me? : 3Gstore.com, 3G/4G Routers, Antennas, Amplifiers, WiFi, Verizon & Sprint Data Cards

Looks like they still require a modem. I was also thinking of using a mifi to a router in wireless bridge mode.

 

[godswill]

I've used one of these..

D-Link 3G Mobile Wireless Router (DIR-412) : Wireless N Routers - Best Buy Canada

Plug your 3g USB stick into and it acts like a router/wifi point, etc.

however with no power....

 

[willisan]

How will you do this with no power?

It is just for a few weeks until temp line gets dropped in, but I have a small ultra quiet honda gas generator. It can run about 7 hours on a gallon of fuel. I figured geny-> battery backup, so the system will stay running when it is turned off to refuel.

As for noise, we will either build a container for it, modify a jobbox or keep it in a vented trailer.

 

[godswill]

It is just for a few weeks until temp line gets dropped in, but I have a small ultra quiet honda gas generator. It can run about 7 hours on a gallon of fuel. I figured geny-> battery backup, so the system will stay running when it is turned off to refuel.

As for noise, we will either build a container for it, modify a jobbox or keep it in a vented trailer.

That'll work .. just make sure and run a decent UPS off of the generator

 

[Vlasic]

You can pretty easily get a wireless router that supports dd-wrt or tomato and set it up as a wireless access point. Or you can just get a native wireless access point.

 

[Mitchdubai]

Is this "remote location" anywhere near a ladies bathroom?

 

[MC Hamster]

there's 3g modems/routers out there with built-in ethernet ports, just like you'd get in a DSL system.

Huawei E960, for example.

Though if you're out in the boonies without a particularly great signal, you might want to add a high-gain, external antenna to it.

 

[willisan]

Yeah Vlassic, I've read people saying you can do that, just that some had trouble with keeping the connection up. I will try that tonight with some spare stuff I have.


If ladies want to pee behind a pile of steel beams and construction equipment, I guess you could say Yes


It's in a city, so strong 3g/possible 4g

Yeah MC, I could dig something like that too, but when I've called Sprint or verizon to see if I could activate one of these, they have no clue.