MikroTik RB4011 and a mini pci slot

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Hi guys

I got a MikroTik RB4011 (no wireless version) it has a mini pci slot too.

Can this slot be used for antying but a 2.4 wifi mikotik wireless card?


thanks :slight_smile:

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It should works.

Regards.

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For example what do you have in mind? WiFi card will work, but LTE/3G card also needs a SIM slot, which the device doesn’t have.

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For LTE you can use cheap $6 adapter from ebay (search for “ngff to mini pcie 4G sim”) that turns M.2 modem into MiniPCI-E and does have SIM card slot on it. Using it in my notebook with Huawei ME906 and works flawlessly…

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You can buy LTE modules with the SIM holder built in. For example, Glyn sell a Telit based module they make:

https://www.glynstore.com/glyn-mpcie/

Whether you can get that Telit module working in ROS is a whole 'nother story. ROS7 might be fine.

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LTE with built in SIM slot will not work, as the slot only supports PCIe type cards, not USB type cards, so you are limited to WiFi cards here (that RouterOS supports, of course)

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So Normis, this card listed above GLYN MINI PCIE XE910 won’t work with the r4011?

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If there are no USB pins connected, only pci-e, then that GLYN card will not work.
Actually almost all LTE cards communicate over USB, so none will work. As RB4011 doesn’t even have USB connector (WHY? CPU supports it!!!) you are completely out of luck.
In theory you could still get mini pcie card with USB host controller (they exist for ~$10, ebay “mini pcie usb 3.0”) and then plug LTE modem into it (either using USB LTE modem stick or another adapter from M.2 or mini PCI-E to USB).
But this will NOT work with RouterOS because it doesn’t have drivers for NEC USB 3.0 controller that’s on all of these cards. I have tried it on RB800 and ROS could see the USB host controller on the card in PCI list, but no USB driver was loaded for it. It worked when I booted OpenWRT. This is a shame, because adding fast USB 3.0 to RB4011 would actually be quite useful, not just for LTE.