Hi guys.
Have cable broadband connected to CCR1009-7G-1C-1S+PC. Now thinking about the possibility to get cellular backup from any 4G provider.
I see a device R11e-LTE6 PCIe card that might be installed on CCR1009-7G-1C-1S+PC and CCR1009-7G-1C-1S+PC has a SIM card slot (smart card(mini-sim)). I can’t find too many documentation on router peripherals so I’m not sure if this SIM card can be used for cellular connectivity or it just a smart card for authentication, can R11e-LTE6 PCIe card to be installed as I don’t see any holes to install antennas. Is going to work or no?
If no could you advise any other way.
Thanks in advance.
Yes it has a SIM card slot, but I am not aware that it has a PCIe slot where you could install the R11e-LTE6. Where did you find that information?
The SIM card slot on the CCR routers is afaik only used to store certificates for encryption protocols, and even that seems seldomly used and difficult to get working.
R11e-LTE6
The R11e-LTE6 is an LTE CAT6 modem that delivers
up to 300 Mbps downlink and 50 Mbps uplink
data rate with 3G and 2G network fallback. CAT6
also features carrier aggregation and allows the
device to use multiple bands at the same time.
This miniPCIe form factor modem is designed for
international bands.
It can be used with any of our products that have
miniPCIe slot (exceptions RB800 and RB4011).
This is from device description. So my thought was if those two are excepted so the one mentioned by me should have PCIe slot. But my thought might be wrong 
No, I think you interpret it wrong. “It can be used with any of our products that have miniPCIe slot”. But CCR1009 does not have it.
Products RB800 and RB4011 do have miniPCIe slot, but still it cannot be used in those.
The CCR1009 has USB. You can use a 4G USB stick (not every model, but there are some that work OK).
From another thread in May 2019
I got a reply from @support:
Unfortunately, we cannot recommend any Smart Card for use in MikroTik devices.
The Smart Card support in RouterOS requires significant rebuild and currently it is on hold due to higher priority projects.
My question for MT staff, nowhere can I find the purpose of the miniSIM smart card slot??
When you are fixing the slot software will it include the possibility of adding a 4g/5g card for WAN input??
Is the USB usable for 4g/5g products for WAN input?
Thanks a mill.
Thanks a mill.
If you need a celular solution, choose any LTE solution provided by MikroTik.
Regards.