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wattsy
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2 3G modems

Fri Jul 22, 2011 12:08 pm

Hi everyone
Just a quick question. I was wondering if any has tried hooking up 2 3G modems to a rb433uah router board.
I wanted to do this so I could share the bandwidth of both modems to a wireless AP.
Much thanks for any ideas or comments in advance.
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Re: 2 3G modems

Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:27 am

Do you have 3G modems/routers with ethernet ports?

If you do, set them up as follow for equal cost routing (not the best way to use multiple WAN links, but a good place to start):

3G router #1:
Ethernet IP: 192.168.254.1, 255.255.255.0
Enable NAT
Plug into ether1 of Routerboard

3G router #2:
Ethernet IP: 192.168.255.1, 255.255.255.0
Enable NAT
Plug into ether2 of Routerboard

ROUTERBOARD:
IP on ether1: 192.168.254.2/24
/ip address add address=192.168.254.2/24 interface=ether1
IP on ether2: 192.168.255.2/24
/ip address add address=192.168.255.2/24 interface=ether2
Use both 3G routers as DNS
/ip dns set servers=192.168.254.1,192.168.255.1 allow-remote-requests=yes
Set up equal cost (load balancing) default gateway
/ip route add dst-address=0.0.0.0/0 gateway=192.168.254.1,192.168.255.1 check-gateway=ping
Set up simple NAT/masquerade rule
/ip firewall nat add chain=srcnat action=masquerade
Then configure the LAN/WLAN IP, DCHP and other.
 
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Re: 2 3G modems

Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:31 am

Will this work with USB 3G modems as well?
 
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Re: 2 3G modems

Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:30 am

Will this work with USB 3G modems as well?
Not sure. We normally connect ethernet 3G routers (with USB dongle) onto the ethernet ports of a Routerboard.

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