What's the latest state of pfsense and LTE modems?
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I found a wiki page documenting what LTE modems were known to work with pfsense, but I'm assuming the page hasn't been updated in a while because the modems listed were old models.
Does anyone know of a LTE modem that works well with pfsense? I'm looking at a Sierra Wireless EM7565 or EM7511, but I'm open to other at least cat12 modems (can be either miniPCI or M.2)
I know that OpenWRT (and its modem specific twin ROOTer) has good support for LTE modems, but I'd prefer to use pfsense if possible.
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Does it have to be internal? I've worked with external ones and all they need is an Ethernet connection. Externals also give you more flexibility with positioning.
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@GomezAddams said in What's the latest state of pfsense and LTE modems?:
Sierra Wireless EM7565
Sierra Wireless EM7565:
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/136156/sierra-wireless-em7565-not-responding/2 -
@viktor_g said in What's the latest state of pfsense and LTE modems?:
@GomezAddams said in What's the latest state of pfsense and LTE modems?:
Sierra Wireless EM7565
Sierra Wireless EM7565:
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/136156/sierra-wireless-em7565-not-responding/2Thanks! Unless things have changed, it sounds like pfsense is not capable of using MBIM (ethernet-like LTE modem API) and relies on ppp which has pretty severe performance limitations.
On the other hand, that post is two years old - maybe things have changed.
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Unfortunately there isn't (yet) ab MBIM or QMI driver for FreeBSD and hence pfSense.
I would expect the current Sierra devices to work if they present a known USB PID and u3g recogises it. But limited to AT connection interface.
Steve
