LTE 4G USB dongle into computer for Internet
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Hi,
I'm moving to LTE 4G USB dongle for Internet for a smart home.
pfSense has been running virtualised for years from the cable modem's Ethernet cable into the computer's LAN port.Not sure what needs changing on the virtualised pfSense to receive the USB dongle's LTE 4G Internet?
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In case You need really good internet connectivity (no matter pfSense running in VM or on a separate appliance), better to using good 4G LTE modem (excellent well-reputable MikroTik RBM33G, with two miniPCIe and One USB for 3G/LTE modem) with EXTERNAL antenna.
And as good bonus to this, You receive good Wi-Fi spot (MikroTik RBM33G have miniPCIe slot for 802.11 wireless card).Your 4G LTE usb dongle (as all others USB dongles) get You unstable link with a lot of jitter and big latency, even packet lost.
So You may doing choice: good and stable connect OR playing with hardware. :)
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Wow, that looks like 3 SIM ports?
So, this would mean the network topology would have 11 points of connection (2 more than my idea):
Internet > SIM card > RBM33G > RBM33G Lan port > Ethernet cable > host computer's WAN port > virtualised pfSense > host computer's LAN port > Ethernet cable > 24-port Switch > Wi-Fi APs.I thought with an LTE Dongle with 9 points of connection might be better:
Internet > SIM card > LTE USB Dongle > host computer's USB port > virtualised pfSense > host computer's LAN port > Ethernet cable > 24-port Switch > Wi-Fi APs.Do you still think your idea is better?
How much? 0 results with Australian retailers https://shop.myport.com.au/mikrotik/ ?Internet will be solely for SmartHome devices I'm buying.
No streaming or other Internet use.
I use my mobile phone's hotspot for general Internet usage. -
@eiger3970 said in LTE 4G USB dongle into computer for Internet:
Wow, that looks like 3 SIM ports?
So, this would mean the network topology would have 11 points of connection (2 more than my idea):
Internet > SIM card > RBM33G > RBM33G Lan port > Ethernet cable > host computer's WAN port > virtualised pfSense > host computer's LAN port > Ethernet cable > 24-port Switch > Wi-Fi APs.I thought with an LTE Dongle with 9 points of connection might be better:
Internet > SIM card > LTE USB Dongle > host computer's USB port > virtualised pfSense > host computer's LAN port > Ethernet cable > 24-port Switch > Wi-Fi APs.Do you still think your idea is better?
Strongly sure. Because “dongle” is a toy. Mtik - bulletproof quality.
Please read documentation and technical specifications about how LTE network working :)How much? 0 results with Australian retailers https://shop.myport.com.au/mikrotik/ ?
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Just by from official page.Internet will be solely for SmartHome devices I'm buying.
No streaming or other Internet use.
I use my mobile phone's hotspot for general Internet usage.
Hm, You are right in case Your smarthome- have no survivalence cameras to which a You need access;
- have no climatcontrol system to which You need access;
- have no distance door locks which You need to control.
and have only smartfrigde, smart TVs;)
But I am pretty sure after You start with great internet speed, Your needs grow very fast ;)
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And You need better hardware to run pfSense, and official pfSense install (in another post I see that You have amazingly old 8(
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Thanks, if I can buy one of these, I'll do that.
I use a virtual pfSense router these days on the following hardware:
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product: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1220 v3 @ 3.10GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@0
size: 3485MHz
capacity: 3500MHz
width: 64 bits
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 111.8G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 1007K 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 111.8G 0 part
└─sda9 8:9 0 8M 0 part
sdb 8:16 0 111.8G 0 disk
├─sdb1 8:17 0 1007K 0 part
├─sdb2 8:18 0 111.8G 0 part
└─sdb9 8:25 0 8M 0 part
sdc 8:32 0 111.8G 0 disk
├─sdc1 8:33 0 1007K 0 part
├─sdc2 8:34 0 111.8G 0 part
└─sdc9 8:41 0 8M 0 part
sdd 8:48 0 111.8G 0 disk
├─sdd1 8:49 0 1007K 0 part
├─sdd2 8:50 0 111.8G 0 part
└─sdd9 8:57 0 8M 0 part
zd0 230:0 0 8G 0 disk [SWAP]
zd16 230:16 0 30G 0 disk
zd32 230:32 0 50G 0 disk
├─zd32p1 230:33 0 1G 0 part
└─zd32p2 230:34 0 49G 0 part
zd48 230:48 0 30G 0 disk
zd64 230:64 0 8G 0 disk
├─zd64p1 230:65 0 8G 0 part
└─zd64p5 230:69 0 410M 0 part
zd80 230:80 0 50G 0 disk
├─zd80p1 230:81 0 1G 0 part
└─zd80p2 230:82 0 49G 0 part
zd96 230:96 0 30G 0 disk
zd112 230:112 0 30G 0 disk
zd128 230:128 0 30G 0 disk
zd144 230:144 0 20G 0 disk
├─zd144p1 230:145 0 102M 0 part
└─zd144p2 230:146 0 19.9G 0 partdmidecode 2.12
SMBIOS 2.7 present.
Handle 0x0041, DMI type 16, 23 bytes
Physical Memory Array
Location: System Board Or Motherboard
Use: System Memory
Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
Maximum Capacity: 32 GB
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Number Of Devices: 4[/code]
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May be I make wrong decision. hardware are very well for pfSenece using even You would have 100mb IN/100mb OUT. :)
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Thanks for your suggestions, have some fries
Okay
, so tried the MikroTik LTE modem, but too expensive and I will use an old iPhone hotspot via USB. I use an iPhone hotspot via USB for my computer browsing and it is fast enough for streaming.The pfSense VM router will route no streaming, only Home Assistant traffic, which I estimate to be minimal.
If I grow, I'll move back to an LTE dedicated modem.So, the question remains:
USB setup on the Hypervisor Proxmox server to connect to the VM pfSense router?Hypervisor has:
WAN Eth0 Ethernet port.
LAN Eth1 Ethernet port.
VM pfSense router has:
Net0=vmbr0 connected to Eth0.
Net1=vmbr1 connected to Eth1.So, add a USB port connection somehow in Proxmox or configure something in pfSense?
Here's my current network topology:
Here's my planned topology:
