Re: [Astlinux-devel] 4G/LTE support by Astlinux on PC Engines APU

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Looks like they register as USB serial devices that require the old school AT command settings followed by a PPP session.  Not something I’m personally interested in digging through ATM.

Does this approach save much money ?  The Netgear LB1120 vs. a mini pcie card and antenna ... plus you have to locate the APU3 for good signal.

BTW, there appear a few of these modems register as usb ethernet devices, that would be far more straight-forward to support, not sure if any are mini-pcie or not ... of course cell carrier support is also needed.

Lonnie


> On Dec 27, 2018, at 8:06 PM, Michael Knill <mic...@ip...> wrote:
> 
> I suspect that the best option is the APU3 which is actually targeted for 3G/LTE support with dual SIM slots and antenna connections in the case.
> https://www.pcengines.ch/apu3c2.htm
> https://pcengines.ch/howto.htm#3G
> 
> Working solutions using Voyage Linux and PFSense:
> https://txlab.wordpress.com/2017/05/19/two-lte-modems-with-pc-engines-apu3/
> https://teklager.se/en/knowledge-base/apu-4g-lte-modem-configuration/
> 
> Would be awesome to get working.
> 
> Regards
> Michael Knill
> 
> On 28/12/18, 12:19 pm, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lo...> wrote:
> 
>    Hi Michael,
> 
>> How hard would it be to add 4G support into Astlinux?
> 
>    For the special case of the PC Engines APU2, I'm not sure what form of miniPCI express card works and what kernel support it would require.
> 
>    Do you have a reference ?
> 
>    Lonnie
> 
> 
> 
>> On Dec 27, 2018, at 7:20 PM, Michael Knill <mic...@ip...> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Devs
>> 
>> I know this has been sort of discussed before however I intend on pretty much providing 4G backup on all my new installs and would love an all in one Astlinux solution.
>> Yes I can get separate devices but consider a pretty standard install:
>>    • 1 x VDSL Modem
>>    • 1 x Astlinux Appliance
>>    • 1 x WAP
>>    • 1 x 4G router
>> 
>> Its all a bit overkill when you can buy a single device to do all the above (from a network perspective obviously).
>> I could maybe combine the 4G and WAP functionality on a single device if I could do something funky with VLAN’s to split the functionality.
>> 
>> How hard would it be to add 4G support into Astlinux?
>> 
>> Regards
>> Michael Knill
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