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Zucca:
Storm Helene passed away and taught me a lesson: I need a WAN failover to 4G 5G Mobile Network.

I started to do my homework, and it looks like 5G modem are too $$$...

Anyway just curious to know what do you use to backup your primary ISP WAN connection.

Thanks in advance.

Whales:
Your best mobile broadband modem option in terms of:
* Price to radio quality (by a big margin)
* Being regularly tested
* Being directly on hand
... is a mobile phone in tether/hotspot mode.

If your home wifi router is any good then it can be set to client ("station") mode rather than access-point (AP) mode, connect to your phone's wifi AP and use that as the WAN.  Then every device plugged into the network in your house will go through your phone's hotspot.

If your home wifi router can't do this then I'd recommend grabbing a device that supports OpenWRT and learning to play with that.  It can do pretty much anything and will be much more reliable than most SOHO routers (I have some OpenWRT devices with more than a year's uptime, I only have to reboot them for updates).

Postal2:

--- Quote from: Zucca on October 06, 2024, 03:48:30 am ---... it looks like 5G modem are too $$$... ...

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I use ADSL and USB-tethering. Tethering is supported automatically and immediately on any system, including Windows XP. Nothing needs to be configured, just connect the phone via USB (photo).

Some old phones, such as Nokia with 3G, actually connect as a real modem and require a driver, but the connection is the same as through a regular modem 20 years ago.
Old phones that emulate a real modem (with ATDT*99#) are natively supported in Windows 98.

RoGeorge:
In case of a hurricane or alike bad weather, mobile networks won't work either.  Though, hurricanes in Italy are highly unlikely.  Anyways, instead of a 4G/5G modem, better look for a Starlink receiver.

Another thing, where I live I can just use the mobile phone to get 4G/5G Internet access, and/or share that with a laptop/PC if needed.

Zucca:
I live in USA. The mobile towers were the only access to internet after the hurricane.
It must have a ETH port, so my pfsense box will do the magic.


[https://www.t-mobile.com/home-internet/plans/5g-backup-internet-options]


Looks good to me, only downside are some NAT layers and the 130GB data cap.
Hard to beat for $35 one time fee and $20/month.
Yes my area has good Tmobile 5G coverage.

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