Backup 5G/LTE router

[Diesal]

Hey all,

I've been mulling over this for some time, but I think it's time to get a backup connection (I still WFH, and Vumatel love having random outages on occasion)

I recall back when Rain started that the B618 was great, is this still the case?
or what are the other offerings?


PS. The idea is that I'll connect the modem to my MikroTik setup that will/should automatically switch over, when it detects the FTTH connection is down, since I bypassed my CPE...

 

[Retro1337]

I'm still using my old Huawei B252 with MTN LTE-A through vox and surprisingly pushing 100-150 mbps as a backup

It's not as simple on a mikrotik - you would need to use scripting or netwatch to do your failover checking. Unless you looking to do a manual failover scenario.

 

[Diesal]

It's not as simple on a mikrotik - you would need to use scripting or netwatch to do your failover checking. Unless you looking to do a manual failover scenario.

Thanks, but believe it or not I had it working at one stage when I was still on ADSL, but for the life of me I can't remember what I did (nor can I find anything in my backup configs), will have to have a look over the weekend.

 

[Mzezman]

Thanks, but believe it or not I had it working at one stage when I was still on ADSL, but for the life of me I can't remember what I did (nor can I find anything in my backup configs), will have to have a look over the weekend.

Check the MikroTik thread for examples of how others have done it

 

[ByronLapan]

These will work.

 

[Diesal]

Quick update here, I got a used B618 and it's okay, not as fast as I remembered (maybe that's just the network ), but as a backup it'll do.

I did a quick test on my MikroTik and if I manually add the 2nd route, with a higher distance, and disable my primary route (it's set to ping the gateway, which is going to be my ISP, since I bypassed the Vuma CPE)



Fail-over and recovery is automatic, assuming it's a Vuma issue and the physical connection dies...