<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dick Smith / Kogan has it online for $169:<div class=""><a href="https://www.dicksmith.com.au/da/buy/netgear-4g-lte-modem-lb2120-100aus-netgear/" class="">https://www.dicksmith.com.au/da/buy/netgear-4g-lte-modem-lb2120-100aus-netgear/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">JB in the CBD were unable to match it but were happy to go down to $171.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A word from the wise, if you do head into the city store - you want the Enex 100 JB HiFi.</div><div class="">(Not one of the 2 other JB HiFi within 200m of that one… go figure).<br class=""><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">- Will Dowling<br class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=""></div></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 8 Aug 2018, at 8:59 pm, Gregory Orange <<a href="mailto:home@oranges.id.au" class="">home@oranges.id.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Brilliant! Nice price too. I might get some advice on getting the<br class="">price match once I've tested the loaner in a few weeks. Where did you<br class="">find that price?<br class="">On Wed, 8 Aug 2018 at 20:09, Will Dowling <<a href="mailto:will@autodeist.com" class="">will@autodeist.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">Quick followup, I picked up one of the LB2120s yesterday - JB HiFi matched it down to $171.<br class="">Popped in my MBB SIM and it worked a charm, straight out of the box without any configuration.<br class=""><br class="">It even looks to have a bridge mode - which I haven’t tried yet but sounds useful.<br class=""><br class="">A++ would recommend if you end up having to buy something.<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">- Will Dowling<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">On 6 Aug 2018, at 1:16 pm, Will Dowling <<a href="mailto:will@autodeist.com" class="">will@autodeist.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Hi<br class=""><br class="">Someone recently recommended me the Netgear LTE modems here (specifically the LB2120):<br class=""><a href="https://www.netgear.com/home/products/mobile-broadband/lte-modems/" class="">https://www.netgear.com/home/products/mobile-broadband/lte-modems/</a><br class=""><br class="">These weren’t around the last time I looked (a few years ago), but are exactly what I was after.<br class="">Picking one up this week, will let you know how it works out.<br class=""><br class="">I’ve also used the Dovado routers before, which have pretty good support for modern USB devices.<br class="">But it’s not an all-in-one solution like the above.<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">- Will Dowling<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">On 6 Aug 2018, at 12:51 pm, Kevin Shackleton <krshackleton@gmail.com> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">You could look at Cybertec industrial modems, up around $2k per unit.<br class=""><br class="">http://www.madisontech.com.au/cybertec-4g-lte-router/<br class=""><br class="">We use these industrially. They go for ever.<br class=""><br class="">Kevin<br class=""><br class="">On 6 August 2018 at 12:18, Paul Del <p@delfante.it> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">Hey Gregory<br class=""><br class="">Yeah i haven't found any of the main vendors that do a really solid 4G router modem<br class="">a 4G stick which isn't always the best. Most of what you can buy seams to be geared towards the enterprise market especially if you want an embedded sim card slot<br class=""><br class="">At least nothing at least in the sub $500 range.<br class="">I use the peplink.com stuff and bought it from a supplier last year but it's about $700 with two 4GX sim card slots.<br class=""><br class="">Cheers Paul<br class=""><br class="">On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 12:00 PM, <plug-request@plug.org.au> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">Send plug mailing list submissions to<br class=""> plug@plug.org.au<br class=""><br class="">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br class=""> http://lists.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug<br class="">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br class=""> plug-request@plug.org.au<br class=""><br class="">You can reach the person managing the list at<br class=""> plug-owner@plug.org.au<br class=""><br class="">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br class="">than "Re: Contents of plug digest..."<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Today's Topics:<br class=""><br class=""> 1. 4G modem advice (Gregory Orange)<br class=""> 2. Re: 4G modem advice (Dean Bergin)<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">----------------------------------------------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Message: 1<br class="">Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2018 22:10:34 +0800<br class="">From: Gregory Orange <home@oranges.id.au><br class="">To: plug <plug@plug.org.au><br class="">Subject: [plug] 4G modem advice<br class="">Message-ID:<br class=""> <CA+fcqkZyDgMv_oFcqXs9y6M9sJEZApLzFyC=j0b7Bv-5syvqRQ@mail.gmail.com><br class="">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br class=""><br class="">Hi everyone,<br class="">Does anyone use 4G modems? I'd like to get one for the Telstra network<br class="">(Boost actually), but I don't know how many are available or how to compare<br class="">them. I've come across this one on clearance sale and wonder if it's any<br class="">good:<br class="">https://www.harveynorman.com.au/d-link-wireless-n300-multi-wan-router.html<br class=""><br class="">Any thoughts? Better options?<br class=""><br class="">Thanks,<br class="">Greg.<br class=""><br class="">--<br class="">Gregory Orange<br class="">-------------- next part --------------<br class="">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br class="">URL: <http://lists.plug.org.au/pipermail/plug/attachments/20180805/180cc893/attachment-0001.html><br class=""><br class="">------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Message: 2<br class="">Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 10:53:58 +0800<br class="">From: Dean Bergin <dean.bergin@gmail.com><br class="">To: Gregory Orange <home@oranges.id.au><br class="">Cc: plug <plug@plug.org.au><br class="">Subject: Re: [plug] 4G modem advice<br class="">Message-ID:<br class=""> <CACCjKfTUxxqGN3w+hxjnkzGn1kYD_6ezBJ1RZHarZ9Z+GY3wAw@mail.gmail.com><br class="">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br class=""><br class="">Hello Gregory,<br class=""><br class="">They seem to be for a niche market like remote branch office that requires<br class="">backup internet and/or SDWAN.<br class=""><br class="">Problem is, consumer grade products tend to either poorly implement or<br class="">restrict SDWAN capability.<br class=""><br class="">There are other ways to get backup cellular/mobile broadband internet by<br class="">using a phone with USB or wireless tethering. Some of which may involve<br class="">some DIY.<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">On Sun., 5 Aug. 2018, 22:11 Gregory Orange, <home@oranges.id.au> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Hi everyone,<br class="">Does anyone use 4G modems? I'd like to get one for the Telstra network<br class="">(Boost actually), but I don't know how many are available or how to compare<br class="">them. I've come across this one on clearance sale and wonder if it's any<br class="">good:<br class="">https://www.harveynorman.com.au/d-link-wireless-n300-multi-wan-router.html<br class=""><br class="">Any thoughts? 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