OpenWrt Community and Banana Pi Launch OpenWrt One WiFi 6 Router
OpenWrt Community and Banana Pi Launch OpenWrt One WiFi 6 Router
The OpenWrt One WiFi 6 router by Banana Pi has recently completed its journey from the first announcement in January 2024, through sampling in April, and is now available for retail to end-users. The OpenWrt One is the first board designed by Banana Pi in collaboration with the OpenWrt open-source c...
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I know it is a silly question, but is it possible to somehow connect with 5G through it? I use mobile connection from my ISP, and recently they added 5G options which work through my phone with a SIM already. However I can't find any legit looking 5G routers, only LTE.
Depending on where you are from there are probably a few options. Here in America the cheapest way into 5G would be something like a inseego m2000/2100 which run under a $100 used. They can be reprogrammed for a fee on ebay to bypass carrier QoS and speed limits/throttling. They are also older and don’t support latest bands/speeds.
Second suggestion is an iPhone SE (2022) as it is 5G(supporting a large number of bands), esim and regular sim (with dual standby so both active, and data switching so fail-over built-in), and is supported well by openwrt via usb (you just have to make sure you have the packages installed). They retail for $430, but new ones are often $200 with prepaid line deals, and is under $200 on ebay used.
Third option that may be more plug and play for your setup is to take just about any android >= 11 with 5G and USB-C and connect a usb-c to ethernet adapter. I can’t speak to how reliable it is long term but you should be able to just plug in the adapter to the phone and enable ethernet tethering and connect the ethernet portion to your WAN port.
Thank you for the advice! As far as I can tell, the android phone solution is extremely cost effective compared to prices of the dedicated solutions. It's also one that I can actually test out basically for free, so that's prefect!
Thanks a lot!
Qotom makes some nice mainboards and hardware that accepts a SIM card, but you’ll have to buy a mini-pcie 5G modem to go with it
Any good modems out there known to work with Linux? I've been curious about this and what's available seems targeted to businesses as customers.
No idea, not a problem I’ve had to solve yet
Hey sorry for late reply and its only 4G but i have never seen a distro that couldn’t handle an EC25 out the box absolutely no drivers or prep. White paper
Oh, neat! Thank you!
Thank you for the advice!
No problem!
You do what now? Yes you can use a 5G connection with it, I don't believe it has a modem which is what I think you need to replace. Most likely you'd have to call your ISP and register a new modem anyway Sierra Wireless Cradle point Etc. Probably something you'd have to be on a business account to do though. I would buy a cheap 5G Android phone and Root and Magisk then dialup using tether in openwrt
Thank you for the advice!