Question about mobile broadband connection.....

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Tipton
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 18:00    Post subject: Question about mobile broadband connection..... Reply with quote
Greetings everyone!!
I recently purchased a Fibocom FM170 modem in a M.2 to ethernet adaptor board. I could not get this thing to work with my current TP Link Omada set up no matter what I tried. The seller even bought the same router and tested it on his end and also had issues. I tried both automatic DHCP setup and manual with no success. I even tried on two other routers (Netgear R7000 and my R9000) and no joy.

I finally decided to flash the stable version of DD-WRT on my R7000 and give that a try. It would not connect through the DHCP setting but connects right up when I select "Mobile broadband, then my carrier, etc.

My question is what exactly is going on with this mobile broadband connection? How does it work? I don't show a WAN address in the GUI but I'm connected just fine and the R7000 hands out IP's to any connected devices.

Thanks for any info!!
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 18:14    Post subject: Reply with quote
Start with reading the forum guidelines:
https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=324087

This is the wrong forum and there is no such thing as a stable build.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 18:40    Post subject: Re: Question about mobile broadband connection..... Reply with quote
Disregard.....I'll figure something else out. Admins feel free to delete my account.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 19:36    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mobile broadband is for using a USB modem, not the ethernet WAN port. Would be helpful to have more information instead of having to look up details that should already be provided.
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Tipton
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 19:55    Post subject: Reply with quote
dale_gribble39 wrote:
Mobile broadband is for using a USB modem, not the ethernet WAN port.


For the record, it also works with the above mentioned hardware connected via ethernet.
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