OT: Ethernet to wireless converts

[Bret Busby]

On 16/04/2019, Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
> On 16/04/2019, Phil <phil_lor at bigpond.com> wrote:
>> > I'll be losing my landline soon and will only have access to the
>> > Internet via the mobile phone network. I have a video recorder that
>> > gets it's programme guide via an Ethernet connection. So what I
>> > need is an Ethernet to wireless converter.
>> > [...]
>> > Also, I have some other devices that are networked to my router via
>> > Ethernet cables, the printer is one. I assume that the network will
>> > still function without an Internet connection. I cannot confirm
>> > that my network will still work by simply pulling out the phone
>> > line plug because the router automatically falls back to a mobile
>> > phone network connection.
>
> Isn't that EXACTLY what you want and EXACTLY how to test it? Pull the
> plug, let it fall back to the mobile connection, check that your
> ethernet-connected devices still work. They should.
>
> Your network WILL continue to work locally even in the absence of any
> Internet connection, except that (obviously) you will not be able to
> connect to anything outside your local network. If you really want to
> test it, just pop the SIM out of your router (or pull the 3G/4G dongle
> if that's what the fallback uses).
>
> If you use IPv6, you get a prefix dynamically allocated to you, AND
> Internet access is interrupted for long enough, devices on your local
> link may lose their global unicast addresses. I suspect if that sort of
> problem is likely to affect you, you probably already know how to deal
> with it.
>
> I'm not sure from your description where you think wireless comes in.
> Mobile phone connections such as your router's fallback are often
> called "fixed wireless", but they have nothing to do with wifi.
>
> If you have any wifi-connected devices working now - such as (probably)
> tablets, laptops or phones - then you do not need any new equipment.
> Your router will continue to provide wifi as it does now. This does not
> depend on ethernet access either.
>
> Regards, K.
>
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I had not properly read the second paragraph of the original post.

>From what is stated in that paragraph, I think Karl pretty much sums
it up - the original poster seems to already have all of the equipment
- the modem/router appears to be like the one I suggested - a 4G
modem/router that also can connect to wired broadband (in Australia,
the No B#@@%y Network), but, as Karl said, from the description of the
original poster, simply disconnect the modem/router from the NBN, and,
let it fly.

I am in the process of abandoning the NBN, to switch to 4G for
Internet access, but the first 4g modem/router that I tried (which is
at present, being used as only a wifi router) gave me speeds at ADSL2
levels, at best - speed test results 2-6Mbps (speedtest from
ozspeedtest.com), while my phone as a wifi hotspot, gave me speedtest
results of around 20Mbps; about the same as the best I got from the
NBN (when I could achieve connection to the NBN)

The first 4G modem/router that I tried, has 4 ethernet LAN sockets and
a WLAN socket (via which, it is connected to the NBN modem/router), in
addition to wifi, and, the TP-Link one also has both LAN and WLAN
ethernet sockets and wifi, so if the original poster has similar
functionality in his modem/router, he should have everything he needs,
other than the action of simply disconnecting it from the NBN (?),
and, letting it fly, through 4G.

At present, until I get a new SIM card for the new 4G modem/router, me
cellphone as a wifi hotspot, is the only stable and reliable access to
the Internet

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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