Innbox V51 3G Compatibility

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kiwicam

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#216593 4-Jul-2017 14:23

Hi,

I have a Innbox V51 here and I'm trying to setup the 3G WAN link on it. The documentation and support for this seems to be almost non-existent. Does anyone know any 3G/4G(?) USB modems that they know to be compatible?

I'm kind of expecting to have to crawl through TradeMe to find some old device that isn't manufactured anymore.

Cameron

chevrolux

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#1812914 4-Jul-2017 21:59

Have a look and see what the Netcomm NF4V supports. Same chipset. Although I guess drivers are the issue with 3G modems so might depend what has been packaged in the Innbox firmware - then again, that's basically the same as the Netcomm version too.

kiwicam

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#1813116 5-Jul-2017 11:07

That's a great suggestion, thanks. Unfortunately the NF4V documentation only discusses using the USB ports for Storage/DLNA. It looks like the NF4V doesn't support a 3G connection.

I also can't find information on what chipset they have to find alternative compatibility lists. @chevrolux Do you know the chipset they have?

kiwicam

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#1852009 24-Aug-2017 16:18

For anyone else's reference I thought I should follow up on this. I got in touch with ConnectPlay who are the NZ Innbox resellers. Their response was:

"We don’t have a list of capable USB but in the past Any Huawei 3G dongle worked just fine.

These were dongles from Vodafone or Spark.

Any Huawei 3G Dongle should work ."

So I started grabbing Huawei Dongles as they "should work"... they didn't all work:

Huawei E8372 - DID NOT WORK
Huawei E303 - DID NOT WORK
Huawei E220 - WORKED!

Hopefully this can save someone else wasting money on devices that don't work.