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#267903 17-Feb-2020 14:53
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Hi anyone had experience changing the inbuilt modem in the wAP LTE kit or the Audience LTE6 kit neither support B28!!!! - Got a project in the countryside but without B28 support I am not going to get very far!





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  #2422499 17-Feb-2020 15:13
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I've never actually bothered opening one up... but I assume the LTE is just standard mini-PCIe? Then it would just be uFL connectors for the antenna?


I do know that you just have to undo one screw at the base and then the board slides out of the case.


Edit: just pick a card that Mikrotik supports obviously.



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  #2422507 17-Feb-2020 15:22
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Yes, I've done it with a Seirra Wireless card and the big no-modem Mikrotik antenna kit. I have not installed long-term yet.




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  #2422509 17-Feb-2020 15:24
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chevrolux:

 

I've never actually bothered opening one up... but I assume the LTE is just standard mini-PCIe? Then it would just be uFL connectors for the antenna?

 

 

 

I do know that you just have to undo one screw at the base and then the board slides out of the case.

 


Edit: just pick a card that Mikrotik supports obviously.

 

Yeah its mini-PCIe, am looking at this list of cards on the supported list to find one that supports B28 there are slim pickings





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  #2422510 17-Feb-2020 15:25
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coffeebaron: Yes, I've done it with a Seirra Wireless card and the big no-modem Mikrotik antenna kit. I have not installed long-term yet.

 

what model card did you use? and where did you buy it from?

 

I am dumbfounded that the kits are sold in NZ with no B28 support





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  #2422852 18-Feb-2020 08:05
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I've used a Quectel EC25-AU.

 

 

 

https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Cellular_Quectel_modems_01

 

 

 

Also it looks as though there is some new MikroTik hardware on the horizon with B28 support.


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  #2422857 18-Feb-2020 08:19
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  #2422873 18-Feb-2020 08:43
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coffeebaron:

 

https://www.gowifi.co.nz/lte/mc7430.html 

 

 

 

 

Thank you! This looks like it will do the trick





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