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RBR50 possibility to add cellular dongle to act as backup
I’m thinking of buying a wifi dongle which has a SIM card inside and plugging it into my rbr50 router to act as a 4G cellular backup for when my wifi drops. Is this possible with this router and what ...
Jamesk811 wrote:
I’m thinking of buying a wifi dongle which has a SIM card inside and plugging it into my rbr50 router to act as a 4G cellular backup for when my wifi drops. Is this possible with this router and what setup steps are required? Thanks heaps in advance
If you are thinking about buying it to plug into the RBR50 USB port, it will not work.
You cold plug the dongle into your PC or laptop USB port and share it with Free WIFI Hotspot or similar software.