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Aspirant

Mar 01, 2017

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R7000 as router, with Internet from 4G mobile phone hotspot

I have a R7000 router connected to a separate simple ADSL modem. The problem is that every now and then the landline internet goes down, and I have a complex port forwarding / VPN security set up...

Hardware

JamesGL
Mar 02, 2017
Hi Paul_R7000,

Please check the R7100LG and see if that answers the setup you want.

https://www.netgear.com/support/product/R7100LG

JamesGL

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Mar 02, 2017

Hi Paul_R7000,

Please check the R7100LG and see if that answers the setup you want.

https://www.netgear.com/support/product/R7100LG

Paul_R7000
Aspirant
Mar 02, 2017
Yep, thats the right one.

Much easier than fiddling with a mobile phone and bridging the hotspot network to the router network - and its automatic too.

Thanks