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LTE Connection On MESHdesk and APdesk
Introduction
- There are three technologies to choose from when connecting an Access Point to the Internet.
- Ethernet
- Wifi
- LTE/4G
- MESHDesk and APdesk supports all of them.
- This page will cover LTE.
LTE modem in OpenWrt
- You will need a modem that supports the qmi protocol.
- The modem will typically be a pcie card modem or a USB dongle.
- You can get more information on the hardware and packages to include with OpenWrt from this page: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wan/wwan/ltedongle
- We assume you installed all the required packages as listed in the link above.
- These packages can also be included with pre-compiled firmware.
- The intention of this page is to get your Access Point working with LTE on MESHdesk and APdesk.
- There is a dedicated technical page for more in dept discussions on LTE
Getting Started
- When we want the Access Point to use Wifi or LTE to connect to the Internet we need to do a once off action for it to get the Wifi or LTE settings from the server.
- The server is the authoritative source of these configuration settings.
- The once off action will require a WAN connection (Ethernet Cable) for the Access Point.
- When the Access Point shows up under the Unknown network devices you can then attach it to either a Mesh or AP Profile.
- When you supply the info for attaching the Access Point there the Internet Connect option that allows you to choose LTE/4G.