NETGEAR LB2120-100EUS 4G LTE Modem with 2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports, Instant Broadband Connection and Automatic 4G LTE/3G Back-Up

Needed one of these as my office was unable to get any broadband installed for a good 6-7 weeks. (A perfect picture of the UKs communication network in 2017)The modem comes unlocked, so threw a 50GB (£30) / month Vodafone 4G Sim card into it and fired it up. We have the modem providing Internet to a LAN of about 15 devices ranging from 3 - 6 computers, and the rest a mobile devices. The LAN is controlled using PfSense (OPNSense) which this is connected to one of the interfaces. Before I did this I had to ensure the device was in Bridge Mode by connecting a computer straight to it and configure it using the web interface. The web interface is easy, literary a few admin pages, nothing too in depth, a good feature it has is the auto fail over from WAN (Broadband connection) to 4G.I did wonder if I would hit the double NAT issue. All UK mobile network operators issue you with a private IP address. Vodafone so far have given us a 192 and a 10 IP addresses so far. Because of this, internally using PfSense I used one of the reserved 172 IP address ranges on the internal LAN which hasn't caused a conflict with a double NAT as yet.A few other points... - You have an option in the web admin to turn off all the lights if you wish. - Gets a little warm but nothing to worry about. - Web admin shows you SMS messages albeit a limit of around 10. - Comes with 1 Cat 5e yellow cable around 1m long. - Shows data usage from a billing date you set - Had to restart it twice in 4 months, not sure why - The 5 signal bars are consistent with a Mobile phone on the same network - Has an option to plug in an external aerial but doesn't come with one - Has a button switch on the side to turn on / off. - If there is no signal lights, your mobile operator has cut you off (not necessary lack of signal) - Has holes underneath so you can wall mount it.One thing to bare in mind (and I learnt the hard way) with Vodafone they allow you by default to go over your monthly allowance and when you do its pants down time. They charge you over £6 / 250Mb. When you approach your monthly limit they do send you SMS messages to the Sim, however only if you monitor the SMS inbox using the web admin pages and ensure its empty (as it only holds around 10 sms messages) you won't know if you have gone over your limit. We racked up around £200 in 3 hours! Make sure with Vodafone or who ever you use, you are aware of this Christmas bonus generator and when you hit your limit it cuts you off rather than get hit with astronomical charges.Would buy again if in the same situation or required a cheap fail over solution. Excellent work around for our situation.

It does were it was designed for. But it laks a) UPNP b) reservered DHCP IP addresses c) USSD messages to update SIM bundles d)It only handles DHCP WAN setup e) Bugs in alert SMS messages f) Does not automatic forwrd WAN adress after failover in bridge mode.The interface is straight forward and easy to use. No difficult settups.

Took this to remote places in India where there is 4g, and I could connect to bbc.co.uk

This is a fantastic piece of kit!

I've used this modem for my home broadband (we're remote) for the last 12 months. It's been reliable EXCEPT the TS9 connectors, which are not to spec and don't fit other TS9 inputs properly. I've bought 3 different TS9 converters to plug in my aerial from various vendors, and they're all seemingly identical, they're just extremely(!) loose in this unit. I can see others have had the same issue elsewhere, and I've had to fit elastic bands around both leads into the back to keep the pressure on.So, beware! Netgear haven't fitted standard TS9 fittings on these units, and I don't know of any external aerial that will actually reliably connect as a result. No support from Netgear themselves, so I'm now having to hunt for an appropriate non-Netgear replacement.

Ricevuto l oggetto nei tempi segnalati e con imballo perfetto.Questo prodotto Netgear e perfetto, di ottima fattura e fa cio che il produttore dichiara.Attualmente sto utilizzando l'apparato con una sim della 3 in un paese dove non vi e il segnale 4G Lte, con segnale ricevuto di 4 tacche su 5 e senza antenne esterne. Le performance sono buone, testando vari speedtest in vari giorni successivi, le velocita sono ha livello di una buona adsl da 7 mb. Ho anche provato delle sim di altri gestori come Vodafone e Tim, in $g, ed in questo caso le velocita sono da banda larga, mediamente 60/70 Mb di velocita. Questo dipende dalla distanza delle antenne dei gestori che nel mio caso sono a non più di 300/400 mt. Ovviamente a tutto cio e influenzato dai costi mensili delle sim che influenzano la scelta in funzione di cio che si desidera e si spende su di una linea fissa.In conclusione, questa soluzione e ottima per chi ha connessioni fisse molto lente con costi elevati oppure chi desidera la banda larga e non ha accesso alla fibra. Questo apparato da ottime garanzie tecniche di prestazioni. Ricordo che questo apparato non ha la wifi e avendo la porta ethernet, e ottimo per collegarlo ai piu moderni router wifi di ultima generazione, preferibilmente della stessa marca.

Habitant en zone rurale, une connexion 3G est bien meilleure qu'une connexion ADSLDu coup, ce modem, associé à un abonnement adéquat, me permet d'avoir une connexion de bien meilleure qualité. Le modem est simple a paramétrer.Juste deux points un peu gênant (pour mon usage):- La traduction en français pose quelques bugs, le mieux est de rester en anglais.- On ne peux pas choisir le mode 3G/4G, du coup, la 3G est très bonne chez moi mais si je passe en 4G, c'est une catastrophe. Comme il n'est pas possible de bloquer le fonctionnement en 3G (comme sur un mobile), je suis obligé de mettre le modem dans une armoire en métal pour qu'il ne détecte pas la 4G...Dommage, pour le reste, rien à lui reprocher

Llegó rápidamente. Lo utilizo como recurso de reserva para cuando falla la red fija. Ha funcionado pareaste función estupendamente sin necesidad de cambiar nada en la configuración, simplemente colocándolo entre el router de movistar y un switch. La conexión de imagino tiene que hacerse directamente al router de movistar (lo cual no es ningún inconveniente para el uso descrito).

Muy bueno, rápido y funciona de maravilla

Très déçu par ce produit car la reconnection automatique ne fonctionne pas. Après une interruption de la connection 4G, le modem ne se reconnecte pas tout seul au réseau mais requière que l'on se connecte à son interface de gestion pour cliquer sur "Connecter" à la main, cela en dépit du bon réglage de l'option de reconnection automatique. Cela rend le produit totalement inefficace, car la connection n'est jamais disponible à la maison sans cette intervention technique. Dommage, car à part cela le produit est plutôt séduisant. (Ce problème a persisté même après mise à jour logicielle du produit)