Bridging the AC800S to a dedicated router

[dp3049]

Hi exceladdict, I have a Billion 8700 VAX and wanting to use the AC800S. Is your setup still working well? I’ve been using a Huawei dongle, but want to update data download to the 500GB offering and was looking at a modem update as well.

Thanks and regards,

David.

[exceladdict]

I also updated to 500gb after using 3/4 of the 200gb on software updates!

The system has been stable for a week or so now, those DNS changes seem to have stopped the hanging/timeout issue I had before. 

Consistently speed testing at around 50 Mbps down and 5 up but haven't had a chance to do any scientific testing on positioning the AC800s or locking it to certain 4G bands to improve the speed further. There is a whirlpool thread that goes into this, as well as using cradles and external antennas, in great depth if that interests you.

[geeforce]

Thanks for the info btw! I also too upgraded my plan to the 500gig

Cheers dude

[geeforce]

Thanks for the 500gig info, just upgraded lol

Yeah go witht the aircard, a dongle won't give you great results and if it's constantly on will fry itself eventually

Aircard is a perfect choice

[dp3049]

Thanks exceladdict,

I might just have to bite the bullet and try an AC800S on my 8700VAX, which I think is in the same family of routers as your 8900. Will need to wait til after Christmas now though... hehehe... hohoho.

I'll report back when done in a few days - depending on how long they take to activate the SIM this time of year.

Regards,

Dave.

[exceladdict]

There was a whirlpool thread that talked about which modems' compatibilities could be interchangeable, which might help as well. 

[RussB]

I have setup the AC800S in tether mode connected via usb to an Asus DSL-AC56U (got sick of slow ADSL). 

When I remove the battery from the AC800S, the Asus router becomes disconnected from the internet. Has anyone else dealth with this problem?

Thanks.

[exceladdict]

There are reports on whirlpool of the ac800s being quite power hungry and restarting unpredictably if there is a poor power supply. Is there a reason why you've removed the battery? The AC800s should have smart charging and not overcharge the battery while running on AC, and additionally then the battery would in theory provide a boost if the AC800s needs a power spike for some reason

Also make sure the wifi on the AC800s is off if you're using a secondary router, that should reduce power usage

[RussB]

Oh ok, thanks for that info. The AC800S keeps telling me that it is already 100% charged so please remove the power cable. Thought it might be an issue.

[dp3049]

Hi all,

for reference, I have a Billion 8700VAX with the AC800S tethered via the USB interface and now working (yay!), albeit in NAT mode, rather than being bridged. I'll be giving Billion a call in the morning to see if there's a solution, as the router will pick up an IP address from the modem when it's in bridge mode (IP passthrough), however, the router does not configure a route to the USB interface. 

Next is to get an antenna to improve bandwidth.

Will report back with any further progress.