Tell me about the combination 3G modem + Wifi router + external antenna

Question

Iron

Yes, I read posts about it on Habré :)
The essence is this. In a country house, it is planned to install an external antenna on the roof, and somewhere in the attic a Wi-Fi router and a 3G modem. Searches found only this: “Huawei E960 3G router with wifi” (which, judging by the Internet, is completely out of stock in the version with a connector for an external antenna).

I suddenly came across this modem: gprs-modem.ru/product/3g-modem-teleofis-rx301/ An
industrial device looks more sensible for working in a cold attic. However, the actual question is:

Does anyone have experience with modems from this company (Teleofis)? Will it be possible to make them friends with some kind of “household” Wi-Fi router with USB on board (like some kind of D-Link)? And, maybe, someone has already worked out options?

The topic of connecting an external antenna is very important, as there is a difficult terrain and very dense buildings. At the same time, installing the antenna on the roof will allow you to direct it to the BS in line of sight.

I don’t want to disassemble the USB-3G modem and solder the wiring for the antenna. I would like a more or less "industrial" solution within a reasonable framework :)

Thanks in advance for the answers!

Answer 1

One of my clients has a remote (cold) warehouse connected using the GTX300-S. The basic functionality for distributing 3G via Wi-Fi is configured without any problems. It has two external antennas for the 3G module. For a little over a year, the piece of iron has proven itself very well, the automatic restart function in case of signal loss is a very useful thing. Before that, they tried to use the Huawei E5830, but despite all the tricks, on average once a month it hung tightly and had to be reset by removing the battery.

Answer 2

Do not take it as anti-advertising, BUT, our organization purchased TELEOFIS RX301 for a self-service terminal. There are no complaints about working in 3G networks, but the quality of the drivers for the current day is not satisfactory, often you have to “poke” the USB cable from the device, since the modem stably freezes during operation, while the traffic is very small, from 2 to 10 megabytes per day .