Internet Connection Over Mobile Broadband; Orbi Features That Do Not Apply To A Mobile Broadband Connection - NETGEAR Orbi LBR1020 User Manual

Orbi 4GX Router Model LBR1020

Internet connection over mobile broadband

By default, when the router powers up with a nano SIM card installed, and if you did not
configure mobile broadband as a backup connection only, the router automatically
searches for and connects to your LTE provider's mobile broadband network. This
process might take several minutes. For more information, see Connect your router to
a mobile broadband network on page ?. The nano SIM card that is installed determines
the mobile broadband network to which the router connects.
Note: Even though the router might connect to the mobile broadband network of the
same LTE provider each time that you start the router, the type of mobile broadband
service (LTE, 4G, or 3G) to which the router connects might differ.
If the router does not automatically connect to the mobile broadband network, the Ring
LED lights solid magenta, and you might need to contact your LTE provider to get the
Access Point Name (APN) to which the router must connect (see Change the LTE
provider's access point name on page 24).
If you do not want the router to connect automatically to the mobile broadband network,
change the default autoconnect option (see Change the Internet connection mode to
wired Internet only or mobile broadband only on page 23).
Orbi features that do not apply to a mobile
broadband connection
When the router Is using a wired Internet connection, all Orbi features work. Because
of mobile broadband limitations, when the router is using a mobile broadband Internet
connection, the following Orbi features do not work:
• Dynamic DNS
• Port forwarding
• VLAN bridge
• AP mode (that is, the router functions an access point only with its default router
mode disabled)
The first three features on the list work only if the router's IP address is a public IP address.
However, with a mobile broadband connection, your LTE provider assigns the router a
private IP address. The AP mode feature does not work with a mobile broadband
connection because the router cannot receive an IP address if its router features are
disabled.
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