Arctic Bramble
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Good morning,
I came across this forum when searching for advice on a new modem/router for our vacation house. I have spent the past couple of days reading through old discussions and already got some good insights, but I still couldn't find the exact same question or a good solution to my "problem".
Our house is located in a semi-rural area in Northern Scandinavia, and most network providers only offer 5G plans in the region today (instead of wired DSL connections). Our internet connection in the house has always been reliable and the 5G coverage in the area should be good as well; but our current modem only supports 3G/4G and is definitely nearing the end of its life in all possible ways. Most importantly, I use the internet connection to work remotely; and otherwise, our normal usage includes browsing, banking, streaming (Netflix/Spotify/HBO/local TV from abroad/etc) and similar, but no gaming or other activities that require excessive speeds. Our house is relatively large, but most of the time, the internet use is limited to my office and the rooms nearby - so it's no big deal, at this point, if we don't get good coverage on all floors and in every corner of the house (we can always extend later, if needed). Most of the time, there would be no more than two or three users online at the same time. I have no wired devices that need to be connected to the modem/router directly, nor do I need to be able to take the internet connection with me when I travel.
I am looking for a 5G modem/router - with a sim-card slot - that I could turn into a VPN router and use with my VPN provider (currently ExpressVPN), instead of having to use the app on each device separately. The problem I have run into is the limited number of 4G (let alone 5G) modems/routers on the market that support OpenVPN or similar. Express VPN provides a list of routers that work with their service, but they couldn't really help with 4G/5G options, either. To limit my options even more, for business compliance reasons, it should preferably be a product by a non-Chinese manufacturer.
I wanted to ask you, wiser people, if you have any good advice or recommendations here? Does a 5G modem/router with good VPN support even exist? Or would I be better off buying a "regular" router and connecting the SIM-card with a USB modem / dongle? I am really quite clueless here...
I would be grateful for any thoughts or recommendations.
I came across this forum when searching for advice on a new modem/router for our vacation house. I have spent the past couple of days reading through old discussions and already got some good insights, but I still couldn't find the exact same question or a good solution to my "problem".
Our house is located in a semi-rural area in Northern Scandinavia, and most network providers only offer 5G plans in the region today (instead of wired DSL connections). Our internet connection in the house has always been reliable and the 5G coverage in the area should be good as well; but our current modem only supports 3G/4G and is definitely nearing the end of its life in all possible ways. Most importantly, I use the internet connection to work remotely; and otherwise, our normal usage includes browsing, banking, streaming (Netflix/Spotify/HBO/local TV from abroad/etc) and similar, but no gaming or other activities that require excessive speeds. Our house is relatively large, but most of the time, the internet use is limited to my office and the rooms nearby - so it's no big deal, at this point, if we don't get good coverage on all floors and in every corner of the house (we can always extend later, if needed). Most of the time, there would be no more than two or three users online at the same time. I have no wired devices that need to be connected to the modem/router directly, nor do I need to be able to take the internet connection with me when I travel.
I am looking for a 5G modem/router - with a sim-card slot - that I could turn into a VPN router and use with my VPN provider (currently ExpressVPN), instead of having to use the app on each device separately. The problem I have run into is the limited number of 4G (let alone 5G) modems/routers on the market that support OpenVPN or similar. Express VPN provides a list of routers that work with their service, but they couldn't really help with 4G/5G options, either. To limit my options even more, for business compliance reasons, it should preferably be a product by a non-Chinese manufacturer.
I wanted to ask you, wiser people, if you have any good advice or recommendations here? Does a 5G modem/router with good VPN support even exist? Or would I be better off buying a "regular" router and connecting the SIM-card with a USB modem / dongle? I am really quite clueless here...
I would be grateful for any thoughts or recommendations.
