slow 3g connect after power outages

[Piker]

I'm using merlins latest 380.61 on my rt-ac68u and a sierra 320u 3g modem as my only isp. Works great, even when isp (telstra) reconnects every day or so, however if we have a power outage the modem can take an hour or two to successfully reconnect. Anyone have any tips on how I should go about finding what's causing this? I'm familiar with command line/ssh - being a Linux user..

 

[sfx2000]

Have you considered using a Uninterruptible Power Support for the Router?

Might be a good solution to keep handy, as the 3G towers will usually either have battery backup or on-site generators to keep the 3G network up when the power is down...

 

[Piker]

Any recommendations for a type/size of UPS for this particular router, sfx2000?

 

[sfx2000]

Any recommendations for a type/size of UPS for this particular router, sfx2000?

It really depends on how long the typical outage may be...

For a point of comparison - I'm running an 1080VA APC UPS - but I'm running a discrete Router, an AP, and a Cable Modem, along with a NAS that is set to power down after 5 minutes if the outage is longer than that...

With the NAS box down - I expect to see around 3-5 hours before the UPS totally runs down...

A UPS isn't too terribly expensive - and if you're just running the router/AP and the modem, it's a pretty light draw...

I'd ping the folks over on the Whirlpool - and see what works best there as well as the query here...

@pete y testing - he's a good point of contact for the Australia branch of the Forum's here...

 

[RMerlin]

I'm using a sub-100$ Cyberpower for my network equipment, gives me around 2 hours of uptime.

 

[Piker]

Thanks sfx2000 and Merlin, I will look into that idea. Cheers.