Help with Pepwave MAX BR1 Mini LTE

Product Discussion Pepwave MAX
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Hello, I have a Pepwave MAX BR1 Mini LTE that I am trying to setup. I have one device connected to the Pepwave using ethernet cable. The Pepwave is connected to the internet using AT&T cellular network. Signal strength is showing full bars over LTE network. From the device, I can connect to the internet.

However, I am trying to setup a VPN connection so that I can use a computer to connect to the LAN of the Pepwave. I followed the steps shown here: Configure Remote User Access using OpenVPN

Trying to connect to the Pepwave’s VPN from a computer on the internet fails. The log shows connection is timing out. I went to the Pepwave’s web admin, looked under Network->WAN->WAN connection status. There is an IP address shown there. If I try to ping that IP address from my computer, the ping does not get any response. From the device that’s connected to the Pepwave via ethernet cable, I am able to ping www.google.com and get responses.

Is there a setting somewhere that I am missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Ok, to answer my own question, it seems I am unable to connect from outside because Cellular networks (such as AT&T) tend to place your device behind a NAT.

My current solution is to have my device that is connected to the Pepwave LAN ssh to an Amazon AWS Linux instance with reverse tunneling. Then, when I need to connect to that device, I can connected to the AWS Linux and then connect to the device on Pepwave’s LAN through the ssh tunnel.

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Most cellular plans do not have static or internet routable ip addresses.
This means you can not connect inbound only outbound.
You could setup a fusionhub in aws or google then connect to it.
If the other location has a static ip you could also have a fusionhub or another peplink/pepwave on that side and also connect via speedfusion tunnels