Max Adaptor compatibility through a WAN port

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Hello Team -

Is there any way to allow the MAX Adaptor 5G to connect to a WAN port of a Peplink device instead of only through a USB? This would open up many more opportunities to add this device to other Peplin products.

Thanks
Mike Maitland

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Hi Mike,

Do you have more info on the use case? Also, the challenge that you see? As of now, MAX Adapter is designed to have only 1 USB type C port.

In firmware 8.3.0, MAX Adapter works same like the Embedded Cellular when you connect it to any of the Peplink router USB ports and this should easily for you to add Cellular connection now to any of the Peplink devices.

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Hello @sitloongs

Specific use cases:

Any MAX / Transit device that does not have a USB port, but has an open WAN port to add a 5G expansion module.

  • BR1 MAX Pro 5G - to add a second [active] 5G connection.
  • Transit Duo Pro - to add a 5G connection along side the existing LTE connections.

Re: the BR1 MAX Pro 5G - I recognize adding a second active 5G option to that unit would conflict with the BR2 Max Pro 5G, however, this option would be very cost effective [as a stop gap solution until the price point on the BR2 becomes more affordable for those needing 2 active 5G connections].

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@Lee_Zim, since you are looking for an option to increase the number of WAN with ethernet connection, do you think Synergy mode helps for your use case? In Synergy mode, a Synergy controller is using existing ethernet WAN to connect to the Synergize devices.

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@TK_Liew I love the Synergy Mode feature and its flexibility for creative deployments. My question was more specific to the 5G Adaptor, and how we could increase the applications and devices, it could work with. Not all Peplink devices have USB, but many have an additional WAN it could be added to. Thanks for the feedback.

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The main issue is the lack of USB on many devices. This has been a long time complaint, for instance my Max Br1 5G is nearly the perfect device except for lack of USB. If it had USB then a secondary modem could be used as backup or hotspot or if new cellular tech comes out then a future max adapter could be used instead of replacing the whole device. The BR2 has USB, my old SOHO had USB and it had a very long useful lifespan mainly due to being able to upgrade the hotspot it used over USB.

I am sure there are physical and technical reasons, but I would think all the hardware platforms can support USB internally and USB-C is physically very small as far a finding space for it. This along with not all devices with wifi having wifi-wan makes for a somewhat frustrating lineup of devices that seem artificially segmented.

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@TK_Liew
Thanks for the response.

While Synergy mode has advantages, it requires multiple devices to take implement the feature. That does not necessarily provide the ability to have (2) active, 5G on-device connections, that is the crux of the issue.