Max BR1 Mini Versions

Product Discussion Pepwave MAX
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I’m looking around at upgrading from a Max BR1 (HW1: hardware 1) version which does not support eSims, to something more recent which does.

Is there any way to tell by the model name if it’s HW1, HW2 or HW3?

For example, there’s an eBay listing (for a “new” device) which says: “Peplink ‎MAX-BR1-MINI-LTE-US-T-M-PRM”.

From the pictures I can clearly see the label says “HW3”, but I can’t tell if it’s the Cat-4, Cat-6, or Cat-7 version.

Is there any way to tell?

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Hi…
Look at the model MAX-BR1-MINI-LTE-US-T-M-PRM.
It is CAT-4 LTE device.

Screenshot 2025-05-15 at 21.50.51

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mini hw3 In the middle of model :
LTE-US cat4
LTEA-US cat7

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Thanks @MarceloBarros and @andy.manager

More questions:

  1. does the model number ending in “-PRM” matter?
  2. is there a HW4 model? Does it add anything important?
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Hi, @soylentgreen

PRM… = Primecare
So… It is about license.

Some options
https://estore.peplink.com/products/max-br1-mini-lte-us-t-m-prm

Sample… the speedfusion, will work, only renewing primecare.
Available with PrimeCare Subscription, complimentary for the first year. PrimeCare Enables Ethernet WAN, Wi-Fi WAN, Hot Failover, and Smoothing. Alternatively, without a PrimeCare Subscription, Feature pack license (MAX-BR1-MINI-FP) is required to activate the perpetual license for the aforementioned features.

You can check more detail at

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Thanks to all - I purchased and older (but new, not used) LTE4 hardware 3 model, and set it up with an eSIM (see Here)

Going on a trip this week so I’ll report back with info.