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Air Card with Peplink router, is UTM possible?

RayGaither

I have used an old PC to install UTM9 home version, am trying to configure on my home network.  Can I use the Peplink router as the internet sources for UTM and then have all my other connections downstream from there?  The part that is confusing to me is how to configure the DHCP server because both the Peplink and UTM have this feature. Again I think I can figure it out but want to know if i is possible before I waste anymore time.

Thanks in advance.



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  • 0 in reply to RayGaither

    First let me apologize for not knowing all the correct network terminology.  I am a DBA but I have little network experience.  This is just a necessary hobby because my wife and I live in the boondocks and both work from home.  This Air Card is the only we can connect to the internet with enough bandwidth to VPN to our work networks.  The problem is that our current router does not have enough security to control our 2 kids internet consumption.  I have to control it because they have cost us $200 + on our monthly bill more than once.

    My test results:  

    Tried to connect the USB modem directly to the UTM but the connection would not complete.  It seems there are insufficient parameters in the UTM to successfully use the USB modem.

    So I am back to my original plan.  I am thinking that the router that I have which is able to use the USB modem to successfully connect to the internet could be the gateway to the internet.  Then it seems I would just present a standard Ethernet connection for the UTM.  Then from the UTM I could connect the other UTM NIC to a hub to connect the rest of my home network.  I would disable the wireless AP on the router that is hosting the modem.  So the only function of the old router is to host the modem and be the internet Ethernet connection for the UTM.  Then the rest of my network would be downstream of the UTM.  I would disable the DCHP server on the old router and let the UTM take that functionality.

    USB Modem -> Router -> UTM -> HUB -> home network

    Is this a workable solution?

  • 0 in reply to RayGaither

    "[...] they have cost us $200 + on our monthly bill more than once." - Do they make junior-size ploughing harnesses? [;)]

    Your plan sounds workable,  I would put the old router in bridge mode so that you can have a public IP on the UTM's external interface.

    Then again, from a licensing point of view, if you work exclusively from home, you might want to leave the WiFi on with different credentials so that you and your wife can do your work and avoid passing "business" traffic through a UTM with a home-use license.  If you only work from home on evenings and weekends, then I think you're within the range of fair use with the home license.

    Cheers - Bob