When I am at home, I wish to use my Mudi 7 as a 5G modem for my home network, when I am out I wish to use it as a Travel Router.
I currently have a Unifi UCG-Fiber this has a Multi WAN mode, I have my Fibre connection is the Main WAN port and then I have a Netgear LM1200 LTE modem plugged in as a backup WAN.
“In Bridge mode, only a single device can be connected to the Internet through the modem. This device can be a computer, router, or WiFi router. In Bridge mode, Network Address Translation (NAT) is disabled, the DHCP server is disabled, and IP pass-through (IPPT) is enabled.”
This mode assigns the IP address I get from the mobile LTE signal directly to the UCG-Fiber.
I would like to be able to do a similar thing from my Mudi 7, i.e. use it as a 5G modem similar to the UniFi 5G Max.
Thank you for your feedback and suggestions. Unfortunately Mudi 7 doesn't support Cellular IP passthrough at the moment. We will consider your suggestion and feedback to the product manager for evaluation
Can the Mudi 7 use the patch that was created by GL,Inet for the Spitz/Puli AX cellular routers for IP Passthrough. I have used the Puli AX with this patch for IP Passthrough successfully. I would expect the Mudi-7 using the same firmware could also take advantage of the patch. I have a Mudi-7 on order and would like to try this when I receive it but not anxious to brick the product either.
Yes, this would be fantastic.
A real IP Passthrough option would dramatically increase the value of this device and make the Mudi 7 much more attractive for advanced networking setups.
Not sure what the use case is for this feature in a travel router. Can someone please give an example for when this feature might be used with the Mudi 7?
I would also like to request Bridge and IP Passthrough functionality for the Mudi 7.
I really want to use my Slate 7 Pro as the DHCP server, whilst being connected to Starlink, and having the Mudi 7 on IP Passthrough mode, to utilise the Slate 7 Pro’s failover/load balancing.
Not really. What would stop you from using it as a ‘backup WAN’ in its router mode? That's is what I am unclear of. I have a very similar setup (but use a cheapo LTE router for my backup WAN). As a “backup WAN” for the occasional failover when your fiber is down, what is the advantage of having it in modem-only mode?
Yes, I get that bit but can you elaborate as to why double NATing would be an issue in a failover situation? I can even access my Plex server remotely when in failover using Tailscale. Also, most mobile carriers using CGNAT rendering the double-NAT issue completely irrelevant in such a use case. It is nice to have more features but this one is really not as useful a feature as people here are making it out to be in my opinion.
Having this device act as WAN-Failover while not travelling would be a gamechanger.