[ubuntu-uk] Using a 3G modem as a fallback

[Jonathon Fernyhough]

2009/11/10 Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com>:
> 2009/11/10 Andrew Oakley <Andrew.Oakley at hesa.ac.uk>:
>> I'm moving out of The Sticks, slightly to the west of nowhere in the
>> Cotswolds - which nevertheless already has 2.5Mbit ADSL - to the urban
>> metropolis that is a satellite village near Tewkesbury. With this comes
>> wonders of the modern age, the likes of which I have never experienced near
>> my home, such as street lighting, paved footpaths, gas that comes in pipes
>> instead of bottles, mains sewerage and 3G coverage.
>>
>> Given that I already have my Ubuntu 8.04 LTS server set up as a NAT router
>> for ADSL broadband, how difficult would it be to set up a cheapo 3G modem as
>> a fallback?
>>
>
> I would wait till you find out whether it is an issue, failures should
> be very rare.  Certainly for me they have not been often enough to
> justify the effort of an automated fallback system.  (A couple of
> times in three years).
>
> Colin
>

I know this is not quite what you're after but you can buy ADSL
modem/routers that will do this for you. The Draytek Vigor 2800/2900
for example has a USB port that accepts a variety of 3G modems and
uses that as a fallback (I think there's a Billion model (7800?) that
does the same too).

Jonathon