I've got plenty of experience with Waveshare. I've bought two of these for work.
https://www.waveshare.com/product/iot-c ... it-eth.htm
These are really neat things. It's basically a Queltec M.2 modem where the PCIe interface is switched into root mode and connected to a Realtek Gigabit Ethernet chip.
Yes, everything works as advertized, but you must really know your business. Beginners are guaranteed to fail. It took me a week to figure everything out.
You need something simpler.
For another client I bought Teltonika routers. Teltonika is a Lithuanian company, which made it convenient for dealing with government contracts (no US, no China, no "forgotten" Cisco backdoors). Their focus is on industral users, and you really feel this when you have their products in your hand. Not the cheapest, but good value for your money. Mikrotik is another kind of thse companies. Latvian. They have very capable network equipment, good quality, but not exactly for home users (although I have serveral 2.5G and 10G switches from them in my home).
It's hard for me to recommend a certain product if I don't know your location. Mobile communication uses different frequencies and standards in different parts of the world. Especially in Germany the Fritzboxes are very popular, easy to use and with good support. For the US? No idea. I don't trust TPLINK, DLINK and all the other Chinese firms.
https://www.waveshare.com/product/iot-c ... it-eth.htm
These are really neat things. It's basically a Queltec M.2 modem where the PCIe interface is switched into root mode and connected to a Realtek Gigabit Ethernet chip.
Yes, everything works as advertized, but you must really know your business. Beginners are guaranteed to fail. It took me a week to figure everything out.
You need something simpler.
For another client I bought Teltonika routers. Teltonika is a Lithuanian company, which made it convenient for dealing with government contracts (no US, no China, no "forgotten" Cisco backdoors). Their focus is on industral users, and you really feel this when you have their products in your hand. Not the cheapest, but good value for your money. Mikrotik is another kind of thse companies. Latvian. They have very capable network equipment, good quality, but not exactly for home users (although I have serveral 2.5G and 10G switches from them in my home).
It's hard for me to recommend a certain product if I don't know your location. Mobile communication uses different frequencies and standards in different parts of the world. Especially in Germany the Fritzboxes are very popular, easy to use and with good support. For the US? No idea. I don't trust TPLINK, DLINK and all the other Chinese firms.
Statistics: Posted by fchk — Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:55 pm