Using 4G instead of cable Internet Connection?

[pm1961]

It struck me that one of the biggest problems of accessing the home server from the outside is (in the UK at  least) the slow upload speeds with most providers.

 

I have a 100M connection, but it only uploads at 10M.

 

Kind of counter-intuitive, but my 4g connnection sitting here at my keyboard is 49M down and 38M up....

 

Which suggests that is far more suitable for server access than a hardwire.....

 

Or, is it not that simple?

 

Are those speeds echoed elsewhere in the world?

 

HNY

 

Paul

[FreeMan]

To my knowledge, Unraid does not support using a WiFi connection for network access. However, if you can get a wired connection to your 4G router (whatever device that may be) then I see no reason you couldn't use it.

 

I'd imagine that those speeds are from your mobile phone. If you had a dedicated hot-spot (i.e. your server's connection wouldn't go down every time you leave for the office, shopping or a night out), and some way link that hot-spot into an access point that could then be hard-wired to "back-port" the signal into a router and could then wire your server into that, I'm sure it would work just fine. I'm not the networking guru to tell you what parts could be used, though.

[pm1961]

Yeh, that's exactly what I'm thinking about......

 

I bought my son a 4G router when he lived in a rural area with poor fixed connections, and it worked pretty well even though the 3/4G was a bit sketchy, but not as bad as the copper............

 

Just need to decide whether the better upload speed justifies the cost.....

[FreeMan]

When he comes to visit for the holidays have him bring it with him and test it out!

 

Oh, wait, it may be too late for that...