My brain hurts, but what a privilege to have you as a resource for this information. Thank you so much for sharing. We got a MAX Transit Pro and it's really made a huge difference in our connectivity on the road.
All this information is great, but for someone like me, it's sorta confusing and seems to be soooo expensive to get reliable internet. I've watched some UA-cam videos here and on other channels so I'm somewhat familiar with the basics of getting RV internet. I'm going to be living in my class A RV full time soon, sometimes hunkered down in an RV camp for months (won't rely on local wifi), and sometimes traveling to visit relatives. I'll just need a reliable connection, when parked, for email, web surfing and streaming through my Roku. No big upload bandwidth is needed. What's a good, yet reasonable price point, setup to get started with that won't break the bank?
This caliber of solution is going to be more appealing for someone who needs a reliable connection for working remotely. For less demanding needs, you might be able to pursue other solutions. There's lots of options and no one size fits all solution. Recommend our getting started content: www.rvmobileinternet.com/getting-started
We are heading out in April, on our 2007 Sea Ray 52 Sedan Bridge, cruising up the East Coat. As you know, some Marinas have Great Internet, some Not So Great, and some Non-existent. Would this product be a good option for us? We stream a lot of UA-cam TV
So much depends on your unique needs.. this is a great router, but it has a lot of advanced features and a learning curve. More at www.rvmobileintenet.com/peplink-resources
Thanks for this review, good stuff! This router has 99% of what I need and I'll probably buy it to replace my UBR LTE (which I got for band 71 support even though it's only cat4). The 1% it lacks is 3 radios. I'd love to have all 3 major carriers simultaneously, but don't really want to spend $5k+ on a 4 radio model.
@@MobileInternetResourceCenter Perhaps you could do a review covering the pros and cons of this? It opens a lot of doors (like using a cat 18/20 modem), but my fear was that with the load balancer not having any information on the signal strength of the 3rd modem and just seeing an ethernet port, it'd struggle even more to prioritize connections. Reliable connection while in motion is one of my many unusual priorities. It's quite common for me to be driving 12 hours straight, my friend to be on a zoom meeting in the passenger seat, and his son to be doing online school in the back. Anyway, thanks for the reply - have a great weekend!
Also, please consider offering ultra premium memberships, or a donate option. There are some creators I send $100 / month to on Patreon, and I'd gladly pay more than $100 / year to help support what you do. I'm not sure how much more, but, more. Your content has saved me hours of headache and thousands of dollars. Thanks again!
We do offer a membership program with a bunch of additional content included, including advanced configuration assistance with Pepwave gear: www.rvmobileinternet.com/membership
And, our Pepwave webinar next month is exactly on the topic of using multi-WAN with Peplink: www.rvmobileinternet.com/event/peplink-product-webinar-series-starlink/
Hi, do you have a forum for your members? I'm looking at adding hotspot service to my verizon account, but not sure what compatible routers to use and finding a list on their website is difficult. They instead just want to check the imei, but I don't want to buy a router and find out it's incompatible. I need an LTE router with at least 2 ethernet ports, external antenna 2x2 mimo connections, and 802.11 bridging with external antenna on that would be nice as well. I only see kits being sold from Wifi Ranger, WInegard, etc. However, I would prefer to build my own kit with antenna choice, modem, wireless router, etc.
Yes, access to our forums for interactive guidance is a benefit we offer our members. As well as tons of additional in-depth content on selecting your right solution.
I own a few of these and no you can't mask your IMEI. That would void their ability to be approved for use by official carriers. You can set your apn of course
Of course, better performance is relative the features that matter most to you. Our gear center includes key features for the Transit Pro and BR1 Pro, and others: www.rvmobileinternet.com/gear/pepwave-routers/
Cannot buy it in New Zealand/Oceania because peplink not spending the money on licensing with RCM. Bit of a shame i've got over 10k to spend on peplink gear and none of their new hardware is available. Looking at alternatives because they keep skimping on licensing - Waste of my time designing a system based on peplink only to look for a competitor
My brain hurts, but what a privilege to have you as a resource for this information. Thank you so much for sharing. We got a MAX Transit Pro and it's really made a huge difference in our connectivity on the road.
All this information is great, but for someone like me, it's sorta confusing and seems to be soooo expensive to get reliable internet. I've watched some UA-cam videos here and on other channels so I'm somewhat familiar with the basics of getting RV internet.
I'm going to be living in my class A RV full time soon, sometimes hunkered down in an RV camp for months (won't rely on local wifi), and sometimes traveling to visit relatives. I'll just need a reliable connection, when parked, for email, web surfing and streaming through my Roku. No big upload bandwidth is needed.
What's a good, yet reasonable price point, setup to get started with that won't break the bank?
This caliber of solution is going to be more appealing for someone who needs a reliable connection for working remotely. For less demanding needs, you might be able to pursue other solutions. There's lots of options and no one size fits all solution. Recommend our getting started content: www.rvmobileinternet.com/getting-started
I wish they didn't get rid of the wifi as wan, I know that was a chipset shortage change, but it is a feature I really like in my transit duo
They didn't get rid of it.. still a feature of this model. You might be thinking of the interim release of the Transit Core.
We are heading out in April, on our 2007 Sea Ray 52 Sedan Bridge, cruising up the East Coat. As you know, some Marinas have Great Internet, some Not So Great, and some Non-existent. Would this product be a good option for us? We stream a lot of UA-cam TV
So much depends on your unique needs.. this is a great router, but it has a lot of advanced features and a learning curve. More at www.rvmobileintenet.com/peplink-resources
Thanks for this review, good stuff! This router has 99% of what I need and I'll probably buy it to replace my UBR LTE (which I got for band 71 support even though it's only cat4). The 1% it lacks is 3 radios. I'd love to have all 3 major carriers simultaneously, but don't really want to spend $5k+ on a 4 radio model.
We get our third carrier via a WAN input ourselves.
@@MobileInternetResourceCenter Perhaps you could do a review covering the pros and cons of this? It opens a lot of doors (like using a cat 18/20 modem), but my fear was that with the load balancer not having any information on the signal strength of the 3rd modem and just seeing an ethernet port, it'd struggle even more to prioritize connections.
Reliable connection while in motion is one of my many unusual priorities. It's quite common for me to be driving 12 hours straight, my friend to be on a zoom meeting in the passenger seat, and his son to be doing online school in the back.
Anyway, thanks for the reply - have a great weekend!
Also, please consider offering ultra premium memberships, or a donate option. There are some creators I send $100 / month to on Patreon, and I'd gladly pay more than $100 / year to help support what you do. I'm not sure how much more, but, more. Your content has saved me hours of headache and thousands of dollars. Thanks again!
We do offer a membership program with a bunch of additional content included, including advanced configuration assistance with Pepwave gear: www.rvmobileinternet.com/membership
And, our Pepwave webinar next month is exactly on the topic of using multi-WAN with Peplink: www.rvmobileinternet.com/event/peplink-product-webinar-series-starlink/
Hi, do you have a forum for your members? I'm looking at adding hotspot service to my verizon account, but not sure what compatible routers to use and finding a list on their website is difficult. They instead just want to check the imei, but I don't want to buy a router and find out it's incompatible. I need an LTE router with at least 2 ethernet ports, external antenna 2x2 mimo connections, and 802.11 bridging with external antenna on that would be nice as well. I only see kits being sold from Wifi Ranger, WInegard, etc. However, I would prefer to build my own kit with antenna choice, modem, wireless router, etc.
Yes, access to our forums for interactive guidance is a benefit we offer our members. As well as tons of additional in-depth content on selecting your right solution.
I recently purchased a max transit 5G. Is this going to be replaced/outdated soon?
The Max Transit 5G was discontinued late last year. It was already replaced with the MAX BR1 Pro 5G
Do these modem allow you to set your IMEI and APN?
I own a few of these and no you can't mask your IMEI. That would void their ability to be approved for use by official carriers.
You can set your apn of course
You can change the APN. Changing your IMEI is not allowed, or condoned by any carrier.
Which router will have better performance? Pepwave Max Transit Pro or Pepwave Max BR1 Pro Primecare?
Of course, better performance is relative the features that matter most to you. Our gear center includes key features for the Transit Pro and BR1 Pro, and others: www.rvmobileinternet.com/gear/pepwave-routers/
Cannot buy it in New Zealand/Oceania because peplink not spending the money on licensing with RCM. Bit of a shame i've got over 10k to spend on peplink gear and none of their new hardware is available. Looking at alternatives because they keep skimping on licensing - Waste of my time designing a system based on peplink only to look for a competitor