Netcomm 3G29WN2 4 port 802.11N wireless router with built-in ADSL modem and support for 3G SIMs

Price: $321.20 Click here to buy now Rating: Not Yet Rated	Hardware Features			Wireless Features
		Built-in Modem			Wireless N300
		ADSL2/2+ Capability (for modems only)			Removable Antenna
		10/100 WAN Port/s - 0
		Gigabit WAN Port/s - 0
		3G Capable - Built-in modem with SIM slot
		USB LAN Port/s		Other Features
		10/100 LAN Port/s - 4			UPnP Support
		Gigabit LAN Port/s - 0			Internet Sharing
		USB Print Server			QoS
		Parallel Port Print Server			IPv6
		Dialup/ISDN Failover			DynDNS Client
		USB Storage			Warranty - 1
		FXO Ports for VoIP - 0
		FXS Ports for VoIP - 0
	Security Features			More information
		NAT Security			Manufacturer's specifications
		SPI Firewall			Manufacturer support
		Content Filtering (Parental control)			Whirlpool Wiki
					Whirlpool Forum Search
	VPN Features
		IPSec VPN Endpoints - 0
		PPtP VPN Endpoints - 0
		Supports VPN passthrough (single session only)

Comments: Replacement for the 3G29WN with just a change of chipset. Features remain the same with 11n wireless, a built-in ADSL modem, a USB port for a printer or hard drive and it can take a SIM for 3G failover or as the main connection. 850/900/1900/2100 MHz SIMs are supported which includes Telstra "Ultimate" (850 MHz) so you can whip the SIM out of the modem they supply and wack it into this instead. Just bear in mind that BigPond is different in this case and will give you problems. BigPond offers identical hardware to the Telstra offerings but their SIMs are locked to the hardware so it won't work in these routers. If you plan on grabbing one of these be sure to go with Telstra rather than BigPond.

Note: The two big antennas in the picture are for the 3G modem part so if you found your range a bit ordinary with the standard 312U you should see some improvement with the SIM in this instead. I also asked Netcomm about the possibility of putting even bigger antennas on and they advised that out of the two 3G antennas, one is a primary which both sends and receives and the other is an auxiliary which receives only, so any external antenna should be attached to the primary. They also have suitable 3G antennas available directly from their online shop here. These are labelled NextG but they support any frequency which the 3G module in the router supports.

Also worthy of note is that these support 21Mbps down / 5.76Mbps up, while the cheaper 3G19W only supports 7.2 Mbps down (HSDPA) and 5.76 Mbps up so this one is the way to go out of these two products for those interested in performance.

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