Load balancing and failover isn’t strictly necessary, but I figure it’s likely to be provided with a piece of hardware like this anyway.Īs explained before however, it may not be a solution to get and use a single piece of hardware. I’ve seen on one particular router that remote access is possible, but you have to designate a single WAN connection for the remote connection to use. Ability to access the settings of router remotely through either of the WAN connections provided by the SIMs, though just one might be acceptable. That way if the security camera goes offline, but I can remotely connect to my home network / LAN, the chances are that the problem lies with the single WAN that the camera is connected to.

Might be useful to restrict the security camera from connecting to one WAN only. Ability to restart a disconnected SIM/WAN connection from the connection provided by the other. Ideally what I would like to be possible is for me to be able to get the following single piece of hardware. I would like to achieve a balance between cost, and the ease of setting something up and its ease of usability. I’ve always hated trying to figure out networking. I have been searching for different equipment and options for a way in which I can achieve what I want to achieve, but it is starting to stress me out. The new SIM would be from a different ISP that provides better coverage for my area, and of course if I got another SIM from the same ISP, it’s more likely that both connections would go down at the same time. My idea is to get a second SIM that is intended to be used in a mobile phone rather than a static router, then use the internet connection provided by the new ‘mobile’ SIM to reinitialise the old ‘router service’ SIM’s internet connection. I am currently not certain if the SIM and/or the service will only function through the SIM being put into the router that the ISP provided.

My current ISP (that I have a further years contract with) provides me with a Wi-Fi 4G router and a SIM to go with it. I need to get someone to go to my house and reset the router. Currently this can only be done by having physical access to the router. Often the internet goes down and the only way to get it up again is to reset the router. I want to be able to remotely manage my camera and internet connection as I am unable to return to my home for weeks or months at a time and it has recently been broken into and robbed. There are no other options other than the mobile network for a way to connect to the internet due to the location of my house.

I have an unreliable static mobile internet connection (functions through a SIM card in a router) which I use to monitor my home through a Wi-Fi security camera.

Remotely rebooting my phone