It's the first time I'm reading and trying the Openwrt os and I like the idea to have an updated configuration without buying new hardware with just few only factory official updates.
I already had a WL-330N3G wifi mobile router and I updated the firmware with the latest version and seems running great with such modern kernel compared to the official one.
Considering I would like to use a 4G/3G usb key, my question is if these modern or older usb internet modem have their own linux based firmware (often not updated)?
Cause I was asking myself if it'd be useless to have a latest 4.x kernel based router when using a 2.x or 3.x kernel based usb key that are often not configurable but still seems to have their own local area network, wouldn't it?
Thanks.
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Much like cable modems, the firmware in cellular modems is always closed-source and very seldom updated. Usually the phone company has to agree to push it to the modem.
A good plan is to protect what you can, as best as you can. Yes, your USB "key" may, at some time, be compromised, but a good firewall between your valuable network devices and it is likely the best you can accomplish without purchasing discrete hardware.
Thanks for the answers. From a logic point of view I was thinking that the last network device before the wan should be the most updated one and some of these 3g usb modem seems to use a lan network themself for the usb connection but often with basically no configurations available for the localhost http connection.
About the 3g or 4g usb devices, is the Dlink DWR-730 usb mobile router (MT6280) supported if connected to a Openwrt usb router devices?