Comments on: A Firsthand Look at Disaster Recovery: Tethering and IAX with Asterisk

By: Krzy Kat

Krzy Kat — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:16:23 +0000

Why not have a WIFI router that is plugged into your cable plant? Then set it in bridge mode and connect it to your verizon phone’s AP. You’ve now given yourself an alternate network path to your wired devices utilizing your Verizon WIFI connection as the WAN port. If you set it to the same IP DHCP info as your cable provided internet, then it would be as simple as unplug your cable internet, and plug in your WIFI router bridge and you’d be back up. 🙂

By: James Torres

James Torres — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:00:46 +0000

What data plan are you using? I see about buying the grandfathered sim card but what plan gives you that flexibility at $1 per day?

[WM: Just purchase a Verizon SIM with the grandfathered unlimited data plan. The person from whom you buy it will have to conference with you and Verizon to execute the transfer and set up your account and verify your credit. You can change the phone number for a one-time setup fee. Once you have it installed on your smartphone, you can use My Verizon Mobile app to Change Features. Under Data Hotspot Packages, add the 4G Mobile Hotspot feature at $30/month and activate it starting Today. Then, in your smartphone’s Settings, activate Mobile Hotspot. When you are finished using it, deactivate the Mobile Hotspot and then remove the 4G Mobile Hotspot feature in My Verizon Mobile with a start date of Today. You will be billed $1 per day for the number of days the feature was activated. The first time you use the feature, you’ll be charged the $30 because Verizon bills in advance; however, you will get the balance back at the end of the next billing cycle.]

By: Trousle Undrhil

Trousle Undrhil — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:53:28 +0000

Doesn't Verizon have a 4G wired router that can use your SIM card? Or didn't someone have something like that? If you configured that to look like your normal network router (be on the same subnet, etc.) then you could just swap the two if your wired network goes down and you'd be fine on your wired network. [WM: Great idea. And here's the official answer and why. Here's how to use a 5510. And here are some other router alternatives. And here's a great thread on Howard Forums about swapping Verizon SIM cards to routers.]