Post AvMIpdXj492vwWp9IO by dimin@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AvMDBA3GnKh17iSVaC by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
       2025-06-21T14:03:50Z
       
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       Can anyone here recommend a USB LTE modem that works well with Linux?Or are they all equally likely to work and I should just get the cheapest one?
       
 (DIR) Post #AvME0vpQvAx04Mfmfw by ret@furry.engineer
       2025-06-21T14:13:10Z
       
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       @wolf480pl in my experience anything based on Qualcomm chips (using QMI, not MBIM or PPP) is reasonable. Quectel stuff has always been fine for me. Sierra Wireless have always been a pain in the arse.
       
 (DIR) Post #AvMGM1e8gZBM6QZn1s by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
       2025-06-21T14:39:25Z
       
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       @ret what about ECM? AFAIK ot requires the modem to act as a router, but surprisingly I've seen people say it has better latency than QMI?
       
 (DIR) Post #AvMIpdXj492vwWp9IO by dimin@mastodon.social
       2025-06-21T15:07:09Z
       
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       @wolf480pl I use an old Android phone with USB tethering, and it works very well.
       
 (DIR) Post #AvMJ6plkrVfOmjaPA0 by ret@furry.engineer
       2025-06-21T15:10:16Z
       
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       @wolf480pl don’t think I’ve ever played with ECM. The latency on even 5G (which is 5G-NSA…) here is pretty tragic so I don’t think a few ms difference would matter all that much to me anyway :(