I have a server in my motorhome, which is running Windows Server 2008 R2, and I just purchased a USB UML295 modem, which I'm told I can plug into a router to create a mobile network. My router is already configured with a static IP address (which is provided by my DNS service provider), and port forwarding for port 3389 (Remote Desktop Services [RDS]). RDS is how the server will be accessed (both from the LAN and from distant locations). How do I set up the USB modem in order to allow the router to control the IP addresses?

Hi John,Sorry for being so long about getting back to you on this, but when we finally got back to Georgia (we were in Syracuse, NY when I started this discussion) my wife had some serious medical issues that kept us running.Anyhoo, here's the latest. You...

Excellent feedback Creacontech, thanks for sharing.I was not aware of any other USB Modem compatible router models. I will have to check out TP-Link and may suggest it in the future if they make one that is compatible with VZW hardware.Connecting the USB modem to the server directly is something I wouldn't have thought of but now that you mention it I can see how that would end up working. I may end up suggesting this to others in the future as a suitable work around.LogMeIn is one of the many VPN products out there which continues to be the only solution to VZWs NAT firewall/Public IP address situation. Glad to hear you found a solution that works for you.

Anyone have any ideas or suggestion? Thanks

No problem. Any idea why the UML 295 is giving a private IP address? Thanks

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Sorry the attachement did not take. Here is the screen shots. Notice the NAT of 192.168.32.50 on UML295. Thanks

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Thank you very much for your reply.I understand what you have written. I do have a public IP from VZW for my UML 295. From my past experience,1.) I have a UML290 with a public IP from VZW. When I insert that to a laptop. The laptop’s IP address is the UML290 public IP. 160.x.x.x.2.) When I insert my UML295 (with a different public IP from VZW), the laptop’s IP address is 192.168.32.50. See attached print screens from the Meraki. I am showing what it looks like on a UML 290 and UML 295. The UML 290 shows public IP but the UML 295 shows NAT to 192.168.32.50.So I do no have a public ip on my UML 295. What would I need to do to have that show instead of Nat’ing.

If you are being NAT'ed then you do not have a public IP Address. When using a VPN, only the resources tunneled to the VPN server will be publicly accessible. Say for example you install a VPN client on a PC. Only that PC and USB connected devices will be reachable while the VPN is engaged. Any other local network resources as normally seen by the PC will not be transferred to the VPN server. The alternative approach would be to configure a VPN connection on your router. If the router handles the VPN connection then all of the normally locally available network resources will be transferred to the VPN serverand publicly available. Not sure if the Meraki router you mentioned has that functionality or not.In this example a VPN client is installed on a PC:When the VPN is connected then the PC will appear as if it were locally connected to the VPN Server. Any previously local network connections are not passed through and will be unavailable. The only local resources that transfer to the VPN server with this PC would be USB connections and hard drives since they do not rely on networking for their communication with the PC.There is no way to turn off NAT unless you purchase a static/Public IP from VZW. The one exception is HomeFusion where a public IP is provided by default. Once you have a true public IP address available on your USB Modem then normal port forwarding features of your router should apply to extend that connection to your local devices. Anything else will depend on how you configure your VPN.

I apologize for stealing this thread. But my issue is very similar to Creacontech. I am using a UML295 with a Meraki 1Z router. From your current workarounds I have done both option #1 (VPN) and option #2 (static IP). The issue I have having is that I cannot ping any devices behind the Meraki 1Z router because it is being NAT'd by the UML295. From a device connected to the Meraki, I am able to ping everything including the other side of the VPN. Is there a way to turn off the NAT'ing on the UML295? I am able to ping the static IP of the UML 290 but I would like to be able to ping the private LAN (10.200.45.0) behind the Meraki 1Z. Thanks in advance,

Setting up a LAN with a UML295 USB Modem connected to a wireless router.

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Hi Again, John,

Thank you for your help in steering me in the right direction. I'm glad I was able to contribute something useful.

What kills me about those TP-Link routers is that, on the outside of the box "Verizon" is clearly listed under the text, "Compatible with most 3G/4G modems", but yet the Tech Support person stated emphatically that they're NOT on the compatibility list. What's more, I haven't been able to find a compatibility list at all. Makes one wonder about the quality of TP-Link as a company. This could be one of those "You only get what you pay for" type of thing. If you find any inexpensive TP-Link Broadband routers that will work with the Verizon UML295, please let me know.

LogMeIn is something we can't live without; we've been using it for years. I have extended family in upstate NY (my wife's family) and south Florida (one of my daughters), as well as customers here in north Georgia, for whom I provide 1st echelon Tech Support, and without LogMeIn I'd not have been able to do that Just one example of the versatility of it was when one of my customers in south Florida were vacationing in Italy, and had an employee working at their home on a desktop PC, and needed several files that were on my clients laptop in Italy. Not dig this. From my home in north Georgia I logged on to the desktop PC at their home with LogMeIn, then logged THAT computer into the laptop in Italy, and transferred the files from the laptop in Italy to the desktop in Ft. Lauderdale.

Very often, at night I log in to my daughter's computers in Ft Lauderdale and/or my mother-in-law in Syracuse, just to check them out and make sure all updates are posted and everything is as it should be. It's really a great product. I've tried others - e.g. TeamViewer and SplashTop), but none quite compare with LogMeIn.

HELP I'M TALKING AND I CAN'T SHUT UP! But thank you for your ear (eye?).

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