Cradlepoint MBR1000
Last seen for $249

The Cradlepoint MBR1000 is a full-feature 3G mobile broadband router with a focus on continually available connectivity for you or your business.

The Basics: What's a 3G Router?

You've certainly heard the term 3G by now; its a family of data signals that allow users to connect to the Internet through portable devices like laptops and smart phones. 3G subscriptions are sold by cell phone companies (often called data plans).

A 3G Router, or commonly called a mobile broadband router, is a device that takes the 3G signal and turns it into a typical 802.11 wifi signal that anyone can connect to (not just the 3G subscriber). The MBR1000 uses 802.11n, the most advanced in 802.11 technology available to the general public.

What Cradlepoint's MBR1000 Can Do For You

There are a lot of things the MBR1000 can do for you:

Always Connected: A lot of people simply get a router to put in their small office in case their landline goes down and they need a backup internet connection. This is typically done in environments where being down for just a few minutes can be very costly.
Travel: Tired of paying $10 here and there every time you want to connect to the internet and get some work done? As long as you have this router and you are in a 3G zone, you'll always be able to connect.
Share a Data Plan: With data costing quite a bit every month, you people are understandably unwilling to buy several plans. With a 3G router, you can share one single 3G plans with several people. Because of 3G's limits in bandwidth, its not recommended that you share with more than 3 or 4 people at a time. The MBR1000 also gives you security features to limit who can connect to it.
Emergency and Disaster Relief: When time is crucial and emergency responders can't wait for phone lines to come back after a disaster, the MBR1000 is one of the only reliable methods of quick data communication.

Cradlepoint MBR1000 Product Details

Main Features

The MBR1000 has a host of advanced features, but also is easy to start using even if you aren't interested in all of them:

* Wireless networking compliance with IEEE 802.11 b/g/n standards
* 2.412 to 2.484 GHz frequency band operation
* Compliant with IEEE 802.3 and 3u standards
* Supports OFDM and CCK modulation
* Supports Cable/DSL modems with dynamic IP, static IP, PPPoE, PPTP, L2tp, or BigPond connection types
* Supports both USB-style and ExpressCard cellular modems
* Traffic control with Virtual Server (max 64 servers) and DMZ
* Compatible with HSDPA and EVDO cellular network devices
* UPnP (Universal Plug & Play) and ALGs support for Internet applications such as Email, FTP, Gaming, Remote Desktop, Net Meeting, Telnet, SSH and SCP
* Supports WDS
* Flash memory for firmware upgrade, save/restore settings
* Easy Management via HTTP and Remote Management via HTTP and SNMP
* Compliant with Windows 98SE/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server, Linux and Mac OS
* Firewall features Network Address Translation (NAT), and Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) protects against DoS attacks
* Access Control available in encrypted and open modes and password protected Internet access to prevent unauthorized usage
* Provides additional security of Enable/Disable SSID, Internet Access Control (Services, URL and MAC Filtering)
* Supports multiple and concurrent IPSec, L2TP and PPTP VPN pass-through sessions
* Supports 64/128-bit WEP (11b/g), WPA, WPA2, and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK