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Huawei 4G usb dongles in 3600 Appliance E8372

Haris_Chaudhry — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 05:07:14 GMT

Hi All.

Was wondering if anyone had use a Huawei 4G usb dongle in a checkpoint appliance before ?

Apparently it worked in R77 days but not since R80 ?

Re: Huawei 4G usb dongles in 3600 Appliance E8372

Chris_Atkinson — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 11:52:07 GMT

I've not seen or heard of this being done outside the SMB models on R77.

Re: Huawei 4G usb dongles in 3600 Appliance E8372

PhoneBoy — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 02:58:03 GMT

Only the SMB appliances have ever supported 4G/LTE cellular modems (I.e. those which run Embedded Gaia).
In the current SMB appliances, you have to buy one with an embedded LTE modem.
The non-SMB appliances have never supported these USB modems.

Re: Huawei 4G usb dongles in 3600 Appliance E8372

Haris_Chaudhry — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 12:03:44 GMT

wrote a guide on how to do this.

https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Enterprise-Appliances-and-Gaia/Guide-How-to-use-USB-4G-Dongles-Modems-on-GAIA-R80-40/td-p/98405

Re: Huawei 4G usb dongles in 3600 Appliance E8372

_Val_ — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 12:07:05 GMT

There is always a question about official support. Can you clarify this, @Haris_Chaudhry ?