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Unable to use T-Mobile Home Internet with work VPN, any suggestions?
I've recently been told by work Information Services that I cannot use my work laptop with T-Mobile Home Internet. Here is there response to my support request. T-Mobile's primary service call...
IDR wrote:Elmojomo wrote:I have the InseeGo FX3100 gateway/router.
Oh no! I wish I saw this comment before calling up support. They are sending me this device. Has there been any improvements since you last post?
Actually, yes!
I was able to get pretty much all my issues resolved. I now have a solid 'VPN' connection to my office, and I'm a fairly happy customer. I didn't report back my results here, since my setup and situation is so niche, I was afraid that my solution would just end up confusing the issue for those who are having other problems.
In my case, the resolution was related to how Tailscale was communicating between its nodes, and the fact that my pfsense firewall/gateway was not properly configured to allow direct connections. Once I got that sorted out (using this link, in case anyone is in this same boat), I now have a pretty fast, stable connection to my office server. I don't have any way to perform actual speed tests to see if it's quite as fast as theoretically possible, but all my files transfer just fine, so I'm done digging.
I hope your experience with the FX3100 goes well. I'm pretty happy with the device. I like that I have full admin access, and can enable IP passthrough very easily, while maintaining GUI access. This allows me to use the FX3100 as a simple modem, and connect it to my firewall/gateway for all other network and security tasks within my facility.
