• Travel Router

The MBR1000 includes both wired- and wireless WAN interfaces to provide the ultimate flexibility in Internet connectivity for your enterprise. Particularly suited to failover/back up applications, the MBR1000 is a perfect high-performance fail-safe backbone for any business where up-time is critical. Equipped with 2 USB ports and 1 Express Card slot, the unit allows a backup cellular modem connection that can be equipped with a router data plan. With this, cellular charges only apply when you need it - when your wireline is down - allowing your business to be continuously connected. You can even use your data-capable handset, smartphone, or even a Blackberry as a backup even if you dont have a modem account set up yet!

- Set up was quick, only took a few minutes
- Using an AT&T Sierra Wireless 881U USB device throughput average 284-300 Kbs up-link and down-link due to the remote location
- Interfaced to an IMAC, VISTA PC, SAMSUNG Blue Ray Disk player (BD 2550), Apple time capsule and also bridged with a LINKSYS WRT600N using DD-WRT Linux firmware to an XP PC, XBOX 360, and a LINUX/Windows 98 PC
- Solid performer, easy to configure, and has many options including MAC filtering
- WPA/WPA2 seems to work more efficiently than other routers I have owned
- Security is tight. If you are using MAC Filtering and you plug in an unknown into the Ethernet port (attempt a backdoor), it seems, as it should, to shutdown the whole net. To me that was impressive since I have not seen a router do anything but an attempted block when I tried that in the past. Admittedly I am a novice and may be misreading what the router is doing, but I have done this twice with the same results.

I bought the CradlePoint MBR1000 5 months ago to provide WiFi access for my Sierra Wireless 595U with Sprint as my ISP. I simply love love love this router. It offers all the functionality that you would expect from a high end router, much ore than a standard Tomato firmware upgrade, including customizing transmit power, virtual server configuration, even an OpenDNS content filtering option. Best of all it's dead easy to use and operate. Check the CradlePoint website and make sure it supports your wireless card, and if it does all you should need to do is plug and play. I set up a WPA2 network with all the trimmings in less than 10 minutes. The GUI is also very slick, intuitive, easy to use, and includes extensive explanations for every option and an excellent help section. I haven't had a single problem with this router, which for wireless routers is the highest recommendation anyone can give. Even the price is understandable considering all the time you save by owning a router that doesn't suck.

The 1000 works wonderful. Easy to use. Mine stopped working using 2 different laptops. Direct connecting great. After 4 days and 2 phone calls. Support doesn't much have an idea. Tried both laptops at another 1000 router. Works perfect. Support just acts like they don't care to even try.
If it works its wonderful.

With one Sprint broadband card and the Cradlepoint MBR1000 I had two computers running, with internet access, in short order. You can split the connection with as many computers as you want. The setup and instructions are simple and clear. It's a great tool.

Am very pleased with the operation of the router. I had an initial problem connecting but talked to an IT person who was courteous and helpful. The IT was in Utah and spoke English rather than being in Bangaladesh and speaking Hindu. A refreshing surprise!