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Sim card for mobile router TP-Link TL-MR6400

Daver3 — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 16:35:56 GMT

I am shortly to move into a house that doesn’t have a landline, so have bought myself a TP-Link 4G LTE router. I have seen on the internet that you can use a phone SIM card in such a mobile router, but when I put the spare SIM card I had in the router, the PC and laptop connect to the router but the router does not go online. Does anyone know if I need a specific SIM card for this router? Thanks in advance.

Re: Sim card for mobile router TP-Link TL-MR6400

XRaySpeX — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 20:13:42 GMT

You may put any SIM in a mobile router. What type of SIM have you used? Does it have an extant plan on it? Is it on PAYG?

Re: Sim card for mobile router TP-Link TL-MR6400

Daver3 — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 07:12:45 GMT

It's an O2 PAYG.

Re: Sim card for mobile router TP-Link TL-MR6400

XRaySpeX — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 09:48:25 GMT

So, does it have an data Bolt-On on it or credit on it to pay their £2/day for data?

Re: Sim card for mobile router TP-Link TL-MR6400

Daver3 — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 16:10:00 GMT

No - it's occurred to me that it's not an up-to-date SIM, maybe a few months old so I think it has been cancelled. On Amazon, where I got the mobile router, next to it was one of those 'Customers who bought this item also bought this', and there was a Three SIM card. I bought it, put it in and presto - it works. Thanks for your replies though.

Re: Sim card for mobile router TP-Link TL-MR6400

XRaySpeX — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 17:10:10 GMT

Thanks! You're welcome 🙂 ! Glad I could be of assistance & it is now sorted.