An IT and Project Manager with over 15 years of experience specializing in #mobilemedicalclinics, #MPLS alternatives, #vpn, #hyperv, and #disasterrecovery

Florida, Gainesville
Joined September 2009
Fifteen years in, it still surprises me that people think a single cellular connection can power an entire mobile mammography vehicle. It can't. That truck is running diagnostic imaging. Large studies pushing back to PACS. Scheduling. Remote support. Patients already checked in and waiting. One modem on one carrier puts all of it behind a single point of failure. This project took a full year to get the approvals done. Today two mobile mammography units came off single cellular and went live on 85H with SpeedFusion Boost. Multiple carriers, bonded. Failover the techs never notice. Sessions that hold while the vehicle moves between towers. Two trucks that stay online now.
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Yesterday I had the pleasure of pulling an inadequate cellular router out of a mobile health clinic and replacing it with a BR2 Pro 5G running SpeedFusion Boost bonding. It was a good break to get outside, get up on the roof of the vehicle, and make the trip out to St. Augustine. Today I'm back in the lab finishing my private 5G kit. The BR2 Pro 5G in the backpack is paired with a high-gain Raptor antenna so I can test private 5G coverage using InControl's testing tools. From there I'll import the results into my heat map software and run my predictive analysis against the real-world data.
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I rebuilt my backpack today around dual Peplink MAX BR2 Pro 5G routers. That gives me quad 5G plus Starlink. Out of a backpack. Here is what these two units pull together at once: - Three Ethernet WAN. Run three Starlinks, venue Ethernet, or other devices. OneWeb and Amazon Leo drop right in here too. - 4 Wi-Fi as WAN. Tether to a phone hotspot or jump on venue Wi-Fi. - 2 USB WAN. Tether straight to a phone or device. - VLAN as WAN. Expand across the network to even more interfaces. Layer on 8GB for Docker, a 2.5GbE WAN interface, and SpeedFusion Boost on 8.6 firmware. I turned the whole upgrade into a step-by-step setup guide. That is heading to YouTube soon. Still gets me every time to watch a backpack power two BR2 Pro 5Gs and this much bonded connectivity.
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We are scooping out locations for the 2027 peplink Summit
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"You need to learn to delegate." - said to me while I'm on a ladder hooking up a Starlink. Joke's on them. West Networks has a full team behind the scenes. I just really love the fun parts.
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Just touched down in Kansas City. Three cities, three installs, one week. Tomorrow it is a mobile health care unit here in KC. Wednesday we head to Louisiana for a private 5G deployment. Wrapping up Friday back home in Florida with a rooftop distribution center getting bonded 5G backup internet. Every job is a different problem to solve. Every solution runs on Peplink SpeedFusion SD-WAN. More from the road as the week unfolds.
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Quad 5G. 11 WAN connections. Starlink ready. SpeedFusion bonded. The Peplink MBX is one of the most capable routers on the market — and yes, those little green antennas are doing a lot of heavy lifting. We'll be at NAB Show in Las Vegas next week — stop by and see this thing running in real time. DM us if you want to link up! #NABShow #NAB2026 #Peplink #MBX #5GRouter #Starlink #NetworkGear #SpeedFusion
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Rolling through downtown Chicago in a manual, stop and go in every direction, skyline staring right back at you. Just came from Indianapolis demoing Starlink bonding with the BR2 Pro 5G backpack. Watching Starlink bond into a SpeedFusion tunnel and just work is still something special. We just announced SpeedFusion Boost this month and the possibilities are real. More soon. #Peplink #SpeedFusion #Starlink
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Currently in San Jose, Costa Rica with a team of 20+ engineers conducting a full 5-day lab and proof of concept for Peplink SpeedFusion SD-WAN integrated with Palo Alto firewalls. The goal is a hardened, repeatable global deployment template - one that covers WAN bonding, failover, tunnel architecture, and security policy from end to end. This is the level of planning that enterprise-scale infrastructure demands before a single production device ships. West Networks lives for this kind of work. #Peplink #PaloAlto #SDWAN #EnterpriseNetworking #NetworkEngineering
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I travel with the Peplink 5G dongle mostly for my laptop but had a Balance 2500 EC I needed to demo 5G hit failover for a PoC. What's cool check out these little antennas! They work so awesome and are very small. Thanks Chris Friend for the antennas.
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Peplink just dropped Firmware 8.5.4 RC1, and it's looking like a strong step forward from the beta. The headline for me is the new ability to use an iPhone as a USB mobile modem – super handy for quick backups or failover in the field. Supported on a bunch of Balance, MAX (like BR1 ENT, BR2 Pro HW4, HD2/4 series, MBX Mini), B One, MediaFast, SDX/SDX Pro. They tightened up security with an updated tunneling protocol for Remote Web Admin and InTouch, plus they cut the HA sync interval down to 2 minutes (from 5) – that's going to help with faster failover consistency. On the fix side, there's a critical one: patched a remote code execution vuln in the API (Ref 35920) – definitely worth prioritizing if you're exposed. Also sorted out some Synergy mode headaches where devices wouldn't come back online in InControl after disconnects/reboots, plus a bunch of cellular stability improvements (no more repeated carrier selection loops, better eSIM handling, fixed module upgrades failing, etc.). Wi-Fi WAN roaming got some love too, and they fixed issues like captive portal not showing up or Web UI hanging on bandwidth changes. Full supported models list is broad – pretty much all the current Balance, MAX HD/BR series, B One, MediaFast, UBR Plus, SDX/EPX/PDX, FusionHub, etc. Check the notes for your exact hardware. As always with RC, run it in a lab or non-critical setup first to shake out any surprises. The release notes PDF is here: download.peplink.com/resourc… Peplink forum thread is up too if you want to see what others are saying: forum.peplink.com/t/firmware… Anyone jumping on this RC already? Noticed any wins (or gotchas) with the iPhone USB modem or the security patches? Would love to hear real-world feedback. #Peplink #SDWAN #Firmware #Networking #MobileBroadband
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I set up a proof of concept for a facility looking to provide seamless failover to bonded starling using mpls technology. 6 starlinks, 2 5g's, and a peplink balance 2500 EC router to speedfusion them all together
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I’m working on a new series called Peplink University Shorts. The goal is to create concise training videos—each under 10 minutes—focused on very specific topics. Here’s what I have planned so far: - Configuring Wi-Fi using IC2 and tags - Setting up a Layer 3 SpeedFusion tunnel - Setting up a Layer 2 SpeedFusion tunnel - Setting up a NAT mode SpeedFusion tunnel - Creating a guest VLAN and captive portal - Configuring basic firewall settings - Using the new WAN configuration feature - Demonstrating zero-touch provisioning with a full factory reset What other features or topics would you like to see demonstrated?
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My son was going through some of my old things while we were digging out Christmas decorations and we found this really old Asus tablet PC, he asked me to see if it worked so we booted it up. it's really interesting to see the evolution of about 20 years of technolog. the Asus rog Ally x is a real game changer when it comes to handheld gaming and a worlds of difference from the old handheld PCS.
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A custom Milwaukee SpeedFusion packout case equipped with Peplink dual 5G BR2 Pro 5G and an all day battery with high gain antennas for the best internet possible at the construction site for zero-day internet powered by T-Mobile 5G and Verizon 5G buypeplink.com
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Feild Operations had its first deployment using our North East team in CT. We upgraded 39 ambulances to the dual 5G Peplink SpeedFusion enabled BR2 Pro 5G, learn more at buypeplink.com
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We’ve just restocked 1,000 Peplink BR1 routers! The BR1 is a compact powerful solution that brings the full Peplink ecosystem. It includes features like integrated firewalls, SpeedFusion VPN, and zero-touch through InControl2. InTouch OOBM is included.
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I had the pleasure of deploying a tertiary bonded internet connection for a healthcare facility, using #Peplink #SpeedFusion. Using an SDX router, we combined OneWeb, Starlink, T-Mobile, and FirstNet into a Layer 2 tunnel so they could use EIGRP between their routers.
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Heading to Sacramento, CA for for a #Peplink #SpeedFuaion install to bond #Starlink #5G and #oneweb for complete building redundancy. Im spoiled by bonded #Tmobile and #verizon 5G in my Speed fusion Backpack while I travel. buypeplink.com peplinksummit.com
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So I keep asking people if I can drill holes in their fancy cars to install Starlink and they tell me no. I wanted to come up with an idea on how to install starlink with a Peplink br2 Pro 5G without penetrating or messing with the vehicle. I have a good trip today. down to lake county Florida then up to Pennsylvania for some installs and I thought why not try my new design. the suction cup mount custom print Starlink Mini with br2 Pro 5G. I would say this is the ultimate family hotspot traveling around the country this summer.
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