Portable USB 3g dongle plugged in to router wireless with usb 3g sharing

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dnt994

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Hi there :) .
I've a data sim with 20gb of traffic at 3g connection. I also have a asus RT-AC52U router wireless that support and share 3g usb dongle connection.
So, I need to buy a usb dongle to put the sim in, my only doubt is whether a usb 3g portable dongle like TP-LINK M5350 Pocket or HUAWEI E5330 are compatible using the microusb/usb cable and plugging it to the router. Off course I know a normal usb dongle/internet key will work as I can directly plug in the usb port of the router, but will it work with a portable dongle too with microusb/usb cable??
 
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bill001g

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The type of cable makes little difference since you can buy converter cables. The hard part is finding the list of compatible dongles.

It is not just a hardware compatibility. A device may be supported for some ISP but not others. This is because the ISP has to release information that tell how to configure the device to work on their system sometimes. Some ISP intentionally have made it so you can not use their system on a router even thought the same dongle will work on the router using a different ISP.

With Asus they have a list of compatible dongles and ISP. Unfortunately they add to this all the time and sometimes do not update the main list so you have to dig though patch notes. This also means you need to be sure you have the most current firmware on your router.

If you do not find a exact match for the hardware and the ISP I would be very careful about buying it. You could also consider loading dd-wrt on the device. dd-wrt tends to have a larger list of supported devices and isp.
 
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dnt994

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I see the light now... :), thanks. So I've checked about the compatible dongles and RT-AC52U support: http://www.asus.com/event/networks_3G4G_support/ this means that I can only use in my case (country: Italy, isp: TIM) either Huawei E1800 or Onda MT833U usb dongle, in order to use my TIM sim data plan with that router??
p.s I've also checked the dd-wrt stuff and my router is not supported.
 
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