Dual SIM Router vs Dual Radio Router

Projects are looking to save their enterprises time and money ask us this very often: “When would I need to use dual SIMs, and in what situations should I consider dual radio dual sim router?”

In order to make this clear, let’s take a quick look at the dual SIM and dual SIM dual radio module functionality.

Dual SIM

With two SIM cards inserted into one E-Lins H700/H720/H750/H900 Router, the radio still only connects to one active SIM at a time, the other SIM will work as backup link. Simply speaking, one SIM as main, the other as backup. Two SIMs will not be online at the same time.

Dual-SIM functionality allows you to switch two carriers on the fly at a store location. Let’s say you’ve configured a router and inserted two active SIMs on two different carriers into the router, then sent it into the field for deployment. The IT professional in charge of installation performs site surveys on SIM A and SIM B.

Based on the results, your installer will switch to the carrier that is providing the best network experience at that location. Then he or she can deactivate the other SIM, ensuring the company is only charged for one cellular data plan at a time.

Dual Radio Module

Dual Radio Module — accomplished with dual radio module router— allow you to connect two carriers at the same time, which provides multiple benefits, such as you can choose one carrier work as primary and the other work as secondary; SIM A work and go pass the data first, meanwhile SIM B work standby and it will switch to SIM B when SIM A link failed, which will ensure the whole cellular link always be online.

Failover / WAN Redundancy

The ability to connect to two carriers at the same time is the only way to provide cellular-to-cellular failover, which can be beneficial in many situations and is the only option for WAN link redundancy for M2M & IoT networking. The automatic switch from one carrier to the other occurs in a few seconds. Also, both radio modules can be active at the same time, allowing for more bandwidth.

At locations where wired-line connectivity is available, some end-users use dual radio to further enhance their failover by utilizing three carriers at once. For example, they might use wired-wan via xDSL and two different cellular SIMs to provide “three-nines” connectivity.

Additionally, a router with a dual radio offers additional bandwidth during high-usage times when using load balance or sim bonding feature, which two features are very often seen in dual radio dual sim router.

Let me summary the key points of when to use dual radio dual sim router for you:
1)When you want to connect two different ISP/carrier.
2)When you want to use two ISP/carrier’s cellular failover.
3)When you want to use load balance or SIM bonding to enhance your bandwidth

E-Lins Communication Co., Limited owns H700/H720/H750/H900 4 series excellent dual radio dual sim routers which are on hot-selling worldwide, so when your cases or projects are in need of dual radio dual sim, you can freely contact with E-Lins Communication Co., Limited.