R7800 can I use a phone as 4g modem through USB?

[snyft]

As title, is this possible? Is it an decent option compared to buying a 4g router? Signal strength etc compared to not using antennas for 4g router ofc.

 

[microchip]

No

 

[yanzup]

Smartphone USB tethering

Smartphone USB tethering This article relies on the following: * Accessing web interface / command-line interface * Managing configs / packages / services / logs Introduction USB tethering is used to connect your OpenWrt Router to the Internet by using the your smartphone. It's more...

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[OpenWrt Wiki] NETGEAR R7800 (Nighthawk X4S AC2600)

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So, yes I guess.