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This started happening to one of the cards I activated so far. Started messing up. Was in a Netgear lb1120. Changed the ttl on the computer started working again.
If you are using it on a computer only very easy to change ttl on that computer. Videos on YouTube to do it.
Since then wanted to ...

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This tutorial has to be followed exactly to work. Allot of times I will get a different internet source and load the tutorial page on my computer screen. Then once no longer have internet as long as you don't refresh that window it will stay there.
Then disconnect that internet ...

Just installed this in my router and not sure which ports to use, there are two grouped right next to one another, assuming those would be the cellular and the one by itself is GPS?

Look here
https://thewirelesshaven.com/shop/modems/quectel-modems/quectel-ep06-a-cat6-mini-pci-e-modem/
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All quectel modems work well with visible.

I like Quectel modems. Since they can be set up for auto reboot. Some modems like sierra wireless have to have power cycle (turned on and off). Which can't be done automatically.
Also Quectel modems take less commands to do things. And if you look thru these forums sierra wireless modems have ...

Have had resellers sims go out allot. Yes streaks are totally normal.

It seems like I'm not able to hold onto the "Primary" b66 signal and that is kicking me off of "Secondary" n71 and into "Primary" B71, which is the home of bad speeds.
There apparently is a known issue with this dropping 5g read somewhere and a new firmware update is suppose to work.
The old ...

I do have it setup that way now. I wondered if I should consider L1 and L2 as the "Primary" antenna?
Is there ever a world where I point the two pairs in different directions? (one up and one straight for example)

Wouldn't hurt to try to switch one are around here and there. See if something ...

McPierson wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 9:47 am I do have it setup that way now. I wondered if I should consider L1 and L2 as the "Primary" antenna?

Is there ever a world where I point the two pairs in different directions? (one up and one straight for example)

Would think the same direction but you never know.

I don't have any length on the j-arm, but I think I could make something out of PVC to temporarily test that. Do you think 2 feet higher would accomplish anything?

It is possible. Just to get it away from the reflections of the roof. Can read this I posted along ago. Antennas can be finicky ...

Another small test is to play with what Antenna lead is to what modem lead on the can. Would start with one pair going L1 and L2. The other to L3 and L4.

Wouldn't go making new holes and all that. Small steps first. Do you have enough length to just raise it up above the roof a little? Even a foot or two.

After weeks of trying just about everything under the sun I'd made an observation today. Just by simply changing the TTL from 64 to 65 or 65 to 64 and restarting the firewall you get a few hours of unthrottled bandwidth.

So what if we created a script that ran every hour and did just that. On the ...

dbshelton wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 9:03 pm Earlier had B66 and B66 CA. Isn't that the same?

It can do that. See the store link it shows all the combinations for carrier aggregation.
https://thewirelesshaven.com/shop/modems/quectel- ... i-e-modem/

If you want to make sure you have usable data when you move around will need more than one option more than likely.

Would look into these plans

1. T-Mobile home Internet
2. Visible phone service
3. Calyx Institute
4. AT&T Post Pay Tablet Plan
5. T-Mobile Magenta Max

Far as equipment yes there are ...

Tuna8er wrote: Sun Aug 29, 2021 9:01 pm Anyone have any suggestions?

https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=5

Hello, Had a issue in the past that Mofi firmware wouldn't work since was using the wrong protocol. Allot of time when you flash firmware will change your protocol.
https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?t=554

These commands won't work with a SIM 7 set up.

Hello,
Would appreciate any possible help on this.

Running a Mofi 4500 on T-mobile. Was having an issue with carrier aggregation on the mofi so wanted to try the gorlden orb and openwrt systems I read on here. So I flashed this unit to run on Golden orb with a file I found on this site. And had it ...

Thank you so much for the quick reply. Will try that after the work day.
I of course live in a rural area and have been learning to do this stuff for around a year or more. With Netgears Nighthawk m1 and LB1121 and the Mofi. In the beginning didn't know about Cat lte modems or carrier aggregation or ...

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Just wanted to say thanks again and that fixed my issue. It recognizes the card and is back up and running again.

Just want to make sure you are putting in the right ip address after doing openwrt flash. It would change to be different than what Mofi is. Probably 192.168.1.1

OpenWrt did not work either. Anyone have suggestions?

Don't know why but in the past when had issues loading firmware onto a WE826-T2 this firmware would work. Once had it on there could load what ever firmware I wanted. Always loaded it with the bootloader method that talked about earlier ...

Does it allow to do the bootloader method? Are you ever choosing the firmware to be added or do you not get that far?

Can you follow the boot loader method exactly? And use the ip address it says and forget about modi ip address.

Tuna8er wrote: Wed Sep 01, 2021 11:00 pm I tried it again with that file, same thing. I am using the mofi recovery page on 192.168.10.7, and to get there the static IP of 192.168.10.7, subnet 255.255.255.0, gateway, 192.168.10.1

Did you try not starting with this above? Start out with what the boot loader says to do.

Would someone that has a Orbi LBR20 do a IMEI check at Cricket https://www.cricketwireless.com/cell-phones/bring-your-phone to see if it is compatible? If not likely AT&T is also going to turn these off come Feb. 2022 as being 3G devices.

Check your device's compatibility
Apologies! This LBR20 ...

On mine it is called operation mode

Ethernet from the LAN on the NEXR5GO router to WAN on the tp link router. Typically the WAN on the tp link will be different color. After that just log into the tp link and set it up. There should be different modes in there to set it up a access point. Now it will work with out the setting up as ...

Hello,
If you are putting these in with a # in front of it that makes it ignore it.
Must be listed with out # in front of it.
Like these shown below.
Go ahead and try that and see if that is it.
Not sure since you are using a Wan interface instead of modem or tether.

#start TTL rules
iptables -t ...

Well allot of people are finding that. Requires higher TTL and VPN. Then others don't have to do that. Little over a month ago something changed with Visible. It is kind of odd. Sometimes mine will work with out vpn and higher TTL and other times it won't. But for what ever reason my computers ...

Below is an edit to the original instructions per some changes from Didneywhorl's post

This should work for Quectel Modems EC25-AF, EP06 and EM12

Before you start this might want to set back to OEM state if you been putting other commands in to start off fresh.

- Set modem to its OEM state ...

The modem has 5 ports, two on the top, two on the bottom, GPS port in the middle.

I connect to the two on the bottom.. that is, closest to the bottom of the gateway. Should I change it?

Does it make a difference? I was reading that the modem chooses which antennas to use on which band and can ...

Hi, I'm new here.

What alternatives are there to the T-Mobile trashcan? Are you saying I can purchase a gateway and stick the sim card from my T-mobile gateway into another brand name?

I'm having an issue with an external antenna.. I normally connect with only the Primary Signal on the B2 or ...

So I put the modem back together like its supposed to be, and now my problem is that its stuck on the B2 band and won't switch to B66..

Does that mean that you disconnected the outside antennas?
Have four outside antennas hooked to mine. Have to do the switcharoo game with what wire go to what ...

Which Software version are you showing on your Gateway? Do you have the latest one? 1.2101.00.1609

What you are describing sounds really flaky

So yeah I agree something is up with issues you are having. Band 12 is a lower frequency able to travel farther. Which is why you can get it pointed the wrong way. With it being a lower frequency it will be slower as well.
Hopefully this is just a tower needing repaired.

I'm using a t-mobile data only SIM. They aren't different plans. I'm physically moving the SIM card between different devices. The phone is a OnePlus 8. Which is a 5g phone, but I'm only testing on lte.
I thought it might be firmware but I didn't see any 3rd party firmware for any of these ...

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Far as I know the only difference would be the limitations of the Lan ports. For example a WE826 has 100 Mbps limited Lan ports. Allot of people say it will be actually limited to 85 Mbps in real life use.

When you have set ups like this almost have to have two to make it dependable. Like one on visible and one on AT&T

Turn custom TTL setting off. When you use the custom rules then you don't use custom ttl at all. Try that and see if that changes anything.

Well the T-Mobile way with phone sim is against terms of service but it isn't illegal. Used this at three houses on differnt setups running for couple years no issues. I used a terabyte or more per month on mine.


If you want something legit for a year consider Calyx institute.
https ...

Been reports that you have to sign up on waiting list and nag them.

So after this experience changed phone service. Actually personal phone for son and I to something different. Hoping in future things would get better again. When first got on visible it was great. Now Hear my father is having issues with his phone. Need to change his now too.
Don't get me wrong ...

Best bet is to search for what modem it has.
If they are cheaper devices more than likely category 4 or 6.

Far as speed differences could also be band connection. If one modem has a band frequency the other doesn't have or just naturally connects to the faster band.

Here is a video about why ...

Would try to get the T-Mobile home internet to work. It is legit and truly unlimited.

Agree the T-Mobile gateway is quirky and hard to manage. For example the signal strengths usually don't equal speed. Can't rely on the info it gives you.
With that being said mine doesn't over heat. Keep the outer case off of it, don't use the WiFi function on it and don't have it in a window.

Trees close to the antenna are the worse. If there is a good distance between antenna and trees usually fine. Sometimes just eliminating a tree or two that are close makes a huge difference. Just sharing info. Glad that it is working for you as is.

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Loose substainal amount really. Using that T-Mobile gateway depends allot on your connection to higher frequency LTE bands. So when my signal strength drops on band 2 it effects my download and upload.
Using this to work from home so it is important to have good connection. If you just using ...

Can do it once per day like this below

https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?p=8501#p8501

With the latest version of WiFix there is a setting to reboot the router every so often. Look under "Services / Scheduled Reboot". Make sure your time is correctly set, enable and choose a time for reboot ...

Yes there is something very weird with Visible these days.

Try setting your dns that might help with loading websites.

https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php ... =10#p10732

See if you can do something with zip file.

Hello all,
Have had my uncle set up on this and has had no issues for like a year now or more. He called yesterday and said it was out. Went over there today Immediately put the sim into a phone and got a connection. So next looked at the setting and etc. Noticed that the "PDP Contexts" have changed ...

Look into US Mobile.
Most any non-hotspot plan will require identity changes.

Currently have us mobile for my personal cell phone use. They are a great company. Highly recommend them for discount cell phone use. However when it comes to data caps on Verizon it is a hard cap at 75gigs. After that ...

Now personally never changed identity on Visible setups. Never changed identity on anything.

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Sounds like a DNS issue.

Hello think this is a relatable post viewtopic.php?t=3448

Can you please explain what you are trying to do?
My father wanted wifi in his barn. Used a mesh system and put the satellite in the barn window and that worked fine for example.

So I tethered a phone to the router for hours with no issue. So some how visible can now detect you are using a router modem IMEI. This is the issue now with visible. Just to share the information.

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Don't use a booster for data speed. That is a bad idea. Speak from experience no booster. Search this site will find other post saying a booster is bad for home data needs.
Honestly wouldn't go with either one of those antennas. If you are going to get a parabolic antenna like that get one ...

Update, out of boredom i put the router on my roof with the standard antennas and my reflector, ran a 20 ft ethernet cable to my pc. Best results by far 35mbs down and 5 mbs up. So am i getting some major loss through my cables?

You need to look at your signal strength and quality.
Look it on ...

Used a parabolic grid type antenna in attics few times and able to pick up higher frequency bands. Probably due to they are such high gain. With that being said worked even better outside then shooting thru siding or shingles.
Just did this last night actually. Due have tower to put it one but ...

One thing I’ve noticed about the grid parabolic mimo antenna is that 1 antenna gets really good rsrp and the other gets about 5db less rsrp. Is that something wrong with the antenna? Is that simply a normal result of antenna cross polarization, such that the second antenna normally gets worse ...

That is a usable upload speed. Allot of cable company internet service uploads are not much more than that.

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Have you tried taking the gateway outside with a extension cord to see if it will connect at all? Even if it is up a tower or even away from the house in a yard or field? Or even in the the car a quarter of mille down the road?
Reason why I ask is if you can get any signal like that no ...

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Have you tried taking the gateway outside with a extension cord to see if it will connect at all?



Actually no I have not I was under the impression since my phone sim (T-Mobile) works then I would be able to use the router but I could definitely give this a shot. Thank you.


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