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Had some time on my hands while the wife was attending a conference down in Austin TX. Thought about spending it tossing a few brews/fishing with the buds, but decided to do something more constructive:)

I have built quite a few wifi 2.4GHz quad antennas over the years and each one of them ...

Greetings and welcome!

Honestly, I would lean towards T-mobile. Sprint's network is not near as solid and they have not invested near the $$$$ as t-mobile.

Been a Sprint user for years and it has always been "hit & miss" with network reliability. A coverage area that was rocking last month, may be ...

Replied to your PM Nick and added some pics that may (or may not, lol) give you some insight to towers around you.

As I stated there, hard to believe AT&T has as many towers as opensignal showing. Could be wrong, but that sure is heavy concentration. Wondering if you roaming? Think most towers ...

Thought I would share my latest go at creating antennas from scratch.

The performance is great and if you like creating things, you will love this project. If you see my other post on biquads (https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=639), you will see where I got the design from. Cannot ...

Let me get this straight: you want to cut the lock off of privately owned equipment and turn on the power to it?

I guarantee you they placed a lock on it and it has a purpose.

I recommend you call the number to the AT&T NOC printed on box and tell them your plans beforehand:) Bet they will find ...

Soory for this noob question. Will this allow me to add an LTE band to my modem? Let's say I have a modem with no published Band 71 support. Can I program in this modem to support band 71?

Not possible. If your modem does not support the band, there is absolutely nothing you can do - other than ...

Very nice and clean install!

One thing I have learned over the years is to setup a test install, then make it pretty after everything is working like I want. But no matter, I commend you for the neat appearance. Very professional.

No need for me to note the tin roof, seems you are aware of the ...

Didneywhorl wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2020 2:29 pm The HAT version doesnt have a modem embedded like the shields previously. Its pretty new-ish.

https://sixfab.com/product/raspberry-pi ... cie-cards/

Wow-we-Wow, I like that! Have some older pies laying around but this renews my interest, thanks for sharing the link!

BillA wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2020 4:17 pm Tmobile uses imei lock on that service/hotspot, and with a "special" command on certain modems you could clone it, but I don't condone it, and that's my rhyme for today. lol

Funny man, lol. But, very interesting info. Have to think about this...

@gscheb Could you PM me the link for AT&T plan? Attempted to send you PM and failing (something about no user with that name). Like to try that plan for aunt that lives in rural area. Thanks!

You are in fact connected to Band 2 and CA Band 12, which should give pretty good results. Those were always the best bands for me.

But, your signal levels do not look good, matter of fact they are considered poor.

If you had better figures than shown in your image, something has changed. Water in ...

Forgot to mention that there is talk here on forum about people using the at&t unlimited prepaid plan ($70 / $55 autopay I think). Have not really followed and cannot say if good solution, just pointing out have heard mention of it in couple of posts.

I had this posted here and now it’s gone....not sure why exactly.....

Pretty sure the board was having some issues or maybe an update went bad and some posts lost.

If the netgear LB1120 is unlocked, SimpleMobile $50 truly unlimited ($45 prepaid) may be a good choice for you. Using it myself in ...

I still am without internet access because I had the bright idea to buy a house in the boonies. So frustrating!! Can anybody recommend a Sim/plan I can go out and buy that will work?? I checked that list on this forum and that's why I bought the $75 ATT prepaid. Also, if you figure out a solution ...

You can change the WE826 wifi channel:

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Then:

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Basically what Terry is saying, is that his antenna is BIGGER than yours. lmao jk

HAHAHA, lmao!

BillA wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:58 pm Just remember, I'm always right, even when I'm wrong! lmao

Yes sir, I will remember that, lol. I looked at it and thought "wonder if that should be tracfone", naw Bill does not make mistakes

Looks like an M.I.A.

Active March 2020 so got my fingers crossed...

I will have to research to see if Sim cards go right in external USB enclosures or they still require the Sim to be in the router. If they can be in the USB enclosures, then I could make all this work with a used modem and an enclosure.

In my tests using external USB adapter / enclosure the SIM ...

I hate to bump this thread, but hate even more than that starting a new thread on the same subject! AND I told Bill I will post my findings here

I have some information for you on the ATT PREPAID plans. First:

1- You can change your IMEI with ATT. You can call them and they will change it and ...

Everyone I have ever heard of using t-mobile in router is: they get it working in phone first. Which means to me you have to activate the service in phone, meaning you can make calls and surf the net with phone. Then you setup router APN, TTL and insert SIM.

You can also ask the folks over at The ...

Didneywhorl wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 11:32 am ooops! Thank you for the correction!

No problem! The airmaster is little different all way around.

Very valid point and after reading your reasoning, got to learn more about this. Hopefully a router guru will see this and provide some insight. Subscribed and waiting...

By phone only, I just meant the plan is a phone plan that does not include any hotspot data. Hence the caveats: ISPs may have different rules for how data is clocked on different types of plans. I'm using the plan via a sim in a router.

Got ya. after drinking second cup of coffee I understood ...

Gotta solve this issue, otherwise how can you sleep tonight?

That is damn truth there!

Got to close down for few hours and prticpate in aunt's mother day festivities. She got home made blackberry wine so maybe will get that sleep after all:)

I will continue on this and report back my findings ...

I would stay away from such. Can be VERY disruptive to cellular RF equipment. A low noise amplifier such as you describe amplifies everything, including noise. Think of it as watering your flower garden with a fireman hose instead of a garden hose.

Too much and soon or later, you can expected to be ...

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The Split mARC outdoor installer kit was designed to provide WISPs a complete solution for data connectivity at the customer premises. The "model 2" CPE is designed to receive 2.4GHz wifi signal only. The included Outdoor 2.4GHz AP broadcast a 2.4GHz wifi signal only ...

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BONUS! Extra Flex mARC with Purchase of Split mARC 5 (Outdoor 2.4GHz AP):

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Moved to eBay https://www.ebay.com/itm/333661743058

Well, guess there is no answer why part of menu is missing in GO model. Time to shelf this project and move on to greener pastures. As they say in my neck of the woods, "got bigger fish to fry".

Didneywhorl wrote: Tue May 12, 2020 9:40 pm The guys on the whirlpool forum who made the firmware for Jim could prob answer you better.

Yes, my bad. Thought it was a custom firmware Jim had brewed up. Thanks!

I wonder if voltage plays a part?

Chart for the MC7455 Modem showing power requirments:

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Power supply output voltage has absolutely nothing to do with coax signal levels in this case. Input voltage is driving the electronics + modem. There is oscillating voltage ...

Have to agree with @Didneywhorl, do not think power lines cause you much issue. There some carriers that even mount their sectored antennas on top of high voltage transmission towers:

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I would order from The Wireless Haven, Jim has some very good antennas. Being a mile from tower, would have tried: https://thewirelesshaven.com/shop/antennas/wifi-antennas/omni-directional-w/cisco-4g-lte-antenna-with-extension/

Remember: you get what you pay for. Plus, when you have a problem, just ...

@BillA is right on, get greedy and you will be booted.

Be careful with the Archer A7. I have two that will not run OpenWRT. Seems V5 works, see here: https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/archer_a7

Looks like you can use about anything with it: http://shop.proxicast.com/shopping/3g-4g-routers/proxicast-lan-cell-3-3g-4g-vpn-wifi-router/

See chapter 4: http://www.proxicast.com/support/files/LAN-Cell-3-User-Guide.pdf

Very interesting piece of equipment.

And that was my mistake is that these are designed for urban areas. However given that it's hard to actually find a good working antenna that there's a reason for me to detuned these. That way I have a stable connection even through rough weather. Very very powerful. Here's my concept for just my ...

Not entirely impossible AT&T shut band 2 down on sector and moved to another sector on tower. They could even decide the band was under utilized and moved it to a different tower.

This can happen and does daily all over the country with all carriers.

I live (rural) in between two towers and both ...

And to be clear, the Wifi is there and you can connect to it, but it wont pass internet conectivity, BUT your LAN ports at that time still do pass internet connectivity, correct?

Opps. I missed that very important part...

No success yet.

I did the following:
1. Installed the MC7455 into the WE826GO-U
2. Booted the router and applied the following AT commands:
at!entercnd="A710"
at!usbcomp=1,1,1009
at+cgdcont=1,"IP","VSBLINTERNET"
at+cgdcont=1,"IPV4V6","VSBLINTERNET"
at!reset
3. Confirmed that APN was set to ...

That looks ok. Very interesting. Going to try it myself and see what happens. Will report back my results.

Out of curiosity, what do you see when looking at Network / Interfaces? Do you get an IP4 assigned or does it look like this:

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Also do a at!gstatus? and post results.

You ...

foolhardy wrote: Fri May 29, 2020 7:17 pm Unfortunately, no data will load so I cannot do a speed test, even through apps.

Darn, was hoping for better news. Will try mine this weekend.

I have never used the MOFI4500 but looks like 4 antenna, 2x wifi and 2x cellular.

Have never mixed antennas either, but The Wireless Haven has a great yagi. Do not think there will be issues with mixing antennas, but cannot guarantee that (too many variables)

https://thewirelesshaven.com/shop ...

No need to thank, just help someone else when you can. To answer your question, the thumbs up button gives thanks.

You do not place a # in front if you wish the line to be active. Mine below is not set to 117, but as example mine is like:

#start naive newb fw
iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -o ...

fux0r360 wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 3:00 pm the exact model on sticker says Model: WE826

Maybe a picture of the unit and one of bottom where model sticker is. Without that info really hard to give you advice.

Looks like you are missing the jumper to modem. Chances are the modem is not installed either. Follow the links in this thread to see whats inside https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=74

Thank you all so much for the insights & tips.

As I was searching for the above mentioned routers, I saw this:
https://www.ebay.com/i/133052218750?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=133052218750&targetid=886857339101&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=21137&poi ...

You are missing the adapter, modem and jumpers:

Adapter: (for EM series modems): https://thewirelesshaven.com/shop/pcie-m-2/m-2-ngff/mini-pci-e-to-m-2-ngff-key-b-adapter-with-bottom-sim-card-slot/

There is also adapter for MC series modems but do not see in store.

Jumpers Pigtails (for EM series ...

thank you so much for all of the insight. I will probably have alot of lame newbie questions. I hope you all dont mind.

I do not mind at all. We all started out by learning. Burn some solder and build something :)

There are a lot of good and knowledgeable people here, so rest of you ole pros ...

This is the thing they sent with this router thats supposed to be plugged in with it. It has two removable antennae also but they dont stay in and they are very clunky

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Oh wow. That is a piece of work there. I would say those were surplus ...

If you want something cheap that will work out of box and supports lots of open source code, try the GL.iNET GL-MT300N-V2 Wireless Mini Portable Travel Router https://amzn.to/2Bs9Erw

I love these little fellows and have passed many on to teachers needing a quick fix. Right out of box you can tether ...

Something I have been experimenting with that @slacker shared is custom firewall below:

#start naive newb fw
iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -o wwan0 -j TTL --ttl-set 65
iptables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -i wwan0 -j TTL --ttl-set 65
ip6tables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -o wwan0 -j HL --hl-set 65 ...

Here is a paper about the "Fresnel Zone and Cellular" I wrote up some time ago and just found it. Did a little refresh on it today. Originally compiled for a lecture I gave few years back. Maybe folks here will find the information useful.

Keep in mind that I am a country hick, so grammar is not my ...

BillA wrote: Sun Jun 28, 2020 9:37 pm Interesting info professor Terryjett, I will cuddle up with it tonight in bed and dive in.

More like Mr MaGoo but thanks for the boost in confidence

I blindly jumped in not thinking that I have EM7455's based off the Dell versions. When I did the AT!RMARESET=1 it wrecked the modem. Even worse my dumb arse did it to two of the modems, lol. Late night mistake, should have been in bed.

So if you are not using the MC/EM7455 directly branded by ...

Will give you my take on your speed issues. I am experiencing the same. One hour (heck few minutes) speed is good, then goes to nothing. In rural area.

Have AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile (simplemobile) all running on different devices. They are all over the place when it comes to speed. Good one hour ...

This is only a temp fix I made on a forked version and it worked for me. Made a change to bash script recommended by another user.

It will only work for current firmware release 02.33.03.00_Generic_002.072_000. Just a temp fix until Mr Woods can update his:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com ...

On TMobile yes.

On ATT it works, for now, but they are backporting what they learn from Cricket DPI into ATT.

I am expecting to see some public announcement soon and will point to our group here to that but VPN/P2P data is currently already backported and will be tagged as "hotspot" data.

For ...

To add to the band 71 dellima think there is also a. Issue with good signal connection. Since all the antennas are actually tuned to get 700 MHz and up frequencies.

Unless there is some type of filter, there is nothing really restricting the reception of 600Mhz with 700 MHz antenna.

Signals care ...

Pretty simple.

Click the attachments tab. Add your file(s).

Place cursor on line you wish photo appear and click the "Place inline" button beside photo name:

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Your photo is now where your cursor was.

I bought some connectors to do this but looked to hard to Solder them on.
This is what I did do which helped getting better connection on the two normal ports. Only issue is solder is very weak if you put pressure on it. So over time they start to get loose. Don't know if I would recommend doing ...

And of course you could hang this great Andy Warhol painting on the wall, right behind the router. :lol:
Gotta love the artistic side of the mobile router industry. he-he

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What you talkin bout willis? Now you making ...

Thanks for the advice! If you want to link to an ebay auction I can message you on there?

Sorry for delay in response. Just not enough hours in the day lately. Setting up a small community WISP out in East Texas and it has consumed my mind, body and time, lol.

BTW, great idea on how to contact ...

If your friend is that close to t-mobile tower and tower is not congested, simplemobile could be a very good choice. Have tried simplemobile and not bad at all, but my area the tower is so congested, never got over 1mbps down in prime time. Know simplemobile works great in other areas, have tested ...

Worked with data without even being activated yet. No phone number appeared in my settings and I got these results....
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I'll be placing it in a Netgear LB1120 that a relative of mine has for their small business. They have a tower ...

All around great and affordable router is right here:)

https://thewirelesshaven.com/shop/routers/lte-routers/we826-go-4g-lte-wifi-router/

You get a product that is supported by not only the thewirelesshaven.com folks, there are many here who also use the WE826.

Have a couple of them and they run ...

NoLimitData is the MVNO that I am using today, was using OTR but they dropped T-Mobile.
The only cell tower I have is T-Mobile. Band-71 works the best as for the 600MHz can shoot through the tress better
than the other bands.

ALL MVNO are a little sketchy!! I could play games and try to get an ...

T-Mobile phone sim will work. Have three houses on it. Well technically five. Two of the houses share with another house.
Get post pay plan set TTL 64 and good to go. Use it up big time.

Exactly how to avoid the middle man (resellers)!

I wish T-Mobile was not so congested here. 50% of the day ...

Thanks for your reply.

I’m actually on an iPhone X. The booster is using one Yagi antenna pointed in the only direction I found to produce any signal. It is posted at the end of my RV about 15 feet up off the ground. Oddly enough the boosted service completely cuts out when I go any higher.

I ...

Of course, and I'm grateful for all insights.

What I meant was I can tell you are good at troubleshooting and will figure it out:)

Way back in another life when I was a lowly cellular technician, had to track down some real gremlins and spend many nights trying to rid the cell site of them ...

In 100% agreement with @swwifty. Don't skimp on your cable. Just an extra loss of 1 or 2db can make a world of difference if you are on the fringe.

This calculator gives you good idea of different cables: https://www.qsl.net/co8tw/Coax_Calculator.htm

LMR-240 @ 2500MHz = 3.234DB for 25ft
LMR-400 ...

Using stock, right from the box. It runs a form of Rooter. You can go into advanced menu and set TTL firewall much like we do on the we826.

I tether my Visible phone via USB directly to the gl-mt300n (link removed). I do not use the built-in wifi for much. What I have setup is a 4 port unmanaged ...

If I leave my em7455 open for all bands, it craps out. Hence the reason of only using verizon bands. Even the other tutorial states that. Maybe you will have different experience.

I'm actually looking into stocking these, mostly for remote camera systems, but also to see if they can be upgraded.

Won a pallet action and there were a few of these (J and K models). Played around with the J model (at&t) little bit. Bands 2, 4 and if I recall 12. Sold one to a fleamarket ...

Played around with it a little last night and realized that I was getting a much worse signal on B25 but my download speeds were still a lot better. So next step, I'm going to build a B25 double biquad centered on 1900MHz to see how well it works. May even try a triple biquad... should be much ...

New speed for dual pole is around 20 down and 7 up. But, at&t has been slowing down around here lately and that is what I am getting with factory made flat panels.

Spacing might help for speed. In my life experiences, antennas seem to like being closer together at my distance from tower (4 miles ...

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