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And finally, regarding the 7455 modem in MOFI.
BTW, if one wants to see how MOFI interacts with the modem he can simply login to MOFI using SSH, open minicom session and use the MOFI GUI - all AT commands sent to the modem will be printed/echoed on the screen. But having an opened minicom session ...

Thought I would just post this out there for people having issues with the WE826 WiFi always dropping out. Apparently in the openwrt versions < 19.07.2. There is a issue with the WiFi drivers that cause it to hang when high bandwidth devices are being used. This would require a hard reboot of the ...

Basically just modified the conmon.sh file located at /usr/lib/rooter/connect
Set the default track_ips="8.8.8.8" so it always has a value incase it gets cleared during the pings.

A few lines below that was this check
f [ -f "/tmp/connstat$CURRMODEM" ]; then <--- this would always be true, every ...

Using Jim's spreadsheet to generate correct code for locking EM7455 to band 41, but modem will not connect after reset. Before I go into more troubleshooting want to make sure every thing is correct with code.

This is what I have after spreadsheet: AT!BAND=10,"SP41",0,10

Entered that into modem ...

Give this a try for the WG3526.
admin is the default pass

It's based on the goldenorb 19.07.2 rooter build packages. https://www.ofmodemsandmen.com/buildpkg.html

Correct, No mods other than fixing the loop. I did set default ttl and settings etc. As I got tired of having to set them up everytime I flashed.

I tried again and the #bnd command is working again.

Telit got back with me pretty fast. I told them I was using the modem plugged into my windows 10 laptop and asked if the TCM program was compatible with the LM960. Here's their response incase anyone finds this thread in a search;

The TCM program does not support the higher data rate cards like ...

The wifi dropping out was a bug with the driver on the version of openwrt currently as the base for GO or others. In version 19.07.2 this was fixed. I posted an updated version of GO that has this updated version of openwrt. My wifi has been stable ever since and the speeds now match what the ...

Here's another post I did earlier this year on the ROOter forum, which is now a bit difficult to find. I did this post in late January, and I've since moved from the Raspberry Pi 4B to a Qotom x86 (i3) industrial PC with 4x gigabit Ethernet ports, 2x USB3 and 2x USB2 ports. OpenMPTCProuter needs an ...

Unfortunately 99% of non-technical users would be lost on the server setup, let alone the client/server settings

My apologies if I gave the impression that this was an "anyone can do it" sort of post. There's little documentation on OMR, and no step-by-step guides for deploying it, so for anyone ...

Try enabling the The Wireless Haven Ping test:

The Wireless Haven PING TEST.png

This thread is probably for you: https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=888

Don't forget the EM16

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...

You may want to take a look at a new 5G-ready router WG1608, allowing you to plug in an M.2 form factor 5G modem without an adapter, with all the 5G antennas/connections in place. The only issue is the lack of a custom firmware at this time, but it's probably coming. Here's some more info about it ...

Yes. That's what Im told. Effectively making the CBA a big modem adapter with LAN output and antennas. It doesnt have wifi anyway, so most people add a wifi router to it anyway. I'm told.

TL:DR version: Yes, suggestions at the bottom.

Long general slightly noobie version:

So, lets Clarify...

The Sprint based devices do not allow SIM swapping. But! That is a completely literal statement. SPRINT based, official Sprint device, firmware will not allow you to use a SIM from another ...

BillA has you covered.

If you want to also do the TTL mangles you have to do it in the firewall rules, so if you disable the WAN routers firewall, make sure you do the TTL rules on your internal router.

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 ...

Thanks for the post i have used the pageplus $55 plan for one month now the speeds are around 20 download and i use 200gb and they slowed me down to almost 0 with 3 or 4 days to the next billing cycle, now it's back to normal again , a friend came over and he had tmobile phone i did speed test on ...

I do not believe the firmware builds for the WE1326 have the drivers for the Quectel modems.

You may try adding this script in the SYSTEM > STARTUP > LOCAL START UP (at the bottom) and SUBMIT.

Code: Select all

echo "0x2c7c  0x0512" > /sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/option1/new_id

Thanks

For some reason it's now working on my Security NVR. I had disabled the firewall and all firewall scripts in the mofi and it started working. Went back and turned them back on one at a time and still working.

Just checked Outlook on my computer and it's working now too. Not sure what would ...

OpenWRT based firmware does not support the EM20-G other than MBIM with no AT COM port. Therefore, a patch must be used to communicate with the modem.

The drivers for the modems like Option, QMI, MBIM, etc are "kmod" packages which means they are included in the compiled kernel of OpenWrt. They are ...

Thank you Jim! I know this one has been a pain. Didneywhorl & BillA wanted to also say Thank you to both of you for your input as well! I'll be switching gears to trying to maximize the hardware and throughput at this point so I'll be posting threads soon and hope I can leverage everyone's knowledge ...

How about bandwidth monitoring, anyone using that?

The bandwidth monitoring is not working because the new directly to hold the bandwidth logs is not being created in the latest build.

According to Dairyman:

The missing folder in the Bandwidth Monitor is very strange since that package has ...

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 ...

What antennas are you using on the WG3526? The Nighthawk M1 has excellent internal 4x4 mimo antennas and uses a cat16 modem, compared to your cat 4 modem. What it CANT do is use a quality directional 4x4 mimo directional anteanna, that the WG3526 can do.

Comparing apples to oranges

@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 ...

I realise that this is a late answer.
The pupose is to have MBIM show up in the proto list when creating a new network interface.

A power outage may have corrupted the modem's NVM (Non-Volatile-Memory).
I would reset it and try both QMI and MBIM modes.

QMI mode
Copyy and paste each command one at a time, and make sure you get an "OK" response after each command:
AT+QPRTPARA=3

Wait a minute, restart the router, then copy ...

Of course, I've added my other settings back as well. All seems to be working fine.

I concur with Bill. Hes got you covered.

One of the best investments you can make is to get a higher CAT# modem, such as a Sierra 7511/7565 or Quectel EM12/EM16/EM20 which can aggregate multiple channels for higher speeds. Course a good high gain antennas helps too.

That is what I am finding. I wrote a post a few days ago as a primer ...

UPDATED 12-20-2022: The system files on the new kernels of OpenWRT/GoldenOrb/ROOter are continuously changing.

The splash screen in the attachment below was designed and used for our WiFiX routers a build or two back.

Instructions are included in the file and is shared for personal use only ...

Looks like when it doesn't connect(2nd reboot after factory reset), it never passes the APN to the modem.

On the initial startup (which you define as a good start up) we see the default APN of "ims" set in profile slot 1.

+CGDCONT: 1,"IPV4V6","ims","0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0",0,0,0,0 ...

Dont get me wrong, i love a good pancake.

It's probably saving it in the system, just not displaying it once it's rebooted. All that matters is that it works.

You are probable correct, as I would go back, and log back in to the router, and click on the blank line where the intended address should be--and it would re-appear :)
thanks ...

unfortuntely no. I am still looking for solutions to make this card work with T-Mobile. Seller stated this should be an unlocked card, but there is no way for me to tell. I am hoping I could get this flashed to the latest generic firmware, hoping that would work.

The Modem has generic firmware ...

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 ...

Hmmm... unfortunately I'm not much of a Linux expert, the only thing I would suggest is try to read through all those installation instructions, or maybe try compiling it based on this:
https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/wiki/Compilation

It's probably best to move the modem into an external usb ...

Someone made a deal with the debil and got into Walmart with the absolute cheapest thing they could source! Wow. Never heard of "Folksy"

I don't like VPN's because they slow down all connections.

I'm not sure how robust the openvpn settings in OpenWrt are, as I've always used my Asus router to handle that, but I do know that with the Merlin AsusWRT firmware I can set it so that only specific IP addresses/ranges get tunneled ...

Just FYI, Bill here does sell and activate plans so you don't have to look far.

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 ...

My friend had one that was doing this same thing. He narrowed it down to happening every time his son connected to it with an older tablet and tried to watch something. For some reason that tablet connecting would trigger an event and lock up the router, since retiring the tablet they had had no ...

For users having more than 1 internet connection and wanted to run a primitive load balancing - there is an open source GUI utility called Network Monitor.

[url]http://www.sortbyte.com/software-programs/networking/network-manager[/url]

I played with it for a week and I am quite impressed. I used a ...

Whats worked lately with visible(verizon) and ATT is:
-Program the correct APN into the connection profile manager
-Remove all of the AT+CGDCONT entries, including AT+CGDCONT=1, via AT-Terminal window.
-Power cycle the router

Router will come up, program the correct APN and eventually connect ...

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 ...

Idk, is it an mc7455 inside of it? Wouldn't hurt to try.

Anyway, the script for sending at commands is /etc/ppp/3g/command. The line that needs changed says "send $x" which needs to read "send $c".

cp that file to /jffs, make the edits with nano, then run comgt -d /dev/ttyUSB3 -s /jffs/command ...

Situation Report:

First off and this is IMPORTANT if you have not read up on past posts regarding this subject:

It appears SimpleMobile is getting wise to router use, and is suspending/hotlining/blocking SIMS based on a number of criteria. You've been warned.

Backstory: Using a EC25-AF modem in ...

As a side note (and a FYI), although there is no performance issue or lack of connectivity due to it, the modem active LED ("3G/4G") on the WG3526 is no longer functioning while using the EM12-G (located in a PCI-E to M2 adapter).

Testing has shown the LED is functional, and can be manually ...

http://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=1337#p8938

BillA wrote: Sun Jul 12, 2020 1:00 am There you go, turns out that it's a WiFi glitch, which is no surprise on these "cheesy" low end mobile routers. ;D

I agree, we tried a couple different firmware versions and the newest Rooter was better but still not fixed. Only thing that "fixed" it was not using that tablet

Situation Report:

It's been about 5 days of use with the current SimpleMobile approach, and I am happy to report all is working well.

If you are reading this post without having read up on the previous info regarding using SimpleMobile with a Quectel EC25-AF/EM12-G (probably more), I politely ...

This is likely the same problem everyone else is having with AT&T right now. All router, many plans.

One proposed workaround is using a VPN with a port other than 80 and 443.

Also, this likely only affects people that have hit 22GB of usage in the current billing cycle.

Good luck to us all!

Ken

Bummer that is is SMA connection. I picked up one of these too while waiting for The Wireless Haven to restock their 15dBi flat panel. Need to see about adapting it to N-type connectors in order to use it with my lightning arrestors.

There is an N-Type connector version available, please see ...

BillA wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:38 pm The WE3926 is a budget version of the WE826 in a plastic box...

LOL! Isn't the 826 a budget router already?

juicedupchaos wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:04 pm Hey sorry I actually posted the wrong code!

sorry sorry

the code i used was for locking bands 2+4

The reason your modem doesn't do 2+4 is because it's not supported on that modem.

You'll want to use M and D/G, though the em20 is meant for 4 antennas, it should work.

There is no command to see each antennas signal strength. The command does exist (AT+QRSRP I think) but the EM20G does not support it, and Quectel has placed the device in development limbo for now. The Quectel ...

Have you tried to use it as a startup AT command in ROOTer? IIRC there is a setting specifically for it.

I'd like to see where that may be--could be useful for future experimentation. I was exploring the WG3526's Linux filesystem via terminal connection (ssh), and grepping for "AT+" commands to ...

I hope it works out for you safely. Make sure you have a person around to call the paramedics if not.

Sitrep, Day 15:

The SimpleMobile solution, as setup by BillA, is still working strong. Some promising details worth sharing and some equipment alterations worthy of note:

With fair certainty, my use so far with this plan, for this period is over 100GB. I have not experienced throttling issues ...

Huh. I've never messed with the Ku firmware. How did you find the Hacks site, btw?

Honestly, from all I've read from your posts on this Ku unit, I would try to get my money back and just put one together myself, one with the Qualcomm WiFi chip in it. Then add any modem you want up to a cat12 modem ...

Connecting to different/worse bands maybe?

These statements were true at least about a week ago. I haven't looked lately.

There's no GoldenOrb release for the RPi4.
There's no stable OpenWRT release for RPi4.
The RPi3 image will NOT run on an RPI4.
The RPi 2 image *might* run on a RPi4 in 32 bit mode (I've not confirmed).

There is a daily ...

After setting those commands you HAVE to hard reboot the modem either with AT+CFUN=1,1 or a full power cycle. Otherwise it may act very odd.

It's taken a few months and much assistance from BillA, but I'm happy to report that I've successfully gotten PagePlus working with my setup

https://i.imgur.com/2beoFmi.png

Ultimately I believe what solved my issue was following Yipzy's advice to disable autoselect config on SIM detection and ...

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 ...

Thanks, all. Bill A helped ID the simple thing I was overlooking. Hopefully this is it and not a fluke...

As I mentioned I was worried it was something simple that I was missing, and it appears that was the case... Bill said:

Under custom firewall rules you need to change the interface name to ...

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