Wireless Joint

CPBR reads phone book entries... Not sure why it's even attempting that, but it's probably erroring due to an empty phone book..?

C5GREG might be a typo for CGREG, which just checks GPRS registration, or it might be for 5G, which the EM-20 doesn't support. Either way, it can be ignored since no one ...

Did you go into the usb programs in the router config and enable the USB modem? I know the ac68u works with ZTE hotspots and some sierra/quectel modems in USB enclosures, but I've no experience with cradlepoints. They seem a bit pricey for low-cat modems.

A heat sink and fan will help keep it as close to the ambient temp as possible, but I'd expect it to still stay around 60c if your attic is baking at 53c all day. Could you just mount it to the ceiling and pop the cable down through one of those brush faceplates?

Mine is actually mounted right ...

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 ...

I wouldn't lock into band 2 as you probably won't get any CA, but I might lock out band 4 since it's really bad in your case. Maybe look into a parabolic grid with at least 700-2700mhz support, those have a bit more gain that your flat panels (~26dbi on the high end) and are more directional.

Also ...

Pretty sure they're 2.1mm. I use a 2A splitter and it works fine with my em12-g, though a 2.5A would probably be better. As for the injector, a 30w should suffice for a 2A splitter, but a 45w or 60w is generally recommended as it will support longer ethernet runs and not be always pushing near its ...

Sounds like an issue with the communication between the Asus and the mifi... Have you tried a new USB cable? Preferably a quality one like an Anker.

There's a hole beside the black plastic thing.. You stick something small in there and it ejects... Then it's like a tray you place the sim in and pop it back inside

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 ...

I've seen better signal with stock omnis in the right spot inside the house than I have with even my parabolic grid in the attic.. There's just too much attenuation up there.. It's probably even worse for me because of the radiant barrier, but getting the antenna outdoors was a solid 25dbi gain.

Carrier aggregation is connecting to multiple bands... MIMO can work with even just one band. MIMO basically just increases the amount of data you can move across a given spectrum. 2x2 can up to double the data rate from a single antenna, while 4x4 can up to quadruple it.

In order to take advantage ...

The best bang for your buck would probably be a WG3526 router with a cat12 Sierra card inside (the pci-e one, so you don't need the M.2 adapter), the The Wireless Haven flat panel mimo antenna (15dbi), and enough lmr240 with proper connectors to hook it all up. That should come up to somewhere ...

That signal strength is excellent... You're close enough to the tower to not really need any big expensive antennas. A Verizon Jetpack 8800L might be all you need...

So you want the "go big or go home" approach... I can respect that, and it's generally the best bet if you're not looking to save money up front, as you may save more in the long run not having to toss out cheaper hardware to upgrade later.

So source out a wg1608 router and a Quectel em-20g (or the ...

TIL that 3m makes thermal-conductive tape... If it holds anything like their VHB tape then those heatsinks won't come back off without taking the chips with them 😂.

Always been a fan of Arctic Silver compounds and pastes myself, but if didney recommends these and that's really 3m-branded tape then ...

1 works if both the modem and the tower support intra-band CA on the band available, otherwise it's 2.

Also, the only modems without any CA are dated AF and will also have no MIMO support... Go with the highest category you are willing to spend for.

Possibly the pings the connection monitor is doing is also keeping your connection alive and preventing the modem from going into low-power mode...?

Most Asus routers can do this with their stock firmware... Rt-68u is a good one at a decent price. If you want to go cheaper, find an Archer c7 on eBay and load it with goldenorb.

That's the gist of it... Deprioritization over xxGB doesn't usually mean much if you're not in a high population density area so that the towers aren't congested. I tend to go over 2TB with a 100GB post-paid phone plan without noticeable drops in speed. As always, though, YMMV.

Connecting to different/worse bands maybe?

AT&T doesn't care about ttl

It's a beefy router but uses Broadcom chipsets including its WiFi chipset and hence not the best match for GO.


This is true, but that router can USB tether hotspots/phones innately without goldenorb. It can also do modems in USB enclosures but lacks the drivers for proper performance. It works ...

I think most of us are using 'phone' plans... Mine is an extra line on my postpaid unlimited phone account.

It's not that simple... That cat6 modem in the mofi isn't capable of 4x4 mimo, so first you'd need a much more expensive modem (cat16 I think is the baseline for 4x4), an adapter to install the modem (newer modems are m.2, not mpci-e), and at that point you might as well sell off the mofi and start ...

Not a fan of the mofi units... Considering they usually go for $300+ and you can get the same modem and router for closer to $130, I'd probably cancel that and use the savings to add on a mimo (or a pair of single) antenna(s) and the necessary cabling. You don't want your LTE router running on your ...

I have one of the cheaper ones with a replacement mimo feedhorn... It still picks up the lower frequencies but with little to no gain. That's fine by me since those bands are slower anyway.

2 of those should work, but at that price you'd be better off with a parabolic with a mimo feed. You don't want to point at 2 different towers, btw... CA aggregates multiple bands on the same tower, and MIMO depends on having multiple paths to a single tower. No provider is going to bond 2 different ...

MIMO and CA should improve average latency between you and the tower, even if only by increasing maximum throughput so that you have more available for the overhead. Basically, when your connection is maxed out latency will skyrocket, even on a good hard-line connection. Having a higher speed ...

There's also a Sierra cat20, but it is expensive AF. Then there's the Nighthawk M1 and Mifi 8000 hotspots (cat16), but the 4x4 only works with the internal antennas as they only have 2 external ports.

For LTE modems, in-line boosters tend to amplify the noise as much as the signal, so you don't really gain anything. Better antennas is about all you can do.. Are those nice 10dbi whip omnis or smaller 5dbi ones?

The parabolic mimo grid at The Wireless Haven has the most gain on those bands. Your signal is already decent enough, though, so a cheaper mimo panel antenna should suffice.

You don't need a cellular router for that. Any OpenWrt-compatible router with a USB port will handle the job. Also most Asus routers can do it with stock firmware.

You only need the cellular if you want to install a modem directly into the router.

I'll 2nd the em12-g... Mine has been performing beautifully for the past 6-7 months. For routers, the 3526 is more than good enough, but the 1608 is even better. If that parabolic is a single-output, I'd drop about $60 on a mimo feed for it from aliexpress. Doing that basically doubled my download ...

7565 will do 2+4, 2+4+5, or 2+4+12. Sierra modems also have that nice AT command that shows the stats of each antenna. I don't think you can go wrong with that one.

As for 2x2 mimo, that means either using 2 matching antennas, or a single cross-polarized antenna with 2 outputs. If you're only using ...

I just use the postpaid unlimited elite consumer plan. Since I already had that for my actual phones, adding a line only runs me ~$35/mo. Nxtgenphone or broadband for the APN. Ttl changes aren't necessary for AT&T, but 116 is what my phone reports when doing a ping directly from a terminal interface ...

They've been updating the goldenorb builds to the latest 19.xx OpenWrt versions. Personally, the 11/16 wg1608 build wouldn't play nice with ipv6 for me, but I haven't tried 11/23 as the old 06/10 works just fine.

Actually it does list the gain... 20-25dbi if you were to believe the description... DO NOT BELIEVE THE DESCRIPTION. There's not an lpda on the market with anywhere near that much gain. Most are 9-11dbi.

From what I've been reading, the transparent proxy problem seems to have been resolved. Personally, I haven't had to reboot in over a week, and I had attributed that to setting up dnscrypt, but it appears to be just a coincidence since the problem has apparently disappeared for everyone else..

Solution include the use of VPN's or just a secure DNS (DNSSEC) such as DNSCrypt (https://www.opendns.com/about/innovations/dnscrypt/)


Dnscrypt might have solved my problems. Been having to reboot multiple times per day for the last couple of weeks, but after installing this in rooter last ...

For example, if my phone here was directly connected to a cell tower configured the same, upload/download speeds between those towers should be identical. If I could amplify my broadcast to even 1% of that tower however, I’d be in the 3mbps UL range, 30mbps DL rather than .07mbps UL, 30mbps DL ...

How is it price gouging when someone is offering a service that I really want and I have the money and I am 100% OK with paying for it?

I've been leasing multiple lines from different people for the past year. On the service it feels shady only because it's new and not something most people ever ...