Wireless Joint

kysourmash wrote: Sun Nov 08, 2020 8:15 amI have excellent ATT signal. Terrible Verizon signal.

Tethering from a phone might be an option. If you use EasyTether, data will be counted as phone data, not hotspot. I have a Raspberry Pi running EasyTether and Wireguard. I'm in the process of writing a blog post describing it.

I'm running the latest Raspberry Pi OS (previously known as Raspbian), "buster" on a Pi 4.

I messed around a lot getting it working but I don't recall those problems. I basically plug in the phone and route -n shows tun-easytether at 192.168.117.0. I don't need to run easytether-usb. I think that ...

I know that "cell boosters" are not a popular topic here but I wonder how well, or not, they really work.

Firstly, here's the new cellular connection for my RV that I put together last week.

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That's a Raspberry Pi 4 running Wireguard and EasyTether to an Android phone. I'm ...

I have no idea how these resellers offer these high volume plans and I have a very strong feeling all of them are going to go away sooner than later or jump ship to TMobile.


It's a bit of a mystery. I have a plan for my RV from yet another reseller, https://www.ezmobiledata.com. I ended up with ...

I don't mean to nitpick but is NoLimitData really a MVNO? My understanding is that the likes of Mint, PagePlus and the carrier owned retailers like Visible and Cricket are MVNOs with agreements with the carriers and I think regulated by the FCC. The resellers seem to be simply reselling plans which ...

what was your original bandwidth vs with the VPN on?


I just tried speedtest.net several times with and without the VPN and it's hard to notice any difference. I said 75% above but it's better than that. I usually get between 20 and 40 Mbps. I'm in Houston using T-Mobile with a Magenta Unlimited ...

Are there still ways to do hotspots rooted without it counting toward hotspot data? I haven't kept up on this.


Yes EasyTether will work for this. http://www.mobile-stream.com/easytether/android.html

I use it on a Samsung Galaxy A01 with two plans.

A T-Mobile Magenta. My account shows all data ...

I think I have a workable solution for this.

It's probably device dependent but, at least on my Moto G Power phone, there is a current level where the battery stops charging but the data still works.


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I will of course put some tape around it. I got a one of these https://www ...

Have you activated it with the app on a phone?
Edit: Sorry if that's a silly question. I guess if the modem sees the phone number you've probably activated it.

Correct APN is VSBLINTERNET.

I don't know if it's relevant but I know when you put a Visible SIM in a Pepwave, you have to tell it in the admin UI "Generic", not "Verizon". I don't know what that does but I just saw in a "similar topics" thread below here this command which I suspect is the same thing.

AT!IMPREF="GENERIC ...

DogTho wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:33 pm Look up MVNO, Mobile Virtual Network Operators. That's how it works.

As far as I know, most of the resellers are not MVNOs. I think real MVNOs like Cricket, Mint, Page Plus etc are registered with and regulated by the FCC. Most of the resellers are just small businesses somehow reselling plans.

I received my Android tablet and I can confirm that it works quite nicely with my EasyTether / WireGuard setup in a Raspberry Pi. It's not as fast as native tethering was on the iPad but I'm getting between 20 and 30 Mbps most of the time so still not too bad as a $20 per month "unlimited" hotspot.

I tried my Pepwave MAX BR1 MK2 and it reports that my "AirPrime MC7455 is not compatible with the Cricket Network due to network changes". It used to be compatible.

In case it's not obvious, there's lots of *.speedtestcustom sites. They're a "private label" version of Ookla's speedtest.net without the ads. I think the backend is the same.

You're right, generally speaking from past experience.

Latest rumors are that the ipad plans are starting to track and throttle hotspot usage. It's not 100% across the board, so at this point its baseless rumor, but it is popping up.


It's much more than a baseless rumor. This is my standalone ...

From the plans page

900 GB is considered the average use for Pink Plan. Usage above 900GB is considered data abuse and your account will be under review.

And from the terms and conditions

The Pink plans have a 900Gb limit

They don't seem to understand what "average" means.

I will have to test the WireGuard built into the latest GoldenOrb, however that still doesn't solve the lack of your WiFi 5G. And the GL-AR750S will probably give you a little better performance too.


True although I changed my mind several times and finally decided to go with the WG3526-P and ...

If you're using an Android phone or tablet, there's no need to tie up a computer for EasyTether (consequently lose some speed and increase the latency), instead you could tether it directly to a mobile router via USB or WiFi. Here's how to do it:
https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?p=10303 ...

tetranz wrote: Wed Sep 15, 2021 11:13 pmI haven't managed to get WireGuard working yet.

It was just DNS. When I run WireGuard it doesn't seem to be able to use the default DNS. I set custom DNS to 1.1.1.1 in the LAN interface and WireGuard is working great. This is very cool.

chumbie wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 10:23 amIf I use a vpn, does that mean I don't have to disguise the outgoing TTL?

No. It just makes it much more difficult for the carrier to figure out anything from your data.

I'm sure they can tell that you are using a VPN which itself might be a useful piece of information for them.

It’s my understanding the prepaid plans or for people with poor credit ratings. Or for people that do not trust the carriers with there credit card due to they sometimes hit with a high bill.

The other reason for going prepaid is if you don't need continuous month after month use. I just setup a ...

I don't know if NordVPN does this but by far the easiest way to setup WireGuard is when the VPN provider supplies a config file. That's how I use Windscribe. One of the download options is a config generator which provides a file which you upload to the router. There was no real config to do. The ...

Not quite what you're asking but AT&T prepaid Net10 $50 unlimited seems to work nicely in a WG3526 / EM7565. I've heard that "unlimited" means 200 GB.

Here's an update on using WireGuard in a WG3526 / NEXP1GO with an EM7565 and the latest firmware.

It's generally working great for me. I have it set to start on boot but the one issue I have is that it doesn't survive an ungraceful shutdown. If I simply cycle the power off and then on again ...

This seems like a good place to continue with another update.

Restarts are not working well. It took me a while to figure it out but I finally know what's happening. It's a common problem with WireGuard on routers with no battery backed real time clock.

You can set WireGuard to start on boot but ...

I think I have a reasonable solution to this:

Here's my script. I'm no expert at (b)ash so I'm sure this is not perfect but it seems to work. It assumes that the WireGuard server remote endpoint is also an NTP server. This is very simple to do (at least on Ubuntu) by installing something like ...

but it would be more efficient to just run Wireguard directly from the router for all devices.

Not just more efficient but it hides more information from any sort of packet inspection. With a VPN on each device, I think it would be possible to look at the traffic, especially the return ports, and ...

That's impressive.

Is the Net10/AT&T plan $25 per month or $50 per month?


It's $50 https://www.net10wireless.com/serviceplan. Sorry, I might have been a bit ambiguous there. I've been testing the new router / modem / WireGuard setup with Net10. I only need it when I'm in the RV so I don't want ...

I think the answer is no but I can't tell for sure purely about the plan. I have this plan in an AT&T branded Samsung S5e tablet which I bought as an "open box" on eBay about a year ago.

It has no phone or text app so no way to make an outgoing call. I don't know what would happen if I put the SIM ...

I haven't tried Simple Mobile. I think they're T-Mobile. The Poynting antenna on my RV doesn't do band 71 so I've been sticking with AT&T and Verizon. I haven't tried it but I guess Cricket is certainly an option.

Another update in case this is useful for anyone. I'm still messing around trying to get the perfect startup script. It's a frustratingly simple but somewhat tricky to solve problem.

The script I published at https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=274&start=50#p22004 has been working well ...

ngrok is great tool although I think it's intended more as a developer tool than a production thing. I've used it when developing code that needs to receive webhooks etc. It's worked perfect for that. It's $60 per year if you want to attach a domain. The free version will give you a different URL ...

Yeah, I haven't solved it but it doesn't really matter.

Probably unrelated but just an interesting thing I noticed. I'm into my third week on Page Plus and the first week or so the modem network status showed Provider as HOME, then it was VERIZON for a week or so and now I just noticed it's back to ...

Thanks. That worked. I just made a backup and edited my existing file. Streaming is fast now regardless of stream saver.

Hard to figure what the WiFi as Wan is necessary for.

Most campgrounds provide Wi-Fi. It's usually not great which is why RVers use cellular but if you're lucky enough to be somewhere with adequate Wi-Fi then Wi-Fi as WAN lets you use it transparently if the cellular signal is bad or you just ...

Latest version firmware. 2022-03-23a.

I finally splashed out on a Cudy LT18 and the NEXP1GO is now relegated to being a spare router / modem. It had a handful of problems. None of them showstoppers but a source of frustration.

The Cudy is going great. Everything about it has been smooth and effortless. I have it running Calyx. I'm very happy with it although I probably should have waited for the 5G version.

I have this in my RV https://thewirelesshaven.com/shop/route ... le-em7565/. I bought the router and modem separately but the end result is that package.