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.

New here. Got a MoFi SIM7 locked to TMobile band 71. Got the MoFi and monthly service from wcminternet.com. So far so good but I've been playing with antennas. I'm 11 miles from the tower, supposedly LOS but not visible because of trees. Tried the LPDA the guy loaned me, supposedly made for 600MHz ...

I set out on an adventure to dump my 3Mb/768k DSL in favor of LTE data. Little did I know the depth and breadth of the rabbit hole I was about to plunge into.

My first big break was finding @swwifty's thread in this forum on building his router. Inspired by his RPi 3 build, I decided to replicate ...

Sorry for the confusion. I though I was clear.
They ADDED more of the B71 that they don't own so that extra portion could go away in the future.

Here is the article guts, from March:
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T-Mobile will borrow spectrum in the 600MHz band from Dish, Comcast, and other ...

You make the horn LONGER for the lower frequencies.
Pull all the way OUT for 600MHz Band71

Push all the way IN for the higher frequencies.

This thing is like a laser pointer, very hard to get it to lock into the cell tower. But is you can it works very well!

You will need to monitor the ...

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 ...

I dont use boosters, but I think you are correct. The booster just amplifies along a particular frequency.

A high gain directional antenna should do the same, and with cleaner signal, for cheaper. Especially if for data only.

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

If you have good T-Mobile coverage they are easier to get going in my opinion.
If you don't care about ping or video throttling visible could be a cheaper choice.

I am happy to tell you that, although not documented, the EM160 supports EM20 way of locking PCC to a cell id (and therefore a tower) using at+qnwlock=\"common/4g\",1,EARFCN,CELLID

Thanks for the list and links will look into them.

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 ...

This one?


http://ofmodemsandmen.com/upload/h761-GO2020-12-04-19074.zip

I deleted everything from the custom firewall and entered in the code you recommended, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to have yielded any improvement. Perhaps that is only one piece of the puzzle or there are some other settings that were previously set that need to be changed.

Anything else ...

Use To see the current mode

Would you mind elaborating on your setup a bit please?

Sure, my whole setup was trial and error.

First, I will answer your question about the USG. You have to establish your network connection for the 2nd LAN/WAN port. To do this, you will need to do the following per Unifi : The order might ...

Replace the power supply with a quality upgraded supply before going to failures.

This explains more from your other post.

Your modem uses both antenna ports, whether there is one antenna plugged in or two. This is another reason your phone is smoking your modem.
You should always use two separate exact matched antennas each with their own cable. Also, are you using satellite ...

BDF1234 wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021 5:45 am Hey todddw, I see from one of your other posts that you are also running a Quectel EM160. Just wondering how these two modems compare? Was the EM160 worth the extra money?

I think it is. I love the EM160

Hello,
Instead of TTL try to set custom rules.
Tab right next to custom TTL
Also unselect the custom TTL
Paste this in there

#startTTL
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 -I POSTROUTING -o ...

DogTho wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:54 am That's what I meant, the EP06 won't see 71. Now if someone can figure out a bandscan for the modem.

Its coming

Under System/Manually flash firmware is 'Flash new firmware image' and there is a box for 'keep settings' So it looks like I have to download from the MoFi page and manually flash the image instead of auto update? I'll wait until the wife is gone in case it takes a while or I eff up. I did download ...

Intel cards wont work on any non-customized openWRT systems. The Linux kernel requirements are too high.

Gotta use Atheros and Mediatek

Your router is likely leaking hotspot data through IPv6.
Try replacing the existing TTL rules under Network > Firewall > Custom rules > copy and paste this over the entire existing page:

iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -o radio usb0 -j TTL --ttl-set 65
iptables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -i usb0 -j ...

Easiest setup....

Router: https://thewirelesshaven.com/shop/routers/lte-routers/wg1608d-m-5g-ready-cellular-gigabit-router-with-dual-band-2-4ghz-5-8ghz-wifi/ (This is not the version everyone has issues with lately)

Modem: https://thewirelesshaven.com/shop/modems/quectel-modems/quectel-rm502q-ae ...

FYI
T-Mobile has band 71 4G and
n71 5G they are both using 600MHz

T-Mobile Band n41 is the faster 5G

n71 is 5G low band
n41 is 5G mid band

In a rural setting 600MHz is your friend
Not the fastest but gets the job done