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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.

Did you use this tutorial to set up the WiFiX firmware on the router?
https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=233

This needs to be done.

Also when you do the TTL settings on the turtorial to the left on that tab there is "custom rules". Put this in the custom rules below and hit the reset ...

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 ...

Once all that is done need to do AT commands to get this going.
In the firmware go to "Modem" "Miscellaneous "AT-Command Terminal" "AT Command"
In that space there will put these command one at a time waiting for response of ok each time.
Once this is done will want to insert the sim card then power ...

As a point of clarification, I put my sim card in the adapter for the modem. There is, however, a sim card adapter on the motherboard as well. Should my SIM card have gone there?

Put it in adapter that goes on the side of the router. Put it this way. Shouldn't have to use a screw driver to ...

hayedid wrote: Thu Dec 17, 2020 10:12 pm I changed the SIM card location and it is now connecting; however, it is so slow that fast.com only shows 0, and speedtest.net can't even load. googling "test" took over 10 seconds to get a reply.

Ok do the AT!GSTATUS? and post results

AT!GSTATUS?
!GSTATUS:
Current Time: 568 Temperature: 36
Reset Counter: 1 Mode: ONLINE
System mode: WCDMA PS state: Not attached
WCDMA band: WCDMA 1900
WCDMA channel: 562
GMM (PS) state:DEREGISTERED ATTEMPTING ATT
MM (CS) state: IDLE UPDATING

WCDMA L1 state:L1M_PCH_SLEEP LAC: 0381 (897)
RRC ...

OK
Are you sure that the apn is set correctly?
Never did understand the difference between the sim card places?
Said one place it would connect and another it wouldn't?

Which LTE antennas are you using?

Could try setting it to ipv6 only.
This is how I got my quectel modems set up.