Wireless Joint

Got everything working on the 2.5.3.4 version. After doing the TTL mod via telnet, I’m consistently getting 60/30 with Visible sim and the scripts are surviving reboots. Much thanks hazerjast for this tutorial. LBR20 seems like the best tri-band lte router once you get the TTL mod working. Let me ...

Login via SSH as root, not admin!

Was able to request the EG18 modem AT Commands Manual from Quectel and put together the following Telnet commands that work with the LBR20:

Enable Auto Band Setting:
echo -ne "AT+QCFG=\"nwscanmode\",0,1\r\n" | microcom -X -t 1000 /dev/ttyUSB2

Enable Default Band Setting:
echo -ne "AT+QCFG ...

Ok, Verizon was able to fix the way the data usage was displaying on my account. Now I can clearly see the breakdown:

Data Usage: 23.4GB (sim in LBR20)
4G Hotspot Usage: 1.8GB (sim in iPad)

So, for my Verizon Postpaid Tablet Plan, it appears that TTL of either 64 or 65 will mask the hotspot usage ...

Here is a roundup of the providers/data plans I’ve tested on the LBR20 during the past 3 months:

By Price:
1. $15 Verizon Tablet Plan: Magic & TTL
2. $15 MetroByTMobile Tablet Plan: Magic & TTL
3. $20 AT&T Tablet Plan: Magic only
4. $25 Visible Plan: Magic & TTL

By Performance (Upload:Download):
1 ...

I’ve put together this guide to help anyone wishing to Cell Lock to a specific cell. Please use at your own risk and know the pros and cons of cell locking before jumping in. 🤓

Netgear Orbi LBR20 Cell Locking
Author: shinesmart

Login using PuTTy:
192.168.1.1
UN: root
PW: your admin password

To ...

Here are some additional useful commands:

To disable Cell Lock:
echo -ne "AT+QNWLOCK=\"common/4g\",0\r\n" | microcom -X -t 1000 /dev/ttyUSB2

To query Cell Lock status:
echo -ne "AT+QNWLOCK=\"common/4g\"\r\n" | microcom -X -t 1000 /dev/ttyUSB2

You can also lock multiple cells using the ...

Nice……It’s great that everyone keeps adding more cool stuff to do with the LBR20.

FYI: Added the code boxes…..good point!

This comparison was to compare which carrier’s plan is more suited to my needs, that’s why I merely wanted to test them side by side on the same (newest) firmware v2.6.5.2 vs the older v2.5.20. I’ve seen improved speeds on both carriers when running the newest firmware vs the older builds. Here’s ...

Updated my Dev LBR20 unit today with v2.6.3.50 and A06 LTE firmware.

Did the manual circle_jerk install and all is working as expected. Visible sim and TTL of 64. Compared speeds on this Dev unit with my other Main unit running v2.5.3.4 and A06 (with old armor scripts, no cronjobs), and the speeds ...