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You're not the only one. I've seen a few other that this is happening to as well unfortunately. Give Calyx a go, they have always been good.

... my modem details page doesn't include the SINR or modem temp.

The next ROOter release will display 'temperature' and modem 'connection protocol' at 'General Information' where temperature AT commands are known.

see https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=2689577&r=56486343 ...

Awesome build and tutorial!

Has anyone built anything similar for 700Mhz range? That seems to be my main frequency around here. I love the build and could use the empty box and add antennas externally. Just thinking the Cat6 is the way to go in my situation.

Thanks!

These steps worked great! After manually plugging in all the info it instantly connected and I was able to pull in a full bar signal. This saved so much time. Thanks for posting such a good walk through! If you'd like pm me your paypal address, and I'll buy u a beer! Thanks again!

I had similar issues with my Airmaster 4000D when using it at my house. Eventually I got it working everywhere except for near my house. Was really odd, but with some setting changes I was finally able to get it going at home and it has been rock solid since. If I didn't change all of these settings ...

Hold on... I'm still waiting for a DIM to arrive. I'll post the end results. The local Verizon has none and the supply is so far away that we are getting one expressed in. Free though!

Let me get this straight: you want to cut the lock off of privately owned equipment and turn on the power to it?

I guarantee you they placed a lock on it and it has a purpose.

I recommend you call the number to the AT&T NOC printed on box and tell them your plans beforehand:) Bet they will find ...

silverwing wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2020 10:29 pm Got it back on the 4G by doing"

Good job, just leave it like that, don't mess around with locking bands, and let the modem's firmware do the scanning. It's programmed so that it constantly searches out the best channels/CA (unless you want to of course).

Got it back on the 4G by doing"

AT!ENTERCND="A710"
AT!IMPREF="GENERIC"
AT!RESET
___________________________________________

AT!GSTATUS?
!GSTATUS:
Current Time: 159 Temperature: 39
Reset Counter: 1 Mode: ONLINE
System mode: LTE PS state: Attached
LTE band: B2 LTE bw: 10 MHz
LTE Rx chan: 700 LTE ...

Well aware of the risks that it could ruin it. It is a used unlocked one from ebay. Learned when it comes to the LTE game have to be willing to loose money and time. There is no definite answers to nothing.
If it does work don't care if it is ugly. Will end up in an enclosure or the attic anyway ...

Yes I think you are right about the overseas thing, read it too. I want to put this on the ports we use here in the US. Just to eliminate those terrible ts9 ports that cause me issues with connectivity. In my opinion this is the largest down fall of the Nighthawk M1.

Unfortunately not. I ordered another module to see if results are similar.

Were you able to fix it, and how did the new modem work out?

The issue seems to be with Dell branded modems, which are obviously not meant to be used outside of a Dell laptop. While Reran Daniel's flashing script may ...

Looks like a all in one thing to me.

Nighthawk M1 Other side.PNG

Here is a Video of someone taking one apart if that helps.
Where this picture came from.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8NS_FLUwwQ

There are enough people who make this mistake of using the wrong AT Commands on the EM75XX modems, that I have been wanting to tutorial on the process. In fact, it is on my list which seems to grow by the day.

Nm, "closed system" I read somewhere people were editing the nighthawks with an app called dc unlocker or something

A friend of mine has the DC Unlocker dongle, which can repair the imei and change bands in the Nighthawk, but NOT the TTL since that's not part of the modem's baseband, rather ...

Didneywhorl wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 9:36 am LoL, killin me Bill

Great, now we've got another forum member dying over here... at least I've survived. tsk-tsk

Good info everyone. I'll try each suggestion and update with my results. Thanks!

thanks i must have done something wrong the first timed i tried it. got it going now thanks again

peace

Thanks for the charts Jim. Very informative & surprising. The Y USB 3.0 cable arrived this afternoon. After I connected it, I haven't really had any noticeable drops.

Interestingly, about 30 min after I hooked it up, Sprint took down the main tower we are on. The modem struggled for about an hour ...

I dont believe that it matters which end is on top, so likely keep the weep holes facing down. I believe the the angles used are an attempt to match the plane of the carrier equipment of the tower your using. Common practice seems to be 45 degrees from vertical plane. One tilted "left", the other ...

If you have extra cash to burn, might as well upgrade to the latest 5G modems... (warning, prices are insane!)

Quectel RM500Q 5G
https://www.4gltemall.com/quectel-rm500q.html

Telit FN980 5G
https://www.4gltemall.com/telit-fn980.html

Fibocom FG100 5G Intel chipset
https://www.4gltemall.com ...

yeah, I think the em12 was more in line with what I was thinking, but I know the EC25 (AF variant) has been mentioned with people only using FDD bands just like you said there, def an older cheaper module.

If you have some extra cash to burn, might as well upgrade to the latest 5G modems ...

My build is fully operational and ready to mount outside close to the antennas. Just wanted to say thanks for your contribution here, not sure I would have attempted this without seeing someone else be successful with it.

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Bill, you read my mind. LOL

I'm in talks with Quectel right now for prices. :)

I've never touched the Telits or Fibocoms .... yet

Yeah mind-reading is one of my special talents. lol
I use the Quectel EP06-A almost exclusively, it's a great value, has all the major US bands, and no ...

Well, I'm always right, even when I'm wrong. ha-ha just kidding
So unless gravity reverses on Earth, the weep hole should always be facing down, to shed its tears while weeping. ;P

Just for giggles, did you try aiming in all 360 degrees, 10-20 degrees at a time, to see if you can capture any mystery towers? Its sometimes surprising.

oh, I did. I tried a lot of weird angles, directions etc...
I'm sure it probably isn't unique to this router, but I can log into it with my ...

Thats super cool apextv, can you get him to join this forum and help people out, or is that just /subtlebrag?

It's more of the latter. xD He's probably talking about Rich Hathaway, known about him from the old CDMA forum days (which is now dead anyway). He does some custom flashing work but ...

Hello All
Really like the information found here. I am new to openwrt/GO and such. Not new to tech or linux. I just wanted to say hello and hope to have some good questions as I learn here.

In general my interest is having a mobile cellular gateway. I want it to use normal ethernet wan, wifi ...

You can download GoldenOrb for the WRT32X HERE. It is a fairly new build and not listed on the last build list.

In order to use a 110v extension cord from my router it would need to go through an outside wall. through the crawlspace and through an inside wall. That would be an electrical code violation and not something I want to risk doing. It's possible to find an electrical circuit in the the crawlspace to ...

Didneywhorl wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2020 2:29 pm The HAT version doesnt have a modem embedded like the shields previously. Its pretty new-ish.

https://sixfab.com/product/raspberry-pi ... cie-cards/

oh that's pretty slick, but a USB enclosure is still cheaper.

Granted if you're tight on space, that's not a bad idea.

Didneywhorl wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2020 2:29 pm The HAT version doesnt have a modem embedded like the shields previously. Its pretty new-ish.

https://sixfab.com/product/raspberry-pi ... cie-cards/

Wow-we-Wow, I like that! Have some older pies laying around but this renews my interest, thanks for sharing the link!

Thanks Didneywharl for the response. That is totally fine for my purposes. I overcome that with dynamically updating DNS entries, so a dynamic public IP is fine.

Just a random update in case its useful to anyone.

I've been successfully running the WE826-T2 with a EM06-A on Sprint for a couple weeks now. Its been great and stable.
I get 25-30 Mbps down and 2-4 Mbps up on B25, sometimes higher but that is pretty average. I live in a fairly treed area, I think ...

Might want to try loading up in the car, use a portable inverter or similar power source, or take it to another house/work, and test it on another tower. Ensure you have top signal. Also may want to drive right up to your tower with your rig and see if it changes.

Testing if its signal strength ...

If I may...

The WE826 and WG3526 will need a mpcie to m.2 adapter, which downgrades the usb3.0 capable speeds down to usb2.0. This will make your CAT20 modem a waste of money. The WE826 specifically only has base100 LAN ports and both the 3526 and 826 have sketchy quality wifi and typically work ...

I stand corrected, there are external antenna connections, didn't realize they are behind the plastic plugs. I will look into an omni directional antenna to start and hope it improves my one bar.

Great. Hopefully I'll be good to go with Pageplus for a while then. Thanks!

It's based on the goldenorb 19.07.2 rooter build packages. https://www.ofmodemsandmen.com/buildpkg.html

Correct, No mods other than fixing the loop. I did set default ttl and settings etc. As I got tired of having to set them up everytime I flashed.

Thought I would just post this out there for people having issues with the WE826 WiFi always dropping out. Apparently in the openwrt versions < 19.07.2. There is a issue with the WiFi drivers that cause it to hang when high bandwidth devices are being used. This would require a hard reboot of the ...

Thanks for the reply!

So yesterday I did some scrounging through my parts boxes at home and the office and noticed what is probably impacting me a TON. My N to SMA adapter, on the SMA side, is missing the pin! I'm not sure when this happened but it definitely can't be a good thing!

SMA.jpg

I ...

I want to Thank you Didneywhorl.

Purchased the WE826 GO and EM12.... everything current as delivered last weekend.
Setup was easy..was online in less than 20 minutes.
My signal has improved and my Download and Upload immensely( 2-7DL to 12-30DL)

Today I thought would look at Gui and see whats ...

We are seeing more and more modems that are bricked by the improper use of AT Commands.

Unless you understand exactly what the command does, and you are certain it is the proper command for the make and model of your modem, do not use it . A bricked modem will not be covered under warranty.

I ...

At my sister's house we used a fiberglass pole. Then used three wire ties to stabilize it.
Works good and since isn't metal lighting shouldn't be as big as a concern and extremely lighter. Went this route since she didn't have antenna tower.

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Might check around in rural areas for old American Tower Company 'Special Series' TV antennas. They were very popular before Satellite TV. I'd hate to know how many have been removed and tossed in the trash in the past 10-20 years since that era OTA signals were kinda a thing of the past. They come ...

Didneywhorl wrote: Sun Apr 12, 2020 8:53 pm Huge difference between using LMR100 and LMR400. HUGE. Which kind of 50 Ohm cables may be your crux. Pointing to a tower 3, or more, miles away is picky work. Read: Pain in the ass sometimes.

Yep! I'm pointing at one 14 miles away

And here's the follow-on post I did, about a month later, after moving to the x86 router box:

If you missed my original post on this amazing upgrade to your ROOter setup (assuming you have at least two decent sources of Internet available), you might want to have a look at this post first whrl.pl ...

Here's another post I did earlier this year on the ROOter forum, which is now a bit difficult to find. I did this post in late January, and I've since moved from the Raspberry Pi 4B to a Qotom x86 (i3) industrial PC with 4x gigabit Ethernet ports, 2x USB3 and 2x USB2 ports. OpenMPTCProuter needs an ...

Well this is interesting -- since I had to guess at a few things while I was setting up I just was going through and changing some settings, and switched PLMN back to Mobile, and BINGO it connected right away.

So in this case, I just had to enter the ND&S info and that was it.

Speeds are still ...

After moving the AirMaster outside and in the very general area of where it will be mounted, I can say that I'm very happy with the results:

I still have more to adjust, but this will for sure do the trick!

I use a Calyx SIM and have swapped devices.

You just need the SIM info and phone number of the account, IE the SIM phone number. Lots of people do. Sometimes the Sprint rep acts dumb and refuses, sometimes they dont. Dont tell them your account is through a 3rd party reseller, tell them only ...

Everyone I have ever heard of using t-mobile in router is: they get it working in phone first. Which means to me you have to activate the service in phone, meaning you can make calls and surf the net with phone. Then you setup router APN, TTL and insert SIM.

You can also ask the folks over at The ...

I thought about the de-pri possibility. I wouldn't say it ONLY goes back up after a reboot. Last night I went to bed with it running poorly. I woke up and saw 25-30 down going to my daughter's new Xbox. Since the modem is on the roof I'm pretty sure nobody other than me knows how to reset it ...

Didneywhorl wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2020 11:32 am ooops! Thank you for the correction!

No problem! The airmaster is little different all way around.

What makes me mad as these mother fu :mrgreen: kers shut down these accounts 1 day after payment was made for the month and they knew what was going on, and they wait until the very worst time and then steal all this money from everyone. That's all I will say but, they will never get my money again.

As I mentioned previously, you want to see the RSRP stats with little difference between the RxM and the RxD:

PCC RxM RSSI: -67 PCC RxM RSRP: -97
PCC RxD RSSI: -86 PCC RxD RSRP: -123

In other words, you want them to look like this:

PCC RxM RSSI: -67 PCC RxM RSRP: -97
PCC RxD RSSI: -67 PCC RxD ...

Since this forum is for Internet Service Providers, I will lock this topic and keep the information for reference.

Please continue the topic on the original post HERE.

I got it to work!
I downloaded the wifix version of the firmware instead of goldenorb, and that seemed to work.

Glad that is figured out

Thanks. Agreed - I read through the release notes and don't see anything earth shattering - just thinking there must have been some reason. But everything seems to be working great, so unless I see a reason to change, I'm going to leave it. Or, maybe upgrade the modems to the CAT18 they offer. Hmmm ...

Alright, ill probably try the CBA850LP6 and a wifi router then. Hope I get some improvement. Was topping out at 2 Mbps down this evening =(

Thank you Jim! I know this one has been a pain. Didneywhorl & BillA wanted to also say Thank you to both of you for your input as well! I'll be switching gears to trying to maximize the hardware and throughput at this point so I'll be posting threads soon and hope I can leverage everyone's knowledge ...

Oh, I was assuming CA is dependent on having multiple antennas. So if I use the CBA850LP6 with my 2 antennas, the modem gives me the possibility of using CA if the tower allows it, and the 2 antennas allow for increased performance at all times whether or not CA is active? Now what if I am locked to ...

I use TMobile but not the tablet plan. If you want the mofi setup but custom built here is a good deal on one that originally came from The Wireless Haven store.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wifix-WE826-go ... 4158641325

You are all correct.

It was the APN. I set the APN to tracfone.vzwentp and TTL to 117 and it connected no problem.

Thank you so much guys. I feel like an idiot for not having noticed the apn setting as something you should change but i'd only read about the TTL.

Thanks for the reply, I meant to update on this after contacting SM. Who was right? The newbie APN theory or BillA's roaming hypothesis?

The correct APN for SimpleMobile is "simple" (without the quotes, all lower case).
As far as I know, they don't block modems just because of a wrong APN, but ...

This thread is probably for you: https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=888

Thank you.

I ended up buying a SIM8200EA-M2 and Quectel RM500Q. I'll let everyone know what I'm able to figure out.

I wrote up this step-by-step walkthrough for a few friends who also jumped on the airmaster bandwagon. Hope it helps!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2jglj9pplfaee ... o.txt?dl=0

Thanks again.

Hello hw1353,
I put the sim directly into the router with the MC7455 and it activated immediately. Then used the messenger in the router to activate my account online and talk to them on the phone when I had issues. Customer service was the biggest issues. Took like 24 hours for the add on I needed ...

OK. tried a few different band combos. Wife threatened me with death if I didn't stop tinkering while she was trying to work.....
reset back to band 00 and not I got CA on Band 4 and 13...
tweaked my Antennas a bit and I think I am ust going to walk away.

Thank you for all the assistance. I really ...

It's been over a year since I was using Calyx. If I recall correctly, the towers are ~8 miles away, but it's complicated by the fact that my house is surrounded by trees (PNW). I was using MC7455 and WG3526 (later upgraded to Turris Omnia) with 2 largish omni antennas. I tried using some directional ...

found the adapter and ordered the EM12 thanks!!

Turns out the adpater I have for my sierra wireless card has a sim card slot on it. I put it in there and I believe it recognizes the card, however it isn't connecting to Verizon. Looking in the debug, it shows me this Tue May 5 19:01:02 2020 : /dev/ttyUSB2 AT+CFUN=1
+CME ERROR: operation not ...

I have been testing with visible in a number of phones and devices (s9, pixel 3a, netgear mr1100, and gl.inet mifi with the ec25-af modem). My findings are that you can I get decent speeds on devices themselves, put packet response (ping times) are generally high (100ms +). It worked on all of the ...

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