Wireless Joint

Take a look at [url=http://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1403]my thread here[/url], and you can see what fixed it for me:

Since I started this thread, I figured I should post in one tidy spot how I fixed (or rather "fixed") this problem.

I tried many things, including:
-- Three different AT&T network providers and plans, using multiple APNs
-- Tried Verizon and T-Mobile network plans, and had no problems, confirming ...

Does using a HTTPS proxy instead of a VPN work fixing the disconnection issue?

I'd love to try that, but can't figure out how to set a proxy at the Mofi/router level works... I'm probably looking right at the proper setting. Any suggestions?

Also another interesting observation: As I mentioned ...

Just an update to add that we installed VPN at the device level on our devices, and everything works perfectly. Which is to say: The Internet connection still gets lost on the router, but even when the connection is lost, connected devices using VPN can get through just fine. I really don't ...

Does anyone have any thoughts on why VPN would be fixing this -- and anything that tells us about other (better) strategies that might also work?

OK, I've found a workaround: Use a VPN.

I activated NordVPN on the router, and no more dropped connections. It clearly has something to do with the way AT&T is routing/monitoring the traffic. The good news is this fixed the problem. The bad news is I took a massive speed hit for using the VPN: I ...

Checking back. Has anyone found a cure? This is really driving me crazy... And it’s especially frustrating that when the service works, it’s GREAT! So much better than Verizon or T-Mobile where I am. But the constant resets are killing me.

I see someone started a thread on Facebook having the same ...

FWIW, the thread I mentioned in the Wireless Joint Facebook group has owners of Netgear M1 routers complaining about this same thing. AT&T remains the common thread. Seems like it started hitting everyone around the same time a few weeks ago. So frustrating.

Ugh. About 20 mins after I posted that message, my connection died, same as usual. So I’ve gone from celebrating to cursing. Are you still solid down no downtime? And can you confirm the only changes you made were enabling ipv6 and setting the reconnection option to dns?

By the way, I had the same ...

I think that may have done it! I'm currently at 15 hours uptime, which is a recent record. I suspect it's still losing connection, but changing the recovery method to dns seems to be allowing it to reconnect in a way that it couldn't before. So fingers crossed that this does it! I hope yours has ...

I've now had mine up for about 16 hours with no disconnect, I made 2 changes from the factory defaults. I set up the band lock and advance band lock to use ONLY 12/17 since that is the best one at my house. I did make one other change and I'm not at home to verify where in the settings it's at but ...

Hi there,

I'm glad to know it's not just me! At this point I've tried the excellent advice offered here, and it hasn't helped. I also tried a new SIM, and then a new account with a different data provider (though still on AT&T), but the issue persisted.

I do have a new Mofi router arriving today ...

One more interesting data point I just discovered: The Internet just went down again. I again tried to ping google.com, and it worked. But then I tried pinging netflix.com -- which unlike google.com, isn't a site I have visited recently -- and it failed. What does that tell us?

Thank you SO MUCH for the guidance! I was able to do most of this, but I'm not sure it offered a lot of insight. You'll see below all of my activities after SSHing into the Mofi. It didn't seem to do anything with the odhcpd restart.

And: Even though Internet appeared to drop on all of our devices ...

A couple more data points that might be clues:

-- Our connection just died again. However, while we lost the ability to visit any websites, our Sonos system continued to stream a live radio station via TuneIn (and it wasn't cached -- was playing live, and we let the stream go for about 40 mins ...

Thanks for taking a look!

I'm on an AT&T unlimited hotspot plan through one of the ebay resellers. It's someone who has a ton of active positive feedback, so I don't think I'm on a dodgy plan that isn't delivering as advertised. That said, switching data providers is one thing I haven't tried yet ...

( UPDATE 8/4/2020: Scroll to the end of this post for my workaround.)

Hi all,

First a huge thank you to everyone who participates in these forums. You've all been incredibly helpful as I've figured out how to get a good LTE router setup up and running out in the sticks. But now I've got a problem ...