Wireless Joint

I've got 4 LTE routers/modems connect to a TP-Link quad link router, it has 4 WAN ports. So basically from your LTE router a cable from LAN to the fixed router WAN. You will need to setup your fixed router to be a access point or a router/switch.

I'm running the "beta" firmware on the EM160R without issues now coming up on a week. Before it would drop/timeout every few hours or so.

https://github.com/4IceG/EM160R-GL

If you build this task, how do you know what to set the TTL to? Is there really a reliable pattern like "after one hour set it to 66, next hour 67 etc? I thought it was kind of random. Maybe you were going to try a selection of them and pick the best speed. That sounds challenging to say the least ...

MiMo for LTE is using two or more antennas to analyze the same signal. When a signal is transmitted you end up with what is called multi-pathing in other words the same signal but has been reflected off of objects. So with MiMo it can detect multi-pathing and choose which antenna or both at any ...

For the EM12

AT+QRSRP
+QRSRP: -105,-107,-140,-140

First number is your primary antenna, the 2nd is your diversity antenna.

Quectel Quectel EM12-G
IMEI: 8697XXXXXXXXXXX

This device is fully compatible with T-Mobile’s network technology.
This device is not blocked from use on our network.

It seems as so Visible is now tracking connections over VPN. I've got my router/EM12 with a Visible SIM setup. Without throttling I get 20+, when throttled 5Mbps as most have noted and also in my previous posts. So I setup an external VPN with CyberGhost. On my Verizon SIM I get 20 minus a bit over ...

After weeks of trying just about everything under the sun I'd made an observation today. Just by simply changing the TTL from 64 to 65 or 65 to 64 and restarting the firewall you get a few hours of unthrottled bandwidth.

So what if we created a script that ran every hour and did just that. On the ...

I am interested in this. Is the free account capable of occasionally linking into to a remote LTE network to run (e.g.) RealVNC on a LTE attached Windows desktop, like OpenVPN provides? If the answer is yes, using RPi3 with GO as my main router, can it be added to the Pi3 or should I upgrade to a ...

Which modem are you using?

My EM12s reports its antenna inputs as: first value is the primary, second is the differential
AT+QRSRP
+QRSRP: -99,-103,-140,-140

The EM7544 as: RxM is the primary, RxD is the differential
AT!GSTATUS?
PCC RxM RSSI: -82 RSRP (dBm): -112
PCC RxD RSSI: -82 RSRP (dBm): -111

The reason for this antenna array. 3 pairs of crossed polarized. Each pair going to a LTE router. This is 8 miles from the tower over two ridges heavily forested in the Cascade mountains .

Ivanesteva90 wrote: Sun Aug 22, 2021 4:21 am Thanks , wow do you have two LTE ROUTERS,

Actually I've got 3, two with the EM12 and the other with a EM7455. All connected to a TP-LINK ER605 router for load balancing.

Ivanesteva90 wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 8:55 pm Hi thanks yeah is enough for mi lte , but only a kit stable , which modem I can use? Thanks again ,

I've got an EM12 in both of my LTE routers, no issues.

Do you need 5g WiFi? Are you going to use your own WiFi home router or a mesh network? If you don't need 5g or are going to use your own home router/mesh then the NEXQ6GO The Wireless Haven works great.

Hi all,

I've been using Visible for a while with my EM7565 setup, but lately I've been getting throttled to 5mbit pretty consistently. Couple that with high pings and significant streaming throttling and I'm looking for a new LTE option.

What's everyone using these days for a reliable, decently ...

Didneywhorl wrote: Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:20 pm Any way I can get you two write up a tutorial on this?

If so, that'd rock! Post it here: https://wirelessjoint.com/viewforum.php?f=21

Yes, I've got a bit more testing, once I'm happy with it and know it's works well I'll write it up

So I ended up using ngrok.com as the tunnel into my network behind the LTE.

I've got a stock Pi4 on the LAN side of my network with VNC enabled. Installed and setup ngrok to run on boot/reboot "./ngrok tcp 5900" And all is good for remote access of my LAN. I mostly needed it for configuring the 3 ...

Found the root of the issue. It's the cell provider, they block all inbound unless you have a business plan/line. So am looking at reverse tunneling to gain remote access to my LTE network. Am going to setup a RPi server running TunnelIn and use their service. I'll report back either way.

I did. I've gotten it up and running with some help from Mich at The Wireless Haven, thanks Mich!

Now I'm working on getting it optimized; what TTL and MTU values are y'all running? Are there other tweaks for squeezing every last bit of performance out of this thing that I should be doing ...

With Visible and others you need to activate the SIM first before placing in the LTE router. It needs to be activated in a phone, make a call and txt, do a bit of data via browsing etc. Once you've done that and verified the SIM is working in a phone you can move over to the LTE router. Once in the ...

Hey Derek
You said you have a visible account for your router, I talked to Visible and they said their sim cards only work for smartphones. If I get a router or modem what would be the best one to get for my situation, any suggestions for better signal strength? I would like to do this to have ...

Looks like time to invest in a LTE Router. You can get a Visible account for $25 a month. Or add another line to your Verizon account. You don't need a special data plan, just an unlimited cell plan. When setup right "TTL" your not using hot-spot so no throttling.

Also it's not about getting a ...

Only real way to minimize noise is with a MIMO antenna setup, which boosters do not support. All LTE routers require a SIM card in the modem. As I pointed out in one of my previous posts I was at the same point as you, nosey signal and poor booster performance. So I switched over to using a LTE ...

I've got both Visible and Verizon each with there own router and same antenna setup. Only difference is latency is double on Visible vs Verizon with is about 25ms. Also both will throttle your hot-spot connections vs speed test directly from your phone. I would try a less directional antenna on your ...

My setup is a NEXQ6GO router with a EM12 modem running the latest The Wireless Haven firmware. I've got two, one with a Verizon SIM the other a Visible SIM. Am using a log periodic cross-polarized MIMO external antenna array for the best performance.

Sounds like your TTL may not be set right with your NEXQ60G router. Most cell providers uses the TTL to determine if the device connected is via a hotspot and as such will throttle. I had a similar issue, had done a firmware upgrade with full reset and forgot to re-setup my TTL on the router in the ...

Here is a good site for finding out which tower you're pointing at and which bands are available and pointed in your direction.

https://www.cellmapper.net

Sorry I didn't see that you are using your cell as a hotspot and the booster with the parabolic. Others have already posted that a "booster" does just that noise and all. In fact a booster can be worse than nothing at all because of this. Also a booster does not have the ability to use MIMO antenna ...

Which modem? What kind of antennas do you have on your router and are you using the "5 band booster" as the signal for your router?

For example I've got a EM12 modem with a Cross-polarized MIMO external antenna array (see my avatar). Am 7 miles a bit of elevation and lots of trees and am able to ...

Thanks, I've looked around on ModemsAndMen but nothing really for answers. I've also looked around on OpenWRT which I used to know inside and out many years ago. I scaled back my testing to just getting ICMP (ping) to work from an external IP.

More info. As a test I've added ICMP (Ping) to the firewall exceptions for the WAN->LAN and still not getting through. So I guess it's my lack of understanding on setting up this firewall. Or Verizon blocks all in-bound traffic.

Solved: https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2895&p=20089#p20270

I'm having issues setting up a OPENVPN server forward. I've got a TP-Link TL-R605 setup with OPENVPN running. I'm able to connect locally but not remotely. I've setup firewall exceptions for forwarding UDP/1194 from EXT to ...