WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed

[ChrisTork]

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 device to get it back on.

I was able to custom build the goldenorb firmware with this newer version of openwrt and I fixed the disconnect issues on the connection monitoring. Apparently the ping test after a disconnect would lose the tracked IPs and go into a loop of rebooting the modem on this version.

So far running connection monitoring with power toggle and modem reconnect. Works flawlessly. I can even go into the modem section and issues a AT!RESET and it will bring the connection back without rebooting.

Here is a link to the firmware. Much improved WiFi performance.

[BillA]

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 device to get it back on.

I was able to custom build the goldenorb firmware with this newer version of openwrt and I fixed the disconnect issues on the connection monitoring. Apparently the ping test after a disconnect would lose the tracked IPs and go into a loop of rebooting the modem on this version.

So far running connection monitoring with power toggle and modem reconnect. Works flawlessly. I can even go into the modem section and issues a AT!RESET and it will bring the connection back without rebooting.

Here is a link to the firmware. Much improved WiFi performance.

Nice job! Could you possibly build one for the WG3526 too?
Mind listing what you have done to fix the tracked IP's causing the looping?

[ChrisTork]

Basically just modified the conmon.sh file located at /usr/lib/rooter/connect
Set the default track_ips="8.8.8.8" so it always has a value incase it gets cleared during the pings.

A few lines below that was this check
f [ -f "/tmp/connstat$CURRMODEM" ]; then <--- this would always be true, every time a connection would go down
do_down " from Modem" <------ I just removed this line since the ping check is happening anyways. This line would cause a infinte loop. The connection would come back up, then when conmon started back up it would run this line do_down and repeat.

Let me try a build for the wg3526.

[ChrisTork]

Give this a try for the WG3526.
admin is the default pass

[BillA]

Give this a try for the WG3526.
admin is the default pass

Thanks, I'll live it a try in the next couple of days, and will let you know the results.
This is based on the latest GodenOrb v2020-03-01 with no other mods other than the looping issue, right?

[ChrisTork]

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.

[rawtashk]

Am I missing something, or is this firmware INCREDIBLY slow? It takes minutes just to load a config page.

[ChrisTork]

Seems ok here. What browser are you using? I found IE to work the best on this version.

[Didneywhorl]

Am I missing something, or is this firmware INCREDIBLY slow? It takes minutes just to load a config page.

Its usually the GUI that's slow. Using command line commands respond immediately. I don't know why it does it sometimes and not others. It tends to do it to me when the router is running a load of work.

[ChrisTork]

Which firmware are you running the 826 or 3526? I haven't tried the 3526 to test it but 826 has been pretty stable for me, wifi hasn't dropped at all in weeks and the connection is always up with the default monitoring on.

[Didneywhorl]

I run both, not sure about the OP

[realmobile]

I have the ZBT WE826-T and I did the 19.07.2 update and now I am not seeing the LAN port lights when a device is plugged into one of the LAN ports. I tried the update from ChrisTork on this posting and still the same thing.

Anyone having this issue?

Any ideas what this can be?

Thanks!

[Didneywhorl]

What is the firmware full filename?

[realmobile]

I initially download from the GoldenOrb site
openwrt-we826-GO2020-03-01-upgrade.bin

Then I saw a post for a FIX (for a WIFI issue) on this site and I thought it might take care of other issues like mine, the download is
openwrt-we826-GO2020-04-02-C_ATT-upgrade.bin

[Didneywhorl]

Odd issue. Does the device work fine otherwise? LAN and wifi internet passing through?

[realmobile]

The router/device seems to work fine. I did not thoroughly test WIFI, however. I had to revert to previous fw (18.xxx) , but, I can load up again if you need for me to check something.

[Didneywhorl]

Nah, if you solved it with a fw backup, the no issues

[BillA]

Which firmware are you running the 826 or 3526? I haven't tried the 3526 to test it but 826 has been pretty stable for me, wifi hasn't dropped at all in weeks and the connection is always up with the default monitoring on.

Finally I got a chance to try the WG3526 version, unfortunately 2G WiFi is missing (light's off, no signal) and the modem doesn't get recognized either. Course I've tried reflashing it twice via the bootloader method plus regular, no dice. As soon as I flashed it with the WiFix version, everything started working. Would it possible to compile a new one based on the latest 19.07.3 kernel from the OpenWRT site?

[realmobile]

Hello, I am running the WE826-T. The previous fw GoldenOrb_2019-03-10 ( OpenWrt 18.06.1 ) has been very stable.

Where is the WiFix version that has worked for you?

Thanks!

[ChrisTork]

Hello, I am running the WE826-T. The previous fw GoldenOrb_2019-03-10 ( OpenWrt 18.06.1 ) has been very stable.

Where is the WiFix version that has worked for you?

Thanks!

I updated my initial post with a newly built version of 19.07.2 for the WE826-T2
I recommend loading this by doing the recovery method, hold reset while powering on, then continuing holding reset for 5 seconds and release. The wifi led will blink rapidly. This ensures a clean load of the firmware.

[ChrisTork]

Finally I got a chance to try the WG3526 version, unfortunately 2G WiFi is missing (light's off, no signal) and the modem doesn't get recognized either. Course I've tried reflashing it twice via the bootloader method plus regular, no dice. As soon as I flashed it with the WiFix version, everything started working. Would it possible to compile a new one based on the latest 19.07.3 kernel from the OpenWRT site?

There must be some config options I'm missing for the 3526. I can take a look at another build again. For 19.07.3 I could see if the Rooter build system will work should be a easy test.

[ChrisTork]

I have the ZBT WE826-T and I did the 19.07.2 update and now I am not seeing the LAN port lights when a device is plugged into one of the LAN ports. I tried the update from ChrisTork on this posting and still the same thing.

Anyone having this issue?

Any ideas what this can be?

Thanks!

I posted a new build on my first post, also wanted to say once its flashed give it a good 5 minutes or so to do a first boot. The leds will eventually load up as normal.

[sebastian05000]

Thanks for the build i don't have the wifi issues anymore also that weird issue where i had to reboot the router when the modem like loosed the ip address anyhow i sometimes have this issue where the GUI loads very slow and some instability issues that sometimes my internet wired or wifi gets very slow for a few mins later it fixes itself

[ChrisTork]

Thanks for the build i don't have the wifi issues anymore also that weird issue where i had to reboot the router when the modem like loosed the ip address anyhow i sometimes have this issue where the GUI loads very slow and some instability issues that sometimes my internet wired or wifi gets very slow for a few mins later it fixes itself

Yes it seems to be a browser flavor for slow gui loading its something to do with ssl. If you use IE it loads fairly quick. Yes ive noticed the slowness on the T2s, thats why I switched to the Q model. Wifi is full speed now.