Wireless Joint

mellow65 wrote: Thu Apr 28, 2022 6:51 pm Have you bricked your device? Did a firmware fail to upload and you had no choice to yank the plug? Is the light just sitting there blinking mocking you, EFF YOU, EFF YOU.

I did.

This saved my bacon.
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-do ... =000059634

If you don't have TFTP installed on your computer, try this.
https://teckangaroo.com/enable-tftp-windows-10/

I pushed the recommended firmware V2.5.2.20, took just seconds, and what a sign of relief!

Don't know if this fixes it all, but it saved me!!

papaburr wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 12:02 am pretty much a factory reset..start from scratch. i just flashed netgear fw via tftp and flashed voxel version prior and still resets

mellow65 wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 7:26 am There are directions in the quick start guide to do a VPN. I also believe you can set it up via the GUI. I have not played with this yet.

kjunmed wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:34 am Having difficulty performing Magic after a hardcore IMEI setting several weeks ago (AT+QPRTPARA=1). I need to change the IMEI back and I am getting an error after each magic command. Is there a way to reopen or revert back to the IMEI the device came with? I am able to perform other commands, do not understand why not allowing the command?? I have tried the factory reset without success.

nordicboy2 wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 7:36 am Has anyone figured out how to do something similar with Voxel's firmware?

The DNS settings on the web interface in 'Advanced' -> 'Setup' -> 'Internet Setup' -> 'Internet' are ignored (at least in V9.2.5.2.30SF-HW).

nordicboy2 wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 4:06 pm I found a solution to my own question about how to set custom DNS servers. My solution seems to work for now, but it is really ugly.

I created a script that runs at startup and continues to overwrite /tmp/resolv.conf every minute.

Hopefully someone else has a better solution than this or can foresee problems with this one.

/mnt/circle/overlay/etc/rc.local

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/mnt/circle/overlay/opt/scripts/fixdns.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &
exit 0

/mnt/circle/overlay/opt/scripts/fixdns.sh

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while true;
do
sleep 60
/bin/cp /mnt/circle/mods/resolv.conf /tmp/resolv.conf
done

hazarjast wrote: Thu May 05, 2022 4:24 pm

nordicboy2 wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 4:06 pm I found a solution to my own question about how to set custom DNS servers. My solution seems to work for now, but it is really ugly.

I created a script that runs at startup and continues to overwrite /tmp/resolv.conf every minute.

Hopefully someone else has a better solution than this or can foresee problems with this one.

/mnt/circle/overlay/etc/rc.local

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/mnt/circle/overlay/opt/scripts/fixdns.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &
exit 0

/mnt/circle/overlay/opt/scripts/fixdns.sh

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while true;
do
sleep 60
/bin/cp /mnt/circle/mods/resolv.conf /tmp/resolv.conf
done

Yes, this is one way to use your custom DNS. Since '/tmp' lives in memory you shouldn't have to worry about wearing out the router flash.

nordicboy2 wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 8:04 am

hazarjast wrote: Thu May 05, 2022 4:24 pm

nordicboy2 wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 4:06 pm I found a solution to my own question about how to set custom DNS servers. My solution seems to work for now, but it is really ugly.

I created a script that runs at startup and continues to overwrite /tmp/resolv.conf every minute.

Hopefully someone else has a better solution than this or can foresee problems with this one.

/mnt/circle/overlay/etc/rc.local

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/mnt/circle/overlay/opt/scripts/fixdns.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &
exit 0

/mnt/circle/overlay/opt/scripts/fixdns.sh

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while true;
do
sleep 60
/bin/cp /mnt/circle/mods/resolv.conf /tmp/resolv.conf
done

Yes, this is one way to use your custom DNS. Since '/tmp' lives in memory you shouldn't have to worry about wearing out the router flash.

Maybe a better solution for custom DNS would be to simply overwrite the link at /etc/resolv.conf using the circle overlay at /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/resolv.conf

Would that work?

nordicboy2 wrote: Thu May 12, 2022 10:19 am I noticed the latest Voxel firmware for the LBR20 from May 6 has this change:

9.2.5.2.31SF-HW:
5. Upgrade 'dnsmasq' package from the stock Orbi RBK50 firmware V2.7.4.24.

Any chance this will fix the custom DNS issue?
Can I just install the latest Voxel firmware over the last Voxel firmware? Would I lose my settings or scripts?

Cool Ranch wrote: Thu Jun 02, 2022 2:30 pm How do I delete everything including circle jerk mod and start with a fresh slate? I've tried nvram erase, factory reset, plus pin reset back of router and almost all the commands remain + netgear settings.

hazarjast wrote: Thu Jun 02, 2022 3:10 pm
Circle_Jerk sits in a partition that doesn’t get wiped by a factory reset but factory reset does reset Circle settings which should keep it from running. Without SSH’ing in and manually removing the files and reverting to the factory files in the backup folder, you would probably have to flash a newer Netgear OEM firmware and then factory reset after that.

For others curious about Circle_Jerk who read this reply please be informed that Voxel is the mod firmware of choice for LBR20 and Circle_Jerk is completely deprecated/unsupported on OEM firmware at this point.

Cool Ranch wrote: Thu Jun 02, 2022 3:57 pm

hazarjast wrote: Thu Jun 02, 2022 3:10 pm
Circle_Jerk sits in a partition that doesn’t get wiped by a factory reset but factory reset does reset Circle settings which should keep it from running. Without SSH’ing in and manually removing the files and reverting to the factory files in the backup folder, you would probably have to flash a newer Netgear OEM firmware and then factory reset after that.

For others curious about Circle_Jerk who read this reply please be informed that Voxel is the mod firmware of choice for LBR20 and Circle_Jerk is completely deprecated/unsupported on OEM firmware at this point.

That's what I was wondering what's the commands to delete it with SSH not very familiar with linux commands.

hazarjast wrote: Mon Jan 24, 2022 8:31 pm Once logged in via Putty you have at least a couple of ways to send AT commands to the modem. The most elementary involves simultaneous echo and cat of the AT device ('/dev/ttyUSB2') ex.:

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cat /dev/ttyUSB2` echo -e "AT+EMGR=1,7,\"010101010101010"\r\n" > /dev/ttyUSB2`

However, you must be careful to include proper quoting and backticks using cat/echo method and it can be finicky. Therefore the preferred method of sending single commands with immediate return output is echo the commands and pipe to the inbuilt 'microcom' function of BusyBox like so:

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echo -ne "AT+EMGR=1,7,\"010101010101010\"\r\n" | microcom -X -t 1000 /dev/ttyUSB2

jonathan_winters wrote: Fri Jun 10, 2022 12:06 pm
For anyone else who has been trying to work from the reply that I quoted, these commands were throwing an error out at me no matter what I tried. After some searching and digging, I discovered a typo in this AT+ command -- it should be EGMR instead of EMGR (the middle two letters were transposed):

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echo -ne "AT+EMGR=1,7,\"010101010101010\"\r\n" | microcom -X -t 1000 /dev/ttyUSB2

Other than that, these commands worked a dream -- thanks hazarjast for your continued help us tune up the LBR20 and keep the bits flowing!

hazarjast wrote: Fri Jun 10, 2022 12:55 pm Hope you can forgive this with that understanding

jonathan_winters wrote: Fri Jun 10, 2022 1:11 pm

hazarjast wrote: Fri Jun 10, 2022 12:55 pm Hope you can forgive this with that understanding

Ack! I get it now and I can't believe I missed that. I edited my comment (and you can edit yours to take out my quote) -- sorry for missing that, and truly: thank you for all of your efforts to help keep people online!!!!

3. Created /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/crontabs/root (rw/r/r perms) <------- This is your new crontab (for editing/persists)

my root/cron file contents:

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20 04 * * * /TM/QoSControl auto_update
50 03 * * * /usr/share/armor/bdupd_start_schedule.sh
00 02 * * 1,4 /sbin/reboot

am888 wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 9:59 am VOXEL FIRMWARE
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Is there any sort of cron with voxel? (NM - found cron - will see if I can get it to stick)
Will it try and auto-update the firmware if I don't use any sort of DNS block?

One thing I thought would be neat - though outside of my ability - would be being able to send an SMS to the router to reboot or feedback data usage... I assume this would be possible.

Thanks

As an LOL someone at netgear put their auto-update of QoS @ 0420

Meh - can't get it to hold crontab - it mounts the crontab from a different section of ROM than the circle overlay so it continually rewrites it. Any ideas??
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UPDATE:
1. created /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/rc.local
2. contents of rc.local

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# Put your custom commands here that should be executed once
# the system init finished. By default this file does nothing.

#Crontab located at /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/crontabs/root
cat /etc/crontabs/root > /tmp/etc/crontabs/root

exit 0

3. Created /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/crontabs/root (rw/r/r perms) <------- This is your new crontab (for editing/persists)

my root/cron file contents:

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20 04 * * * /TM/QoSControl auto_update
50 03 * * * /usr/share/armor/bdupd_start_schedule.sh
00 02 * * 1,4 /sbin/reboot

I need my router to reboot a couple times a week since I'm not always there.
Voila - I have a working crontab that persists on reboot.

gilbreen wrote: Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:01 am I am trying to follow the post below to set up a cron job to reboot the router twice a week. I understand and completed steps 1 and 2 but am stuck on step 3. Step 3 says:

3. Created /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/crontabs/root (rw/r/r perms) <------- This is your new crontab (for editing/persists)

my root/cron file contents:

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20 04 * * * /TM/QoSControl auto_update
50 03 * * * /usr/share/armor/bdupd_start_schedule.sh
00 02 * * 1,4 /sbin/reboot

It appears crontabs and root are folders and the root folder contains the cron file. If so, I am not sure how to set the permissions on the folder as referenced or create the cron file.

Has anyone been able to set it up? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

Gilbert

gilbreen wrote: Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:01 am I am trying to follow the post below to set up a cron job to reboot the router twice a week.

nordicboy2 wrote: Wed Jun 22, 2022 2:49 pm

gilbreen wrote: Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:01 am I am trying to follow the post below to set up a cron job to reboot the router twice a week.

An alternative to using the cron might be to call a script from /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/rc.local
that does something like sleep for 3 days, then reboot.
Similar to what I did a few posts above to update resolv.conf every 60 seconds.

MsVibe wrote: Mon Jul 25, 2022 4:20 pm Hello I am interested in cell locking my router.

I need help finding the PCID and EARFCN numbers. I tried CellMapper on an Android 7 device, but it cannot read earfcn. I also tried field test on an iPhone XS Max v. 15.6 beta, but is RAT PCI the same as the PCID number used for cell locking?

I am confused because the numbers from IPhone field test does not always correspond with the numbers in CellMapper.net web page even when CellID is the same.

Please elaborate on how to survey the nearby towers, thanks.

hazarjast wrote: Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:52 pm Thought I would share something useful/fun that I thought I shared before but don't see it posted here so guess it slipped my mind. Netgear has a ~1400 line shell script which the LBR20 uses as a wrapper for some of the raw AT commands it issues to the modem. The script is 'mbctrl.sh' and can be called simply as that without full path since it is in '/usr/sbin'. Usage is below:

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/usr/sbin/mbctrl.sh: is a simple tool
        --get-revision                  get the mobile FW version
        --get-sim-status                get the mobile sim status
        --get-network-registration      get the mobile network registration
        --get-signal-strength           get the mobile signal strength
        --pin-verify pincode            sim pin code verify
        --puk-verify puk                sim puk code verify
        power-on                        lte power on
        power-off                       lte power off
        --set-hot-swap                  set hot swap pin in high level
        --get-iccid                     get sim iccid
        --hot-swap-status               get hot swap status
        --software-restart              software restart the module
        --show-message                  show sim card msg
        --get-adv-info                  get adv_info
        --get-support-operator          get network available operator
        --get-current-operator          get current network operator
        --set-operator-selection        set operator selections
        --def                           factory default the module
        --get-imei                      get lte module imei
        --get-imsi                      get sim card imsi
        --get-roamstate                 get lte module roam setup
        --set-roamstate                 setup lte module roam on off
        --get-pin-mode                  get sim card in lock or unlock mode
        --set-pin-mode                  set sim card in lock or unlock mode
        --get-pinpuk-count <get pin|puk>get pin or puk less verify count
        --change-passwd                 change pin code when pin mode is lock
        --set-mbscanmode                set lte module scan network mode lte wcdma umts...
        --del-sms                       del the sms through index save in lte module
        --get-sim-number                get the sim card own phone number
        --get-pa-temp                   get the lte module pa temperature
        --get-band-freq                 get LTE band and frequency
        --eg18-upgrade  <file path>     do the eg18 upgrade
        --get-current-roaming           get current module is in roaming status or not

        option:
                get  item               output the item

        --get-current-operator          get current network operator
        --set-operator-selection        set operator selections
        --set-mbscanmode                set lte module scan network mode lte wcdma umts...

hydrus wrote: Mon Dec 12, 2022 2:21 pm Hi!

I'd like to use carrier aggregation while using cell lock. I could only find ways to lock onto a specific band on a specific cell tower. I can't choose multiple PCIs. How can I use CA while using cell lock? I couldn't find anything about it on the thread. I'm in European market and for those wondering, I want to aggegate band 1, 3, 7 and 20.

My carrier supports carrier aggregation on this device.

Thank you for your help.

AT+QNWLOCK="common/4g",2,[EARFCN_1},[PCI_1],[EARFCN_2],[PCI_2]

M.TOMS1994 wrote: Tue Dec 27, 2022 3:12 pm im trying to figure out how to band lock my lbr20 to BAND 2 can anyone help me figure out what i need to do to be able to do so?

hydrocynus wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 8:03 am Hello, I still am unclear about how to get openVPN on the orbi lbr20 running Voxel.

I have read the manual but don't know how. A step by step tutorial would be nice. FastestVPN are working on wire guard, so I am stuck with openVPN but am unsure if they have TUN client.
OpenVPN client.
Thanks for your help.

Important: only TUN clients are supported

To install OpenVPN client: just create /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/openvpn/config/client
directory and put your *.ovpn file (and CA/CERT/KEY if any).
See "Overlay partition on Circle partition".

9. WireGuard client.

To start its using you should

(1). Prepare the text file in Unix format (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_file#Unix_text_files)
with name wireguard.conf defining the following values: EndPoint, LocalIP, PrivateKey, 
PublicKey and Port of you WireGuard client config from WG provider.

Example:
------------------------- cut here ---------------------------------------
EndPoint="wireguard.5july.net"
LocalIP="10.0.xxx.xxx/24"
PrivateKey="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX="
PublicKey="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX="
Port="48574"
------------------------- cut here ---------------------------------------

NOTE: no spaces before/after "=" symbol in example above.
NOTE: the name of the file wireguard.conf is lowercase.
NOTE: optional line could be added if your providers requires that:

PresharedKey="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX="

(2) Place this wireguard.conf file to /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/ directory. I.e. 

/mnt/circle/overlay/etc/wireguard.conf

(3) Enter by ssh/telnet to your router (LBR20) and set the nvram variable wg-client
to 1

nvram set wg-client=1
nvram commit

(4) Reboot your router.

NOTE: to disable WireGuard client starting just set wg-client to "0" and reboot
the router.


10. OpenVPN client.

Important: only TUN clients are supported

To install OpenVPN client: just create /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/openvpn/config/client
directory and put your *.ovpn file (and CA/CERT/KEY if any). 
See "Overlay partition on Circle partition".

You can start/stop OpenVPN client manually from telnet console for testing:

    /etc/init.d/openvpn-client start

or 

    /etc/init.d/openvpn-client stop

to stop it. Log file for OpenVPN client is /var/log/openvpn-client.log, check it if you
have problems.

NOTE: you can add your own delay for starting OpenVPN client after reboot by the 
command from telnet:

    nvram set vpn_client_delay=120
    nvram commit

(to set 120 sec. delay)

burtybee93 wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 11:05 pm Excellent guide and firmware, I was able to get it working very quickly.

I have wireguard working but devices only work if I specify DNS on them individually. I have the router set for google dns but it doesn't seem to work. Any way around this?

jpattigr wrote: Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:58 am Thanks for all the help in setting up my LBR20!!
I have Calyx and had an M2000 that would re boot / shutdown 6 times a day and decided to set up a LBR20 to prevent this. Did magic and all is working very stable thanks to this forum.
HOWEVER, I find that my speeds are way slower on LBR20 vs M2000, are there any background setting I can tweak to speed it up? I had the M2000 locked to LTE as 5G is slow when I am. So both units are only on LTE and yet the LBR20 is 20 down vs 60 on M2000 on average.
Thanks in advance

hydrocynus wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:51 am Hello, I am having an issue. I had it all worked out and it has been working fine for a while but, now, I cannot modify the files I created (e.g. TTL mangling). For example, if I want to modify my TTLs, I normally use this command:
nano mnt/circle/overlay/opt/scripts/firewall-start.sh

I am not sure what is going on, but I get this error:
[ Directory 'mnt/circle/overlay/opt/script' does not exist ]

I also cannot Cd to it as I used to as well.

I did try a total reset and the voxel firmware sticks and the commands work but I seems that I cannot create any directories and edit files.

I do not know what happened and thus would like to know what I need to do? Do I need to reflash voxel?

Just curious. I thought this was a problem with an orbi satellite RBS40V that should also ping at 192.168.1.1, but even when turned off and connected to the LBR20, I still get the same issue. So, I might have reset for nothing.

Thanks for your help.
Hydro.

karlzone wrote: Tue Mar 07, 2023 3:09 pm excellent instructions, I am very grateful for the help in modifying the router, I succeeded on the first attempt, but I have only one question left - how can I return the router to the factory state if I need it, or is it just enough to press the reset button?

jareq77 wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 6:01 am Hello everyone, this is my first post. Well I want to set the modem in the LBR20 to B1+B7/B7+B1 aggregation, what command should I use for that?

hazarjast wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 11:47 am If you are connecting to other bands besides those but know for certain the tower has the bands you want you can use band locking to only enable B1 and B7 which could increase your chances of aggregating these bands. Band locking has been covered several times in this thread so I will not cover it here any further. However, locking the bands is not a guarantee they will aggregate.

user6097 wrote: Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:36 pm I am hoping I can get some help. I have two Orbi devices. One is working fine with Voxel and needed no TTL mods as it is running a Mobile Beacon sim. The second is running Voxel and I cannot seem to get the TTL to stick. Carrier is Verizon phone postpaid unlimited plan and it is leaking hotspot data. I use the tables in this mega thread that were designed for TMobile. Any chance someone can help me here?

user6097 wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:15 pm I figured out the save issue by reviewing previous posts and using vi editor. Hotspot leakage seems fixed but I am still video throttled. Any advice on video throttle from VZW?

MrBroskie wrote: Tue Jul 11, 2023 12:40 am Hi everyone!

I've been having issues with my Orbi for a few months, it's purple-ringing more than it's staying connected. And my connection speed has dropped to basically unusable. Could someone be able to email with me at [coreyfe20 at geemail dot com] and assist with getting things sorted? I've tried following all the great advice here, but I'm still pulling my hair out!

Thanks so much!

jareq77 wrote: Sat Aug 05, 2023 6:19 am I found a solution - the problem was edited command in Mac OS X notes/ replaced with "

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 BusyBox v1.24.1 (2023-04-10 13:40:57 UTC) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.


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  \ \      / /__| | ___ ___  _ __ ___   ___    | |_ ___
   \ \ /\ / / _ \ |/ __/ _ \| '_ ` _ \ / _ \   | __/ _ \
    \ V  V /  __/ | (_| (_) | | | | | |  __/   | || (_) |
     \_/\_/ \___|_|\___\___/|_| |_| |_|\___|    \__\___/
    ___       _     _    _    ____  ____   ____   ___  _
   / _ \ _ __| |__ (_)  | |  | __ )|  _ \ |___ \ / _ \| |
  | | | | '__| '_ \| |  | |  |  _ \| |_) |  __) | | | | |
  | |_| | |  | |_) | |  | |__| |_) |  _ <  / __/| |_| |_|
   \___/|_|  |_.__/|_|  |____|____/|_| \_\|_____|\___/(_)



root@LBR20:~# echo -ne "AT+QCFG=\"band\",0,41,0\r\n" | microcom -X -t 1000 /dev/
ttyUSB2
AT+QCFG="band",0,41,0
OK
.

hazarjast wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 4:20 pm

MrBroskie wrote: Tue Jul 11, 2023 12:40 am Hi everyone!

I've been having issues with my Orbi for a few months, it's purple-ringing more than it's staying connected. And my connection speed has dropped to basically unusable. Could someone be able to email with me at [coreyfe20 at geemail dot com] and assist with getting things sorted? I've tried following all the great advice here, but I'm still pulling my hair out!

Thanks so much!

This sounds like tower issues in your area. Have you tried a SIM from a competing provider (i.e. if you are on AT&T today, have you tested a T-Mobile SIM)?

gilbreen wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 5:52 pm I have an LBR20 with Voxel and have been using it without issue as a backup. I decided to sell it but the buyer did a hard reset by holding in the reset button even though I told him I had reset all the settings and provided the login credentials. Now the device will boot up, but the login page is not accessible via a browser. I can ping the device and it does give out an IP address so DHCP does seem to be working. I followed the steps linked on the first page to Netgear's site on how to recover from a bad firmware flash but it isn't working for me. The instructions say to wait until the power light flashes orange, but it only flashes orange once before becoming solid green. I tried uploading the firmware via tftp anyways, but it gives a message stating "Connect request failed."

I can access the device via SSH using the default login info. Is there a way to reinstall either the Netgear firmware or Voxel firmware via SSH? Any other suggestions on how to reload the firmware?

hazarjast wrote: Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:25 am Firmware recovery isn’t possible over SSH to my knowledge. Others have used the TFTP instructions successfully, if they are not working I would recommend going through the steps again carefully to ensure nothing was missed and/or trying a 30-30-30 reset (details on netgear support site and elsewhere online).

gilbreen wrote: Wed Aug 16, 2023 2:17 pm

hazarjast wrote: Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:25 am Firmware recovery isn’t possible over SSH to my knowledge. Others have used the TFTP instructions successfully, if they are not working I would recommend going through the steps again carefully to ensure nothing was missed and/or trying a 30-30-30 reset (details on netgear support site and elsewhere online).

TLDR - I have the router working again.

I was not familiar with the 30-30-30 reset, so I looked up the procedure to try it. After performing it, when I accessed the router IP address in my browser, I was greeted with the initial Orbi setup screens (option to set up satellites, set the admin password and security questions, etc.). After I did those steps, I was able to login and found that the Voxel firmware was still installed.

To be on the safe side, I reinstalled the recommended Netgear firmware (2.5.2.20) firmware, did a factory reset and then reinstalled the Voxel firmware. The strange thing is that all my scripts were still present from before so not sure if the factory reset under the Netgear firmware really worked. So I decided to do one more factory reset under the Voxel firmware (using the admin page) and found myself again not able to log into the router web interface even though I could connect via SSH.

I again did the 30-30-30 reset, but this time I noticed that the power LED was flashing orange similar to what the Netgear instructions mention on recovering from a bad flash. So I then tried to transfer the 2.5.2.20 firmware via TFTP via the command line and it worked. After about 5 minutes, the firmware was flashed and I when I accessed the router's IP via a browser, I was again shown the initial Orbi setup screens. I then did one more factory reset through the admin page and again went through the initial set up screens.

I then proceeded installing the latest Voxel firmware and followed the rest of the initial steps to configure the router (turn off the bloatware, create the firewall scripts, set up TTL, etc.) The device is now working again as expected.

@hazarjast, thanks for the recommendation of the 30-30-30 reset and all of your help overall.

Cool Ranch wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2023 3:50 pm Hey I already have an orbi 20 working perfectly fine with voxel firmware.

But I'm trying to troubleshoot another one for a friend. It's making the directories but upon reboot the files disappear. It won't even save nvram noarmor 1. I've tried flashing to the original netgear firmware and back to voxel + revert to factory settings. Nothing will save after reboot.

I'm trying to get it to save cell locking upon reboot since it really likes to band hop and cause micro-disconnections. Which I'm running the exact same script on this router currently and it works fine.

hazarjast wrote: Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:57 am

Cool Ranch wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2023 3:50 pm Hey I already have an orbi 20 working perfectly fine with voxel firmware.

But I'm trying to troubleshoot another one for a friend. It's making the directories but upon reboot the files disappear. It won't even save nvram noarmor 1. I've tried flashing to the original netgear firmware and back to voxel + revert to factory settings. Nothing will save after reboot.

I'm trying to get it to save cell locking upon reboot since it really likes to band hop and cause micro-disconnections. Which I'm running the exact same script on this router currently and it works fine.

You can try a 30-30-30 reset but if that doesn’t work it sounds like the flash on the router side might have reached the end of its write limits and may be in read only mode.

theluke79 wrote: Mon Sep 25, 2023 2:49 pm Hey folks, good evening everyone!
This is my first message, I have a LBR20 on V9.2.5.2.40SF-HW + RBS20 on V2.7.4.24.
Few basic questions:

1) I don't have the folder

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/mnt/circle/overlay

.
2) How do I become root?
3) Can I use Google One VPN?

hassannasih wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 4:26 pm plz help i purchased lbr20 us-canada version and i am in iraq
i tried to put my lte network settings but there is no internet
i think it locked to specific networks
i want your help to unlock it

clee19 wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2023 11:05 am Hi all, hoping someone has experienced this and I'm just not searching with the correct keywords. I seem to keep waking up to no internet. Restarting the device doesn't seem to work and I eventually mess around with it long enough that it eventually reconnects to LTE but while trying to figure it out I noticed under the log tab (Advanced>Administration>Logs) the time showed as incorrect. I'm thinking that has something to do with why it isn't working. Typically I've rebooted the device multiple times an I've plugged the SIM into a cell phone to verify the network isn't having any issues and then plugged it back into the LBR20. I've searched through the tabs is there a way to manually update the time?

Note: I'm not sure if this detail helps but when I'm getting "no internet" showing in the GUI I also noticed the device shows to have no external iP (0.0.0.0) which I still think is pointing back to the time issue being the cause as when it goes to get a connection with the cell tower the time stamp is wrong. this morning it showed an time in April so not even the correct Month let alone the time.