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by Didneywhorl
Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:43 pm
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Re: Verizon tablet unlimited post paid plan

pridefc wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2020 1:55 pm ...
I should have my WE826-Q and EM7565 today(had to go the Ebay route until these guys are able to restock)....
Who restock?

thewirelesshaven sells the Q under the NEXQ6GO name, with their own firmware. Its in stock.
by Didneywhorl
Wed May 20, 2020 8:17 pm
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Re: Super Slow

Usually a high upload and a terribly low download means your tower is saturated with users and you are being deprioritized.
by Didneywhorl
Sun Jul 05, 2020 7:20 pm
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Re: RT-AC68U with EM7455 (AT&T 2CA 30MHz)

Typically wifi antennas are reverse polarity, and are not compatible with the LTE SMA setup. The antenna will screw into LTE SMA connector, but wifi sma-rp antennas are female and LTE SMA bulkhead connectors in the cases are female as well.
by Didneywhorl
Sun Jul 05, 2020 8:30 pm
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Re: Best AT&T Provider

1. After taxes and fees, how much does the $20 iPad plan come to? 2. First month it's $50+ (for the $30 activation)? 3. Can anyone without any prior ATT relationship/phone lines, go to the store and get this plan? 1: ~$35 2: First month add $50 for activation unless you have an ATT account already,...
by Didneywhorl
Sun Jul 05, 2020 8:27 pm
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Re: PagePlus + Mofi - What am i missing?

Bill, I'm trying to understand the logic of a 117 TTL. I understand why the 65 TTL exists for an Android driven stack but why would Page Plus choose a a 117 TTL? It's something people toyed with and found to work specifically with Verizon. They tried all sorts of TL settings and 117 started showing...
by Didneywhorl
Sun Jul 05, 2020 8:22 pm
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Re: New to this scene - Need advice for rural LTE

LoveMeSomeCALTE wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2020 7:26 pm 4evernetless, did you ever pursue the Visible route?
Quoting someone is the best way to tag them, if its setup in their profile, it will notify them when they are quoted. If they still have their email setup and didnt silence all notifications.
by Didneywhorl
Sun Jul 05, 2020 8:19 pm
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Re: RT-AC68U with EM7455 (AT&T 2CA 30MHz)

How can you tell? The only way I can is by looking into the end of the connector, the outsides are identical between RP-SMA and SMA. That is something I've never had get mixed up..... Yet :)
by Didneywhorl
Sun Jul 05, 2020 8:14 pm
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Re: Trying to locate my tower

I personally would have a hard time ordering an 4G LTE Antenna for hundreds of dollars hoping it would work without trying to lock down the position of the tower and figuring out if it would be worth it. What if it ended up that it would not because the tower is just in a poor position? No antenna ...
by Didneywhorl
Wed Feb 05, 2020 7:07 pm
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Re: LTE modem with transparent bridging

I wish I understood what transparent bridge meant :/
by Didneywhorl
Mon Jul 06, 2020 12:50 am
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Re: Is "tower locking" something that can really be done?

Look up the command AT+QNWLOCK

I'm about to fall out to ed. I'll try to dig up more info for you. I'm not certain the EC25AF supports this command. Try it by entering it in the AT command terminal with only a ? at the end, like AT+QNWLOCK? or AT+QNWLOCK=?
by Didneywhorl
Mon Jul 06, 2020 12:23 am
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Re: Trying to locate my tower

Your good :) Ask away. This place gets better and better as more people search the forum for answers and ask questions when they cant find them. Great stuff.
by Didneywhorl
Mon Jul 06, 2020 1:00 am
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Re: How Tmobile screwed us over and moving to Teltik didn't really help. MAYBE Verizon saves us?

Sprint not an option? I have some customers out in the farmlands of Cali, and they love their Sprint.
by Didneywhorl
Mon Jul 06, 2020 12:18 am
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Re: Real life experience with Simple Mobile or PagePlus or TelTik

Usually the only way is to log into your cell account and look. That is IF it gets reported for you to see. There may be a way to set it up to monitor from the device, but I don't know it. Might just be a project for ya! :)
by Didneywhorl
Sun Jul 05, 2020 8:35 pm
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Re: tmobile network fix

Deprio can be avoided only by upgrading your account type. Typically the order is: 1st responders Business accounts Post paid accounts under their soft cap Post paid accounts over their soft cap Pre paid accounts under their cap Pre paid accounts over their cap MVNO operator accounts I could be wron...
by Didneywhorl
Mon Jul 06, 2020 12:19 am
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Re: Best AT&T Provider

The post paid is a great way to go. The pre-paids are, as you say, better off in the ipad.
by Didneywhorl
Sun Jul 05, 2020 9:43 pm
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Re: we1326 | ROOter updates | EP06

All of the last few years versions of Goldenorb support The Quectel EP06A
by Didneywhorl
Sun Jul 05, 2020 10:31 pm
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Re: Mofi 4500 Sim7 Ipv6 (Tmobile)

The MOFI SIM7 uses a category 4 LTE modem, the Quectel EC25AF. It is a great modem, and connects to some of the rarer cellular bands, like B71, but it is a bit old. Your phone likely has a Category 16 or greater modem inside. The difference is Cat4 modems cannot use Carrier Aggregation, and is only ...
by Didneywhorl
Sun Jul 05, 2020 8:39 pm
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Re: Best Antenna for Band 2 1900 MHZ deep in the woods

You may be much better off with a flat panel directional antenna. Yagis are not very forgiving on non line of site situations. With no line of sight I always suggest flat panels. I wouldnt mix antenna types either. Another thing you may want to do is up your devices power supply .5 or 1 Amp. Sounds ...
by Didneywhorl
Tue May 26, 2020 10:48 am
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Re: New setup with quectel ec25-af cat 4

Gscbeb pointed out. The mofi4500 sim7 has a Quectel ec25af inside. Your looking for better antennas, if you want to keep your mofi. What does the signal info page show you. Your iphone10 has a category 18 modem I think, at least a category 16, and bigh powered well engineered 4x mimo antennas inside...
by Didneywhorl
Mon May 25, 2020 3:08 pm
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Re: Mofi 4500 and existing T-mobile hotspot SIM?

Another thing. Peeps need to stop looking up firmware updates, especially on modems, until its needed due to problems. I've seen story after story after story of locked up modems due to firmware updating gone wrong, and no one knows why they are updating. The general idea I get, 'Newest is best', bu...
by Didneywhorl
Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:02 pm
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Re: Using the mobile plan's unlimited calling feature for home phone service

It would be a curious project for sure. I don't think an analog RJ11 connected phone device would work per say since there is no dial tone on a cellular line. But some form of voice channel/port usage programming and some circuit wizardry would prob get the job done. Way outside my wheelhouse, but i...
by Didneywhorl
Fri Jun 19, 2020 1:19 pm
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Re: Has anyone heard of a FOLKSY LLC 3RN13 modem?

Someone made a deal with the debil and got into Walmart with the absolute cheapest thing they could source! Wow. Never heard of "Folksy"
by Didneywhorl
Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:20 am
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Re: LTE Internet Providers listing

International an dplus are gone now. I use the "Magenta Plus" plan with a tablet imei
by Didneywhorl
Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:24 am
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Re: Anyone Familiar with Hello Mobile?

I use a T-mobile plan direct from T-Mobile in an LTE router. I told them I was using it in a tablet. They gave me the Magenta Plus unlimited plan for tablets. Its like $50 a month. SimpleMobile should also work great for like $50 or $60 a month. BillA is our local SimpleMobile expert I think.
by Didneywhorl
Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:33 am
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Re: AT-Command Terminal woes on GoldenOrb 2020-03-01 (OpenWrt 18.06.7)

1. The Wireless Haven version has a few nuggets added, nothing major different overall. 2. This is a great place to talk goldenorb/rooter, but the main dev board is https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/thread/3vx1k1r3?p=650 3.-ish I believe you can ssh into any goldenorb/rooter router. [url]http://ofmode...
by Didneywhorl
Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:36 am
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Re: Can't connect to closest tower.

B71 is a far reaching band. Lock your modem out of B71. It may see that radio and like it better. Maybe just lock it to B2, B4, B66 and B12.
by Didneywhorl
Tue Jul 07, 2020 8:48 am
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Re: Anyone Familiar with Hello Mobile?

Ive not yet used SimpleMobile, so I cant answer. Im just parroting info on that.

The Magenta plan isnt the senior plan. Its a standard plan.
by Didneywhorl
Tue Jul 07, 2020 10:41 am
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Re: Overheatng modems

Yeah, usually it should start shutting itself off at 75c or so. 95 is high.

You can remove the top cover, but youll have to remove the antennas an mount or secure them somehow. I 3D print a bracket for them myself.

Put a big alum heat sink on the mod m too
by Didneywhorl
Tue May 26, 2020 11:22 pm
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Re: Beginners Guide to Fixed-location Cellular internet

Fantastic! Great write-up! <highFive>
by Didneywhorl
Tue Jul 07, 2020 9:39 pm
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Re: PSA: AT&T Doing away with $35 iPad Unlimited.

I pay like $50 a month for my Tmo plan. Im under 50. :)
by Didneywhorl
Tue Jul 07, 2020 9:40 pm
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Re: Super Slow

You can build a gigbit router with a WAY better modem for less than the MOFI4500
by Didneywhorl
Tue Jul 07, 2020 9:41 pm
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Re: Super Slow

Hell send me the needs and Ill quote you out a whole set with full specs.
by Didneywhorl
Tue Jul 07, 2020 9:53 pm
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Re: Can't connect to closest tower.

You aren't getting 66 because you didn't include it in your 0F creation command.

Also not sure why you are including the leading zeroes. Did I miss the need for this? I believe it isn't necessary.

AT!BAND=0F,"B66 plus others",0,80A, 2
AT!BAND=0F
by Didneywhorl
Wed Jul 08, 2020 11:48 am
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Re: Quectel EP06-A AT commands for carrier aggregation bandlock?

Ah I see now. Those flat panels are definitely going to have to come down the road, I am going to need about 100' (x2 50') of that LMR400 cable. So that setup is going to end up costing me $250+. Maybe I can get a set of those paddle antennas for now and just lock band 30 for a little improvement. ...
by Didneywhorl
Tue Nov 10, 2020 10:04 am
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Re: AT+ZNLOCKBAND

The LTE_BAND_MASK is the hard part, the rest is likely... AT+ZNBANDLOCK=1,0,<lte_band_mask> you can likely leave the last part blank or just add a ",0" at the end. You can try the band mask for Quectel, Sierra, or Telit. The AT command manuals have them. We also have few spreadsheets on th...
by Didneywhorl
Tue Jul 07, 2020 9:38 pm
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Re: Antenna suggestion

In general the highest dBi gain antenna you can afford is best. I prefer flat panel directional antennas. If you have a direct Line of Sight, Yagi style directional antennas are inexpensive and work well. If you cannot see your cell tower directly from where the antenna will mount, then Flat panel a...
by Didneywhorl
Tue May 12, 2020 9:55 pm
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Re: Do I need to go with a custom built router or should just get MOFI 4500?

Fantastic follow up details. Please don't be discouraged by lack of responses. I'll likely never get a mofi4500, but for people who do, your doing great work for them as well.

Good stuff!
by Didneywhorl
Wed Jul 08, 2020 11:46 am
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Re: Quectel EP06-A AT commands for carrier aggregation bandlock?

Hello everyone I am back with another question on CA. ..... I am looking into trying to get a pair of these as suggested in another post: https://thewirelesshaven.com/shop/antennas/4g-lte-antennas/directional-panel/700-2700mhz-15dbi-4g-lte-directional-antenna/ But that will be fair down the road I ...
by Didneywhorl
Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:29 am
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Re: PSA: AT&T Doing away with $35 iPad Unlimited.

Honestly I've never spoken with anyone who tried. Give it a go!
by Didneywhorl
Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:14 am
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Re: MC7455 and Visible by Verizon, Grammie help!

I blindly jumped in not thinking that I have EM7455's based off the Dell versions. When I did the AT!RMARESET=1 it wrecked the modem. Even worse my dumb arse did it to two of the modems, lol. Late night mistake, should have been in bed. So if you are not using the MC/EM7455 directly branded by Sier...
by Didneywhorl
Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:50 am
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Re: Can't connect to closest tower.

The Quectel modem has the ability to lock to specific radios on each cell tower, the Sierra Wireless modems do not. This may be your way to lock to the cell towwe of choice. I have not played with this command but you may want to try the Quectel ad look up the command AT+QNWLOCK
by Didneywhorl
Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:31 am
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Re: Mofi 4500 VPN disables WIFI

It is a VERY expensive process to get carrier certified. MOFI did a great job of setting themselves up in this niche. regardless of their lack of customer service. It's almost uncanny how many people come here to get support. I say bring them here all day, more info the better for this forum.
by Didneywhorl
Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:08 pm
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Re: New NEXQ6GO and unable to login to 192.168.1.1

Are you using 60Hz 110VAC power to the power supply?
by Didneywhorl
Sun Jun 21, 2020 11:09 am
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Re: Losing constant Internet connection on Mofi 4500 (and my mind)

You posted EXACTLY what is needed. A log before problems AND during the problem. Bravo dude! If everyone did this, we could help more people much quicker. General network info says your still good on the network. Do you HAVE to band lock to B12? I would unlock it to see what happens. Your signal str...
by Didneywhorl
Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:10 am
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Re: PSA: AT&T Doing away with $35 iPad Unlimited.

Thats exactly what I do. I sometimes will just lay it on my work bench or kitchen table while testing equipment.
by Didneywhorl
Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:46 am
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Re: Quectel EP06-A AT commands for carrier aggregation bandlock?

The router will need roughly 60W-70W of available power for itself on poe. 72W POe injectors are what I use, the The Wireless Haven store on facebook has them. The cat20 modem will FOR SURE work better, it will just be overkill for your router. A cat 6 modem is great, a cat 12, like the Quectel EM12...
by Didneywhorl
Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:59 am
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Re: Thanks for the Forum!

Welcome to the forum! All the info here is put in place by people just like you and I. We just show up and ask questions and post our findings when we solve problems. :)
by Didneywhorl
Tue Jul 07, 2020 9:58 pm
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Re: Carrier Aggregation on the Quectel EM20G

I don't believe there is such a command. If you find it let us know. You can just lock 13 out so it doesnt use it at all. See which way you like better.
by Didneywhorl
Wed Jul 08, 2020 10:37 pm
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WiFix NexQ6GO-U with a Quectel EC25AF inside completely setup

WiFix NexQ6GO-U with a Quectel EC25AF inside completely setup and ready for your ATT, Verizon, or T-Mobile (BAND 71!!!!) SIM card. ;) No assembly of anything needed, other than inserting your SIM card with care. WiFi speeds have tested as fast as LAN speeds on these! This is brand new thewirelesshav...
by Didneywhorl
Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:11 pm
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Re: EM20 Antenna Connection and commands?

You'll want to use M and D/G, though the em20 is meant for 4 antennas, it should work. There is no command to see each antennas signal strength. The command does exist (AT+QRSRP I think) but the EM20G does not support it, and Quectel has placed the device in development limbo for now. The Quectel EM...
by Didneywhorl
Sat Jul 04, 2020 7:34 am
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Re: EM20 Antenna Connection and commands?

It is a cat16 modem.

Dunno. Maybe? Its a great modem, I'm guessing they set its price point low and still didnt have mass commercial orders. The EM160 isnt much cheaper.
by Didneywhorl
Sun Jul 26, 2020 2:07 am
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Re: Setting TTL on the WG3526 with an EC25 Modem

Your all over it :) Top SIM is the go to. The green adapter board. The items you're looking for are available on the The Wireless Haven temp proxy shop at https://Facebook.com/netsolution.shop/shop/ If you don't use Facebook, you can email me for help. I prefer to use the "Custom Rules" se...
by Didneywhorl
Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:54 am
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Re: Raspberry pi 4B and a modem in a USB enclosure power questions

High powered gigabit injectors exist for this purpose. The standards are in place for minimums, it does not stop the device from being supplied more current if its connected devices draw it. Instead of getting wrapped up in "standards", just try it. Just make sure the voltages match. Were ...
by Didneywhorl
Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:15 pm
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Re: T-moble / SImple Mobile, NEXQ6GO-U, Quectel EP06

Thanks for the response. I get redirected to the T-Mobile site any time I try to look into Sprint. Are Sprint plans available anymore? I was leaning toward Simple Mobile until recently, but I'm certainly open to whatever works. So much great info here, my head is spinning a bit! After I submitted m...
by Didneywhorl
Tue Aug 04, 2020 11:34 pm
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Re: we1326 | ROOter updates | EP06

Try:[url]http://ofmodemsandmen.com/upload/WiFiX-WE1326v5-custom-GO2020-05-23.zip[/url]
by Didneywhorl
Wed Aug 05, 2020 12:42 am
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Re: WiFiX Firmware for WE826 | WG3526 | WE3926 | WE1326 | WE1026-5G | WE3526

BillA wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:38 pm The WE3926 is a budget version of the WE826 in a plastic box...

LOL! Isn't the 826 a budget router already?
by Didneywhorl
Tue Jun 09, 2020 11:48 pm
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Re: EM06-A : Need Help, modem isn't working after a power outage

When you've done a fresh factory reset on it, what AT commands do you send to it for setting it up the way you like? Any? Do this one thing for me. Get it connected to the LTE the way you want. Before you reboot it to see if it did its silliness, send the following AT Command: AT+QPRTPARA=1 Do this ...
by Didneywhorl
Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:07 am
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Re: Spitz X750

I haven't, but the manufacturers LOVE to hide screws under labels and other stickers as well as rubber "feet"/pads
by Didneywhorl
Sat Jun 27, 2020 11:47 pm
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Re: WE826 and issues with factory firmware

Huh. I've never messed with the Ku firmware. How did you find the Hacks site, btw? Honestly, from all I've read from your posts on this Ku unit, I would try to get my money back and just put one together myself, one with the Qualcomm WiFi chip in it. Then add any modem you want up to a cat12 modem. ...
by Didneywhorl
Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:22 am
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Re: WE826 with EP06 stuck in hostelss/phone protocol

After setting those commands you HAVE to hard reboot the modem either with AT+CFUN=1,1 or a full power cycle. Otherwise it may act very odd.
by Didneywhorl
Sun Aug 23, 2020 12:31 pm
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Re: em20g not band locking

If you've factory reset it make sure you run the command

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AT+QPRTPARA=1
This makes the settings backup in NVRAM again. (Basically)
by Didneywhorl
Sun Aug 23, 2020 11:05 am
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Re: Cradlepoint CBA850 with MC400LP6

first thanks to all that contribute to this great forum, i learned a lot this week searching and reading. now i need some help as i'm new to lte internet. i first tried a WE826-T2 then a mofi 4500 and had decent results on At&t. both used band 2 for the fastest speed, here i have b2 12 and 30. ...
by Didneywhorl
Sun Aug 30, 2020 3:01 pm
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Re: WE 826-GO / Sierra EM7565 CAT-12 and Visible

Hi All, I have a Visible + latest GoldenOrb + EC25 wireless modem. AT commands from Sierra doesn't work, I tried everything from this thread and Visible doesn't even connect. Did anyone succeed to configure Visible on EC25 modem instead of Sierra? The EC25AF modem is a Quectel modem. You can get th...
by Didneywhorl
Sun Aug 30, 2020 3:00 pm
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Re: MiFi 8000 help finding antenna/settings ect.

Your ping has so many variables behind it. It might be the device. Your location, your tower, the number of hops from you to the servers. My best on speedtest.net is usually around 18-15ms, but in game its always higher, usually between 60-100ms If you add antennas to the mifi8000 you will kill the ...
by Didneywhorl
Fri Sep 11, 2020 4:29 pm
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Re: EM20-G No Connection After Flawless Operation for Last 3 Months

Post a copy of your full "System Log" here after you fully boot up and it tried to connect for a little while. It's along bit of text. Also what cellular carrier are you using and what plan with that carrier. I'm not familiar with Cyberonic. You may want to contact your cellular provider a...
by Didneywhorl
Fri Sep 11, 2020 5:56 pm
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Re: Cradlepoint CBA850 with MC400LP6

After you created band group 0F did you set it?

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AT!Band=0F
by Didneywhorl
Sat Sep 12, 2020 11:41 pm
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Re: Em12 only using one antenna?

****** /sys/class/net/wwan0/cdc_ncm/tx_timer_usecs -->edit--> change from 400 to 0 when in MBIM mode will drop ping to less than half. ****** ****** But if you open /usr/lib/rooter/connect/create_connect.sh and navigate to about line 770 you'll see a line: # MBIM connect script About 15 lines furthe...
by Didneywhorl
Sat Sep 12, 2020 11:31 pm
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Re: SIM7920-G question

Generally the SIMCOM modems haven't gained traction here, but I'd have to guess as to why. Likely lack of support. Give it a go, let us all know your journey with one.
by Didneywhorl
Sat Sep 12, 2020 11:53 pm
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Re: EM20-G No Connection After Flawless Operation for Last 3 Months

The network is declining your connection. It may be the APNs need to be cleared out (AT+CGDCONT=1; AT+CGDCONT=2; AT+CGDCONT=3) Then set the APN manually ( AT+CGDCONT=1,"IPV4V6","broadband" ) or try IPV4 only (AT+CGDCONT=1,"IPV4","broadband") But it looks like ...
by Didneywhorl
Sat Sep 12, 2020 11:21 pm
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Re: WTB WG3526 Router

The non poe and poe versions are exactly the same, except the ability to also power over poe on that version. It can also be powered via standard wall plug. The Wireless Haven isn't stocking the non poe version right now.
by Didneywhorl
Mon Aug 24, 2020 11:29 am
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Re: Request for latest Firmware for NEXQ6GO with ec-20 modem

Long story short, it already has the latest firmware :)
by Didneywhorl
Fri Sep 18, 2020 9:11 am
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Re: In Desperate Need

I use an att ipad post paid plan. Works fine. You dont need another device on plan to get it. They just charge like a $50 setup fee if you dont have a phone plan as well. You usually have to go to a real Corporate ATT store. The franchise owned stores seem to ALWAYS act like it doesnt exist. $20 unl...