Wireless Joint

@piotrKalw yeah sure you can ask but read the threads for this module and you won't need to.

I did all of my AT commands either through mmcli and maybe qmicli, I think. The only way I know to update the device in linux is through fwupd, on older versions of the firmware the update process would cause the module to crash and then the update would fail. No damage done to the module, a power c...

PaddyX you could set up a pihole+unbound server for local dns for more reliability. I've been running with local dns resolution for a long time and haven't experienced that dns issue you mentioned. RE: Module crashes, I found flashing the module in Windows to be the most reliable way to succeed. I'm...

For OpenWRT users who need auto-reconnect on this thing: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/support-4g-5g-automatic-reconnection-using-modemmanager/165025/51 My trouble with this device was keeping it connected. Periodically my modems will lose connection even when service is still online. It's really frus...

I haven't looked out for prices on these in some time. It felt to me like the prices were highly variable and finding the module under certain search terms (such as sdx55) yielded less expensive models. At this point the only thing that I'd say is difficult is the fact that OpenWRT does not yet have...

The modem works with openwrt. Your problem is that the modem doesn't use USB protocol and you don't have something that will operate with MHI. Grab a lenovo or hp sff PC with an available M.2 and you should be on the path. I had to adapt the slot to fit the T99 form factor and those parts are mentio...

The main change for the not recovering for restart was the following change and then compile with it.. +++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/pci_generic.c @@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ static void mhi_pci_recovery_work(struct work_struct *work) if (err) goto err_try_reset; - err = mhi_sync_power_up(mhi_cntrl); + err = mhi_a...

isthiscre@iv I am not using my T99W175 currently, I was running into MHI initialization frustration and discovered I don't even have 5g service where I live so I went back to a T77W968 simply because it inits perfectly every time. The behavior you are experiencing is something I also observed, the ...

you can use fwupdmgr / fwupd to update the modem on linux, but I ran into a scenario where the firmware rev my module was on would crash during the fw update process so I ended up having to boot it in a Windows system and let the Lenovo driver package do the flash. If you're running OpenWRT, you nee...

Does anyone have any recommendations of an adapter from Ali for a sim card that can be used with this modem? I saw about the Ableconn one, but it is sold on Amazon and is quite expensive... Also, would plugging such an adapter into one like this https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004700605966.html...

I'm on FirstNet which is an AT&T service and I did also experience this when I was running a WG1608 on ROOter / GoldenOrb. I moved to a different router and went with vanilla OpenWRT and my problem resolved. I did run ROOter on the new router for a few days and I think the problem did not occur,...

i do remember eskaryo using proxmox. Did you have to pass through additional devices or do anything else special to get the modem running within a container? My plan was to make a pull request for ModemManager 1.21.x to support fcc unlock for the HP pid out of the box but now im kinda stuck Yeah I ...

I had hoped to bring TMo over from my previous home but even with an external array no signal was detected. I've got a friend from Canada who uses Telus, he achieved over 100mbps on the tower near me. I need to see what voodoo is at hand there. Maybe I can just write different CA combos or something...

/edit: oh hey yes I'm certain I have usable 5g bands here, I can get 5g on my Pixel 6/7 here Good to hear! And an advantage of having a 5g phone handy! Does mean there is deff extra fun with 5g modems!! Story time! I popped my data SIM into my phone and got a 5Ge indicator. Hell yeah. Did a speed t...

Lenovo released an updated Driver package that I'm assuming also has a new FW. Package name nz7wn08w dated 2/27/2023. Just loaded it. At this point I've got my T77W968 as the primary connectivity provider and I have the T99W175 in a Windows VM and I'm just trying to poke around at it. I had hoped to...

Just got off the phone with the carrier. I gave them the IMEI for my damaged module (which they like) and magic'd over to it. They also say they made sure 5g is enabled for me... Still no 5g. qmicli -d /dev/wwan0mbim0 -p --nas-get-signal-info [/dev/wwan0mbim0] Successfully got signal info LTE: RSSI:...

Just moved to SNAPSHOT (r22241-acb189179c) uname -a Linux OpenWrt 5.15.98 #0 SMP Mon Mar 6 23:12:02 2023 x86_64 GNU/Linux firmware revision: T99W175.F0.1.0.0.9.AT.009 Still no 5g :( mmcli -m 0 --set-preferred-mode='5g' --set-allowed-modes='4g|5g' error: couldn't set current modes: 'GDBus.Error:org.f...

Just thought I'd share that a fresh build of Openwrt seems to have what is needed for 5G at least for the HP variant. Fyi, mmcli shows "firmware revision: T99W175.F0.1.0.0.9.GC.004" as the current firmware I'm using on the modem. So which OpenWRT version are you running and what Kernel? A...

I haven't been successful in connecting to any 5g service with this device, even in Windows. I do have a 600-6000mhz panel mounted and should be able to receive the signal. I'm using 32' 50ohm 5D-FB antenna cables. I suppose it's possible they aren't capable of carrying the signal or it is attenuati...

I don't have any development tools on my OpenWRT guest and I started going down that path but backed out, not wanting to deal with space issues installing the tools/headers/etc... what distro are you working with primarily Paddy? I'd really like to get that fix in place it would save me from a dumb ...

I also rebuilt the MHI module and added another fix to it.. There was an issue were restarts would not always work and if there was any restart while up the modem would never come back and this fixed that all of that. Let me know if want details and will dig them out.. I'm dealing with that problem...

Do you know if, like the DW5821e/T77W968, this ships with only 2x2 support instead of 4x4? This I'm not sure. My main laptop died that had all of my software on it for the DW5821e. After I got the modem working I've not really messed with it much at all. I did check my kernel version and at the tim...

This gent here has 5g rolling on his module- looks like the belief is kernel 5.17 might be to credit for that. https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Other-Linux-Discussions/Finally-X55-5G-modem-works-under-linux/m-p/5082236?page=7#5600586 Seems like it's a waiting game. /edit: For those reading this contempo...

Ok, 600-6000mhz antenna went up. Still unable to access 5g bands. Ugh.

/edit: I have a feeling this is an issue with ModemManager or the mhi-generic driver. Going to attach this to a Windows VM and see if I can detect any 5g.

Do you know if, like the DW5821e/T77W968, this ships with only 2x2 support instead of 4x4?

Btw, I can't really say that I've had luck with 5G signal as of yet. I have Tmo but my signal is extremely weak. I have not been able to actually confirm if the modem is actually using 5G or not during tests. Speeds are up there in the 20-30MB down range but I don't know if its 4G or 5G bands givin...

top of the line 5G modem that costs just over 50 bux is quite the feeling of accomplishment ;). For the (near) future Wireless Routing Mad Lads and Lasses who discover this thread: https://www.ebay.com/itm/175567089071?epid=25058441050&hash=item28e09d2daf%3Ag%3AJtAAAOSwtidjvhG-&amdata=enc%3...

Ok. SDX drivers fully purged from the Windows system. Powered that down, gave the modem to OpenWRT. Modem power error again. Swapped my very first SIM into the modem and booted into OpenWRT - it came online but that SIM doesn't have service. Swapped back to the new SIM and booted - by the luck of th...

I swore I tried that already, but that worked just now. I'm flashed up to 1.0.0.9!!! There does seem to still be something lingering with this module though- I think related to the crash during the firmware push with fwupd. I'm uninstalling everything from my Win VM, running the SDX55 uninstaller an...

Got fwupd to begin pushing a new firmware to the modem. Then the modem's firmware crashed. Since them I'm having a little additional complication with the module, though it still seems to be happy on Windows boxes. Ugh I just need to find a way to trigger/force that update to occur in Windows it see...

The HP was working but I killed the antenna port. I'm now operating with the Lenovo. I was digging through those text files as well and they did say inserting a sim card and rebooting could trigger... The device had one in there, but I never tried inserting a sim card from another carrier. I have a ...

Your comments earlier helped me get through the FCC unlock problem. This one (.00) currently enables, gets signal% but fails to move past registering with the provider. The .16 module was happy once the firmware was at 1.0.0.9 so that's my current expectation for this .00 module as well. My windows ...

Success, then catastrophic failure. Following the firmware update I as able to connect without firmware crashes. I went to move the modem to the new location and managed to remove the circular framing on the primary antenna's u.fl coupler on the modem. The .16 unit now has 3 leads for antenna instea...

Proper linking of the FCC Unlock scripts did the trick. I'm getting signal now. My "bad IMEI" modem is unable to register to the network but my good one was able to connect! Before a firmware crash. [ 43.628526] mhi-pci-generic 0000:00:10.0: firmware crashed (7) [ 43.630033] mhi-pci-generi...

Hmm, I moved the unlock folder to a new/broken location and restarted the router and I'm still seemingly successfully enabling the modem. mmcli -m 0 -vvv -e [07 Feb 2023, 14:09:52] [Debug] ModemManager process found at ':1.0' [07 Feb 2023, 14:09:52] [Debug] Assuming '0' is the modem index [07 Feb 20...

Thanks for the info. I have one of those 4g modules too so I know the document to which you are referring. I think the FCC Unlock is succeeding, some other people tracking FCC Unlock problems (although with different modules) ran the command below and had an error enabling the modem which was their ...

Apparently this .00 (mmWave support) modem's IMEI is crazy town- Verizon and AT&T IMEI check won't touch it, but T-Mobile is happy with it. My other modem (.16/no mmWave) IMEI is supported by V&A so I may need to do some magic... assuming that process is documented somewhere for this guy. I ...

Moved SIM to the MPEX... which I didn't notice that slot before. SIM now detecting but modem won't enable due to a sim pin issue. Guessing this may be FCCUnlock/Firmware related. Progress... Hardware | manufacturer: foxconn | model: Qualcomm Snapdragon X55 5G | firmware revision: T99W175.F0.1.0.0.5....

Enabled the FCC unlocks that were present for MM. I can't seem to get the SIM to detect. Haven't thrown any AT commands yet, I need to take a break. I've got 3 sims installed into the system, only 1 is detected via mmcli -i querying Not sure if it's a different FCC unlock that needs to be applied to...

Actually it looks like 22.03.3 may have support for this. I'm about to migrate and see if I can get lucky and shortcut all the work: https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/x86/64/packages/Packages /edit: crap, read that wrong. that's in the Master/Snapshot image /edit2: hold my beer I'm rol...

Hey PaddyX - What's your current status with this guy? I'm running OpenWRT x86/64 and finally have the adapter config necessary to light this thing up. I've got both a T99W175.16 (sub6 only) and a T99W175.00 (supports mmWave), both Lenovo branded. Are you still using Ubuntu with a 6.x kernel? I'm co...

Big thanks for sharing this Information! Did you build from source at Linux next? How exactly did you modify the Driver? Me still running on an older Kernel this is the only source i found so far https://github.com/ylintan/mhi_driver_5.15.6 My Guess: Original : ; static const struct pci_device_id m...

Yeah my power draw is larger than I'd like, though I am running on a 15w CPU while there are 6w available... I'm stationary and don't worry all that much about the power draw, except during a power outage since I have a small battery backup behind it. This is an old USFF system running a 6th gen i3....

I will report back on my findings with compatibility. Any luck? The modem arrived DOA (or I killed it). It is unresponsive. I'll bet you it's the protocol. These only support PCIE/MHI wich the WG1608 doesn't do and is actually a little bit difficult to find an adapter to support converting the B Ke...

There are a lot of options out there. I started with a WG1608 and hated it and moved on to an x86 router built from an $80 HP 260 G2 and a $40 DW5821e, which is a Quectel. With cabling and antenna I'm at double your entry, but that's the cost of cabling+antenna if you need runs that are lengthy. The...

I've got a router configured with ModemManager and NMEA and 3gpp location enabled/reporting in MM. When I do location checks from clients behind the router, they do not report they are in the location shown by the ModemManager GPS output. How can correct this?

I built into a SFF PC, but I can't get the modem to detect. It may be because of the mPCIE/M2 adapters I used but I don't know how to tell and I don't want to keep buying them to no avail. Frustrating.

Edit: I figured out how to add this script in rooter. It doesn't seem like my dw5821e likes qmi mode, couldn't keep a steady connection, kept rebooting. Hey matrx sorry it's taken me a while to get back to you. This changes the protocol the router uses to communicate with the modem. I see slightly ...

That router is quite the turd

Yeah I did send AT^RESET as well as power cycling the router.

I have configured preferred bands and band locking on my modem, but it doesn't respect those configurations and keeps connecting on other bands instead. What can I do? AT^SLBAND? WCDMA,Enable Bands :1,2,4,5,6,8,9,19, LTE,Enable Bands :66, OK AT^BAND_PRI? ^BAND_PRI:66 OK AT^ABAND? Radio interface: LT...

Does the WG1608 support PCI protocol via either the M.2 or mPCIe slots?

I have a WG1608 with a T77W968 in use currently. I'm using rooter instead of OpenWRT so I don't have modem manager.

Been considering a sff pc, a BPI-R2 Pro/R3, and other little odds and ends. The WG1608 keeps hitting CPU max so I'm sort of anxious to get off it.

I'm looking to upgrade my 4g modem to 5g. Given the lack of USB support and the effort to make functional, should I look at another device instead?

W0216420 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:02 am I will report back on my findings with compatibility.

Any luck?

Those little things look like fun, almost bought one a few weeks ago to fool with. I'd check 4pda.to with translate on and maybe whirlpool as those seem to be highly active forums.: /edit: While considering purchasing it was difficult to find tech details on the little guy so I ended up finding this...

I have been using a WG1608 for a few weeks now and am really underwhelmed by the router. I'd have rather bought something without a m.2 and used a USB enclosure for the modem. Dual core, 16 or 32 megs rom, 128 or 256 megs ram, at best ac1200 - it's a low-end 8+ year old router with only one redeemin...

The .16 says it's for Canada only per the documentation. Very interested what you are able to successfully connect to if you are US-based. I'd really like to be able to migrate to 5g and those modems have a nice price. /edit: what that documentation means vs reality of that hardware I'm not sure but...

Thanks to the crazy folks at 4pda.to Create file: /etc/hotplug.d/usb/00-T77W968 Paste content: T77W968_PRODUCT="413c/81d7/318" if [ "${PRODUCT}" = "${T77W968_PRODUCT}" ]; then if [ "${ACTION}" = "add" ]; then device_id="$(echo ${DEVICENAME} | aw...

Hello, For selfish reasons I have started a Discord server intended to associate with this forum. Real-time collaboration is always great and I'm hoping this is both within the ruleset for the site and seen as useful. Forum mods: please message me and I will transfer ownership of the Discord server ...

I'm running GoldenOrb_2022-06-24 ( OpenWrt 21.02-SNAPSHOT ) on a WG1608 with a DW5821e modem. I'm reading that there are potential latency improvements when using QMI mode instead of MBIM and I'm really struggling to get QMI going. It seems like ModemManager may be a surefire way to get this running...

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