Wireless Joint

It's also worth noting that at 14 miles, you're doing pretty well with what you have. Most people at that range would have a high end parabolic grid antenna. Chances are, you're going to struggle. You're likely having noise issues at that distance, and since you're the little voice reaching very far...

Still going fine on my iPad plan - haven't managed to trigger a KO yet. Seems sporadic as to what causes it.

Well, my immediate neighbors are family, and none of them use any sort of antenna other than television. More distant up the road, but behind my antenna direction/face, there are some people who have antennas but the only one that looks like it's not just TV is possibly a microwave dish since the sa...

Well, hardware checks out. His unit and my unit report nearly identical values on his antennas.

Guess that means I'm moving my antennas for the next test. Tiresome.

With the timing of your construction, could the new/added electrical work cause an issue? Did this change how your are grounding your gear? Nah the garage is a detached unit with it's own main feed from the utility pole. If it's not my hardware or the tower, then it's either my building change or p...

Probably won't do a SIM swap, he needs his service to work from home and I don't know how friendly his provider would be to that.

I do have a buddy with a near identical setup a few miles away using a different tower. I'll be testing that for sure. Here's what I know about the tower, it has AT&T, Sprint (hasn't switched to T-mo yet), and Verizon. AT&T has bands 2, 5, 12, 14, and 30 on it. Obviously I only have access t...

Yeah I work on multi-million dollar digital offset presses for a living, troubleshooting is half of my day. :D I'm not an RF expert by any means, but it seems odd that I can get -75dbm with the meter, but the modem continues to see -90 to -110, and horrible RSRQ and SINR now. Here's a crude drawing ...

If you are getting -73dbm to -76dbm on all the bands/frequencies the SureCall tests, then got to be the pigtails, modem or router. Know that does not help you, but what else can it be? You have proven your antennas, cables and connectors are good. I'm not sure how it could be the router, since the ...

As far as I can tell the device only measures RSRP. I still have poor numbers for that on my modem read out, and low RSRQ and SINR

Small update -- no luck though. Borrowed a Surecall signal checker exactly like this from a friend. All bands that thing is capable of reading come through with -73dbm to -76dbm. I checked at the antennas, then I checked the cables, then I checked the Type N to sma adapters at my router/modem. All r...

I'm fairly certain there's nothing else new in the signal path. I'm going to borrow a signal meter today and attempt to see if both antennas still work, and if I can get better signal than the modem is getting. We'll see where that leads today. Also checking with AT&T to see if there's any repor...

If you connect it and get nothing, then you'll know.

That being said, these devices are typically 50ohm devices, not all boosters/antennas are so keep that in mind also. Might want to check that before spending any money

The signal from tower has has changed for sure. Your RSRQ is really bad and so is your RSRP. - Yes, sometimes I can get them a little higher, but my SINR is also VERY bad compared to before. You are also on a different tower compared to first screenshot / old 7565 modem. This may actually be the ma...

Correct, but by comparison, not much. My house and garage combined are approximately 60 feet of metal roof, while this new addition only adds about 24 ft.

So the antennas were previously mounted on a 5ft mast. They were both pointing over my garage AND my house both of which are fully metal clad, roof included. Had no issues. The addition is actually lower than the main roof on my house but is all metal also. Both antennas are plastic yagi style from ...

Issue started before. I haven't moved or touched anything in many months prior to this issue starting.

Band will still sometimes grab on to B5 B2 B12. Nothing new there that I can tell.

Quick background: AT&T iPad plan on MC7455 with a W826-T. Dual yagis using 25ft LMR400 cabling. A couple weeks ago: Internet speeds dropped significantly (from 70-100mbps to 9-20mbps fluctuating wildly) and really poor ping quality overall. Goes from a normal 80ish, to anywhere north of 200-3000...

That method, I believe, does not work. You can still get ATT postpaid unlimited to work however. There are many threads on it.

Seems like some solder and something like ethernet cable could achieve if you can't find something premade.

I just want to toss in a small tidbit. I have had better service/performance with my 7455 than I ever had with my 7565 before a storm fried it. Speeds are the same, but latency and packet loss is way better with the 7455. -- for me anyway.

Just another update -- I'm still using the iPad plan, so it certainly does seem like only high data users are getting kicked.

To be fair, did you really expect to not be booted for using north of 400GB a month?

If you're assuming ideal circumstances, I believe B41 can carry more than B25. That being said, you're less likely to get full capacity on B41 because lots of people are usually on that band. Less people would typically be on 25. In my area, I have available 41 and 25, but the 25 solo always carried...

Thanks. I remember when 4G was rolling out (I was with Sprint at the time) they had a 'roadmap' they updated about quarterly to show what areas would be coming online and about when. I don't see anything like that about 5G from any providers. Tmo claims there's 5G in my area, but I know that's false...

Anyone know if there's a good source for the rollout plans of 5G networks for each carrier? I'm south of DFW but in an area that usually gets relatively good hardware updates (within 18 months typically), but I know with 5G things could vary. Just wanting to see if there's any roadmaps out there or ...

It was newer, yes. I'm pretty sure the modem is dead. Put in the new modem and everything went right back to normal.

For $80 you could get some really high speed data. Before you commit to one specific carrier, you should evaluate your options. There's ways to make each major carrier work for you, but obviously it depends where you are and what's available. Also depends on if you're set on getting it for significa...

Giving up on this one. Going to order a MC7455 and hope it works out.

The light on the USB device lights up (I tried multiple ports, USB2 and USB3) but the computer didn't seem to notice anything was there.

The only mention of anything Sierra Wireless was something the drivers installed (it was present regardless of the USB device).

I did install the drivers. Not sure what's supposed to happen though. I install the drivers, then plug the device in (device seemingly can't be found on my PC, no notifications or anything in the device manager) and run the firmware, only to get "device not found" error.

For anyone who checks this in the future -- I reflashed the router. No change as far as the modem was concerned. I pulled the modem and tried connecting it to my Windows 10 PC with a USB adapter so I could flash new firmware on it. So far, no luck with that. Not sure yet if I'm doing something wrong...

Had this set up for about a year now. Today we had a storm roll through, no big deal, storm blew off and everything was still working. Then we had a power outage that maybe lasted 30 seconds. This has happened before with no issues. Today however, the internet didn't come back. Router still seems to...

Didneywhorl wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:37 pm Pre paid account or Post paid?

Autopay - so Prepaid?

Just another update -- Mine has renewed twice. Still working fine. I believe this is more geared/targeted against high volume users. Haven't heard of anyone using less than 400GB getting canned yet. Guess we'll see. I try to keep mine below 300. Usually doable.

Hey folks My At&t $35 plan stopped working in mofi 4500 around 3/26. The plan auto-renewed on 4/1. I received an email on 4/5 saying "Your data account above has been canceled either at your request or due to inactivity on the account.". So, looking for options, may try pageplus Curio...

Twoods196 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 8:46 am Can you provide the link where you login to your prepaid iPad plan? The one I was using is saying this is no longer where you login too. Thanks

I just use the ipadlanding page, which forwards me to:
https://dcp2.att.com/OEPNDClient/

Thanks, though I can't view those first two links, seems the owner has reached the bandwidth limit. How ironic lol

Was trying to see if there was a way to limit speeds delivered to a certain port or IP address. For some reason when my TV is streaming I get horrible lag in games on another port. Would like to see if any sort of bandwidth management would fix that. I see the SQM QoS page seems to be where I go, bu...

I'm usually between 150gb and 250gb. Rarely over that. So here's hoping it's not below 400gb.

My Autopay Prepaid iPad plan is still working currently. I don't think they've cut anyone off mid billing period yet. Usually if it keeps renewing you may be safe.

My guess is they have a threshold for data usage and if you pass that it's game over.

From all the reports I've read so far, people are having an issue running the ATT $65/75 plan in a router. It works fine in a phone but it seems to be blocked in a router (likely due to modem blocking by ATT). Hoping someone can figure it out soon. Is there any sort of way to rename a sierra modem ...

Well - the good news is that, at least for now, my auto-renew of the ipad plan is still working. Last month's usage was somewhere between 170-200GB. Vast majority of that is streaming TV content. If that matters.

I'll be finding out in the next couple days if my internet is going to tank. Suppose we'll see. I think I'm around 150GB of usage currently.

I'd definitely say that we use around 200-250GB a month if I don't have any new big Steam purchases to download. Only time I've ever had speed issues is when there's an additional 500-1000 people in the town I live in. Usually caused by church events or High School sports or other events.

Yeah their TOS spells it out clearly... next! lol "After 50 GB of data use on a line in monthly bill cycle, data reduced to 2G speeds for remainder of bill cycle. Subject to this QoS policy, tethering at 600 Kbps & video streaming at SD quality (about 480p)." I don't think this is acc...

Anyone have any experience with the $65/$45AP plan? Seems okay, but no HD Streaming? Not good there. I'm approaching my renewal date for the iPad plan and am hoping to have another option lined up just in case.

I'm using the auto-pay plan currently, we'll see if AT&T kicks me or not. Avg about 150-200GB a month. I don't think that's absurd but it is probably pretty high for a mobile use.

Thanks for the link gscheb, if I get dumped I'll likely be contacting your linked company.

Lots of people seem to no longer have the option to renew the plan. CSRs are saying it's gone. People on auto-renew seem to be okay for now, but we'll see how it goes (I'm on it.).

Anyone have a decent unlimited alternative to suggest that's on any network other than Tmo?

Thanks! That gives me something to look at. I had found one place that sold similar items, just want to make sure I get the right thing.

I didn't see anything like this for sale at The Wireless Haven. Anyone have any recommendations for termination tools? A friend of mine has two 100ft runs of LMR 400 but he overbought and wants to shorten them instead of buying additional (shorter) lengths online.

Thanks!

Managed to get this working reasonably. For some reason Band 12 will not establish connection anymore. I've only noticed it connected once or twice, and always dropping in favor of 30. With 30 removed, my latency remains in the 70-110 range, largely staying around 80. Down speeds dropped from approx...

Is it possible to power the pi and modem over POE?

Okay - I think I have some dialectric grease for spark plugs laying around (Ford Triton issues!) Only tape I have handy is standard black electrical. Might have to do for now.

Thank you very much for the useful info, I'll work on getting this done this evening. I'll have to recheck my connections as well, I think they're tight but who knows. Both are roof mounted Yagi style, and the cables had weatherproofing o-rings so hopefully no issues up on the roof. I only suspect B...

Forgot to include this if it's useful.

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Starting this thread at the request of Mr. Jim Helms. I'm looking to learn how to lock bands out on a EM7565 inside a WE826-T2 router using GoldenOrb_2018-11-03 ( OpenWrt 18.06.1 I had picked up a M.2 to USB adapter but I'll feel better if there's a reliable way to modify the bands via the browser i...

I think it might be a band issue. I'm going to try locking out B30 but not sure if that's possible without getting a usb adapter for my modem.

Is there a way to issue commands to it like these via the browser? I need to exclude band 30, causing me lots of latency issues.

Yeah I have good Verizon and Sprint coverage in my area. Most Verizon resellers want north of $100/mo which seems absurd to me.

There's a few more affordable options for Sprint, but none seem to be monthly.

Started using the AT&T iPad plan a while back, works great except that I'm in an AT&T dense user area. Anytime there is an event at the local school, my internet plummets to being borderline unusable. Previously I was using Sprint and never had this issue, but it's tough to find a Sprint sup...

According to the TOS they're going to be imposing a hard 50GB data limit before throttling to 2g speeds.

Thanks! - Yep, not unfamiliar with the backhaul methods of bandwidth management. Didn't expect to get 3CA out of this set up. There's another tower a few miles farther than the one I'm on, but honestly, I can't complain with 60-100mbps. It's more than I need, and enough to be happy with. Ping is goo...

https://imgur.com/xTM6NKT.jpg Small improvement I think. Could probably improve the SSC1 a bit more since it was better last time before I messed with it. Still getting north of 70mbps... somewhere between 70-100 actually. Speed tests don't verify, but large file downloads over wifi are going at up...

Ah yes, fiber would spoil someone no doubt.

Band locking would be the easiest solution, if it works out that way. If not, maybe you'll be lucky enough that one tower is far enough aside from the other in your view that you could exclude one using yagis or some other narrow directional antenna.

It sounds like the new tower doesn't have the backend bandwidth that the more distant tower has. You can do band locking on many DIY or even prepackaged router/modems. If the new tower isn't in the same direction as the old one, yagi antenna(s) would likely fix this problem. If they are, then it's t...

Also wanted to make note here, that we've had a few short instances where loss of connectivity has happened. Unfortunately, I was unable to get to a computer fast enough to see if it was the signal/modem or a routing issue. Not sure if this is something that happens? It only happened maybe 3 or 4 ti...

Small bits of info I thought might be useful to add. I'm pointing at a tower that's approximately 3.1 miles away, with moderate foliage between. My antenna, unfortunately, are pointing across TWO metal buildings, I've read that can cause problems. I've also not attempted to adjust my antenna for ele...

I'll probably work with the antenna pair sometime this weekend. I don't like speed tests, they aren't often that accurate. I started a file download and was getting between 9 and 9.5MB/s (not mbps) So that's much better than 37mbps reported by the speed test. The antenna are approximately 17 inches ...

Hello all! I've lurked quite a bit, thanks to many for useful threads. I'm not sure which category this would best fit into, as I'm only doing this for the first time (LTE Modem that isn't a phone hotspot). Using the AT&T method, and my results on first attempt are pretty good. https://i.imgur.c...

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