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What is the use of GPS function in LTE modem cards? I have seen that most if not all of them offer GPS capability. What is the use for GPS and if I have an LTE router with a GPS capable modem, how will I benefit from this? I have an Amazon Fire Tab, which, because of the price point, Amazon did not...

Hello all. I have a question regarding the use of an M.2 LTE module inside a USB enclosure, connected to a router running OpenWRT or one of its derivative. If I use a USB modem option on ROOter, will I still be able to modify the TTL value to something like 65 to "enhance" my LTE speed? I...

Sending the Router back. Piece of Amazon Junk. Did you receive it and tried it at all? It may not be all that bad, lots of people use it as their primary internet. Its WiFi may not be rock solid, but you can always connect one of the LAN outputs from the router to the WAN input of a decent dual ban...

Nice. Do you have a special router or do something certain to tether at those speeds? Nothing special, I'm only about a mile away from the Tmobile tower, it's in a line of sight on top of a 20 story building, I can literally see it through my window. The phone is simply plugged into the usb port of...

I just got a new WE826-GO. WiFiX/GoldenOrb firmware came preinstalled on the router. I also got a M7455. I'm using it with AT&T. Other than changing the SSID, password and selecting an unused Wifi channel it's running pretty much out of the box. Problem is my wireless clients only get about 50%...

Hello all, I have set up 4 LTE setups now. All times have used either log periodic directional antenna or proxicast mimo panel antenna. Every time it has been just under 5 miles or just over 5 miles. Know someone else that would be 5.85 miles away. Not sure if this would be getting to far away at t...

My WE826 wireless router is arriving tomorrow and I was hoping to get some help setting it up with my Visible SIM. If you're looking for a more reliable carrier for your router, then you may want to read this post for a run down of different options. https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?p=4592#p...

Bandwidth * 5 = Mbps is a general rule for potential real world speeds under optimum conditions (good signal, low congestion). I reach that speed virtually every night after midnight till 6am, then it drops to about Bandwidth * 4 = Mbps during the day and sometimes even lower depending on conditions...

So would band 71 help much with speeds? Or is that low of a frequency not enough power to make much change? It could make a significant difference on TMO/SMO being a well penetrating low 600Mhz signal. While it's a rather narrow bandwidth channel in some areas (5Mhz which can yield up to 25Mbps dow...

If you take a peek at https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=639 you will see where I used a directv dish upside down with feed arm and single quad. The crazy combo of it and biquad mounted inline got my best speeds so far from at&t. Both feet from ground. Got to turn my hat around ...

It actually has gotten me the best download speed from at&t ipad plan setup. Just catches a lot of wind when up high... Good to know... due to it's high efficiency it could be mounted lower than other metallic objects/rods. By the way, drilling a bunch of small diameter holes throughout the dis...

Nice, makes a great antenna and a cross to pray to the cellphone Gods at the same time (if you're into that stuff;). Props to you for taking lighting seriously, it's no joke when it hits (it's just a matter of time). I wonder how good (or bad) a DishNetwork or DirectTV dish would work for concentrat...

Hello all, One thing would like to add on this about Cat modems and their abilities. Is that you have to have the bands on the tower you are connecting too for the carrier aggregation to work. For example the T-Mobile tower that I connect too only has band 2 and band 12. So no matter what Cat modem...

Most all of our equipment is mounted externally in an antenna enclosure, and have been operating that away for years. We have never had a problem with overheating and we are outside of Dallas where it can be punishing at times. Of course, our antenna enclosures have a lot of room inside where heat ...

Very good information on carriers @BillA! I have the AT&T ipad plan and you are right on. 30 down and about 15 up is best I have seen on adverage. Looking for better so might just experiment with t-mobile since will work with my em7455. Any suggestions on settings if get a prepaid sim for t-mob...

This is for my uncle and he has very good Verizon coverage at his house. Literally can just put a hot spot on the kitchen counter and ready to go. And they don't use much data at all. Visible said they used 14 Gigs of data last month. My issue is really don't know what else to set them up with that...

Follow up on the Visible it is currently down. They have an billing issue and can't take payments. Been trying to pay them for 4 days. It is insane! Can't get the service going because it won't take payment. No one to talk to just chat people. They have now idea how to fix it. Just tell you the sam...

An antenna topic that comes up from time to time is "Can I use a single antenna to provide service to two modems?" As long as the service is generally from the same direction or tower; then the answer is probably ... yes. However to provide isolation between the two modems, a splitter com...

The point for me having the second modem up there is so I can use the external antennas for both SIM cards (carriers). I'm not gonna bother with a USB cable, I already ran multiple ethernet cables, and no reason to have the equipment inside. it can operate just fine in the cold or hot! Noone's forc...

Is the Telit card supported in rooter or wifix? I wouldn't mind getting their new 5G card. I'll let you be the guinea pig for that $600 5G Telit modem (FN980M). jk First and foremost, drivers would have to be added to the GoldenOrb firmware before anything. Then, based on the specs, you'll also nee...

Swwiffy: I need to figure out how to run AT commands on the MOFI. WhenI do then I can get you the LTEinfo you request. What should it look like? It may ne in another location for the MOFI4500? Yes the the Directional antennas were outside and the OMNIs were inside. That alone would help the signal ...

I’m using it full time right now. Seems to be working well. I have only seen 3 band CA at a time. I did have to power the optional power port to keep it running smoothly. Also noticed some buffering while on wifi while streaming, but no issue with it hard wired. There may be some WiFi tweaks that w...

Re: Netgear MR1100 at!entercnd NOT "A710" I know this is an old post, and hope you figured it out, but there is no password required on the nighthawk M1. You just need to have the usb c of the M1 connected to the usb of your pc. I use putty to ssh into the ip of the M1 and port 5510. I ho...

Hi bill! Thats a good idea, I will jump up there tomorrow and check it out. I didn't do any speed test up there but when I was using my phone up there I almost had full bars and had the best service I've experienced on the property. Good call on the lightening arresters, I don't have any currently ...

If they actually use a Sierra brand modem, then you can try:
AT!ENTERCND="A710"

These sort of things can sometimes be a problem with proprietary modems/routers, that's why OpenWRT is preferred.

Though a late reply, it might help others too.... Before wasting any time trying to diagnose the modem/router, try a speed test using a phone with the router's sim card inside. That should give you a general idea of what kinds of speeds to expect in your area. For testing purposes, try the following...

Understandably carriers rather not have you turn it off, because that's extra data for them to transfer (screw them!;). They basically filter all packets though their proxy, and when a video stream is sensed, they throttle the data speed sufficiently to the point where the video server automatically...

In the meantime you could use your cellphone with your router's sim card, to run some speed tests while sitting on the roof top (just be careful, cuz you know what happened to the cat on the hot tin roof, right?!;). It's always a good idea to have a baseline signal to compare the rest of your setup ...

Hello, I need one info if it's possible to lock Nighthawk M1 to specific "LTE Cell ID"? I've locked the LTE Band to B40 and I get a good speed around 7MB/s, but as soon as the "cell ID" switches speed degrades to 1mbps which is very slow. Now the current "LTE cell ID" ...

Thanks for the response. 1. A 16 foot cable is not quite long enough to get me inside the house so rain would be an issue for the USB connector. What kind of power cable are you using for the modem? 2. This option would work for me. I wonder how reliable these extension boxes are and how much laten...

Has anyone successfully done this? I’ve been thinking about using a long usb cable for the modem. I would prefer having the router inside and use a Wrt3200acm vs a RPi. Mine would need to be about 40’. Yes it works, I'm using the first option below at 20 meters length. There are several ways to ext...

Hey Wireless Joint, I'm a noobie to platform. I have been using a Cradle Point MBR1400 for about 5 years and its finally died. I did some youtubing and came across all the rave about the MoFi 4500 and the RV World, which is why I wanted it. I get the router, slap the antenna's on it, and do the 35 ...

Signal strength -45 dbm Signal quality -11.7 Signal diversity -45 dbm This is with 2 Wilson boosters. Is this good? Your signal strength is good, but that doesn't necessarily mean that you're amplifying the carrier signal. In case of really weak incoming signals, a booster will just amplify the noi...

Does anyone have any experience with returning something to Mofi? I had bought my aunt a used Mofi on ebay and it worked great still working with no issues. Because of that I bought a brand new one and I have had nothing but issues with this thing from day one. Now I understand that all company's h...

Good point, but I'd have to have my phone outside in the enclosure the PI is in! lol. I'll let everyone know if I get around to messing with this. Oh right, you have all your gear up on the roof in an box. Hmmm... so the purpose of putting everything up there is to minimize the RF signal loss in a ...

Bought a ac-68u off ebay last month at right price. Was excited about the deal, but to my dismay no wifi. Just checked back and there is no update to my current installed firmware. Sadly, no wifi... Yeah, you gotta do some careful research before deciding on a mobile router, as you can see, price a...

Did you eventually find a working solution?
While unlikely but certainly possible, an under powered power supply may cause certain weird issues, so you may want to try a quality 2.5 to 3 Amp @12Volt power supply.

Jumping in to add another suggestion on this thread. I've built 2 MC7455/WG3526 setups and one has had very good performance. The other was good for a while and then also started having what appeared to be frequent disconnects, but where actually reboots. This was happening anytime the router/modem...

AT+CNUM OK Pretty sure it should come back with the phone number assigned, correct? Along with this, I also noted under Modem -> Network Status -> Modem/SIM Information that the SIM Phone Number field is just "*" (also same for SIM Name). This might be a late reply, but I just read this t...

danielewood wrote: ↑Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:16 pm
Router is a RT-AC68U with ROOter Golden Orb 2017-12-15 (No WiFi).

Cell tower has B2(20MHz), B12(10MHz), and B30(10MHz). I'm considering picking up the EM7565 just so I can get 3CA 40MHz, but that would be overkill.

Doesn't the latest version of Rooter firmware support WiFi on the RT-AC68U?

The high mount antenna also makes a great lightning rod. xD
Jokes aside, I wouldn't dare put them up higher than any other nearby metallic object even with the best built-in lightning arrester, while the other end of the antenna cable is connected to the router sitting right on my work desk. Yikes!

Hello. Seen a used setup like this for sale. They say it is bricked. Actually pointed them to the recovery mode and they tried it and couldn't get it to work already. Don't know if they tried very hard think might just be over it. So my question is if the recovery mode won't work on this if I buy i...

I haven't explored this too much more. I gave it a shot, and ran into issues but didn't explore further. I sold my extra modem too, so I don't have another one to experiment with. I might buy another one as I'm considering ditching my DSL entirely and just using two 4G connections. For testing purp...

You can connect it to a "real" router with antennas. You could connect it to a router for better WiFi, but you're still left with the some iffy cellular antennas, and end up with a hodge-podge of interconnected equipment which can lead to additional latency. Might as well go with a real m...

Hello this is gscheb asking about the TTL settings. Currently have Visible in a night hawk m1 connected to a router. The visible plan hard throttles hotspot data to 5 down. It is just part of the deal. You can actually see it go up father when it gets to about 10 down it will catch itself and go do...

Hello was wondering what TTL was used to get these speeds? Currently the only person I know using it doesn't have TTL custom settings and getting the throttled 5 download speed. Maybe the user Gscheb can give you some tips, but if you're already getting 5Mbps down, then the TTL settings will most l...

Not sure if the WE826 router can be used as client connected to a hotspot in order to output its connection through ethernet, but here's another cheap solution. You could use a WiFi to ethernet converter such as the GL-iNet MT300N (https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt300n-v2/) to convert a hotspot...

Hello, It is true that the nighthawk has more power. You can get them unlocked and put any carrier into them by adding an apn. Can also turn off the hot spot function and Hook an Ethernet up to a router from the nighthawk. The down side to me of the nighthawk is when you need to use outside antenna...

1. install usb, serial and mbim modules according to this receipe https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wan/wwan/ltedongle 2. unpack mbim.zip 3. Copy and replace /lib/netifd/proto/mbim.sh with the one from the zip check permissionss, must be executable 4. Copy luci-proto-mbim_1.0-1_mipsel_24k...

I'd like to get the USB3.0 To NGFF M.2 Key B Adapter Enclosure With SIM Card Slot and pair it with a Sierra EM 7565 but I don't want to give up my USB 3.0 port on my ASUS router plus I don't know if my router's USB 3.0 is compatible for this device. It would be much simpler if I could just hook up ...

reggart wrote: ↑Mon Dec 30, 2019 6:57 pm I want to connect a USB3.0 To NGFF M.2 Key B Adapter Enclosure With SIM Card Slot to my ASUS wireless router via the WAN connection. Anyone know how to do that and maintain gigabyte speeds?

Your answer is here > https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?p=4483#p4483

I'm curious if anybody tried to install mPCIe Wi-Fi card (like 11ac) to WE826. It would probably work but would also defeat the whole purpose of the LTE router (if you don't have a data source). I've read in another thread that JimHelms has tried an external WiFi adapter connected to the router's u...

msharp wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:11 pm Probably a dumb question, but what is the USB port on the WE826 used for? Can it be used as a network share?

Instead of using an internal radio/modem, the usb port also allows you to tether your phone to the router to act as an external modem.

Hello, I am trying to find the pros and cons between these two LTE routers. What I keep tripping up on is the thought of, "what is so wrong with using a hotspot for a long term router solution?" This is specifically occurring to me with the CAT 16, 4-band CA and 4x4 MIMO functionality tha...

I have looked & found how to change what band the modem searches through, locking bands, & selecting multiple bands for Carrier Aggregation. However, I have not found any information on the results of the modems scanning the bands. I assume there is a command to show what the modem actually...

Props to Habituallimit for having the patience of getting his router to work on Sprint. With Sprint, it would be easier to simply tether a working phone via usb to the router to act as a modem, no fuss no muss. lol Sprint and MetroPCS are the only two carrier in the US which still require you to pro...

I decided to try out fwupd after your post. Here's the error message: No releases found for device: Not compatible with vendor: failed predicate [USB:0x0489|USB:0x413C regex (null)] Hmmm... unfortunately I'm not much of a Linux expert, the only thing I would suggest is try to read through all those...

Hello Jim! I worked on this today and had some learning experience but mostly success! First think I worked through your tutorial and reloaded all four firmwares (just so they would be most updated), ending with the generic -- and did them twice. Put everything back together and it worked. I decide...

Yes, I believe so. I want to try this myself soon, just haven't had the time yet. I plan to do a guide in the future when I do this. Here's some more info about ModemManager https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ModemManager/ And a repo with the latest files https://www.freedesktop.org/software...

JimHelms wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2019 8:51 am This crossed my mind and I tried to locate a generic firmware to flash the modem to no avail.

Just wanted to point you to this post for some more information about firmware upgrades, in case you wanna give it a try. https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?p=4454#p4454

Hi, 1. You can lock them, but you're just telling the modem to use a specific set of bands. The modem's firmware is programmed in the factory to always seek out the strongest signal automatically (even as it changes throughout a day), and that's just what you want. Keep in mind, that you CANNOT forc...

Yeah I could see it is not for everyone but for the value it's great. I do have the generic firmware but there is no instructions to flash it, of course. There is one for its little brother T77W676 for linux with fastboot mode via AT command. But that's no use since you can't communicate via comm p...

Egg-cellent, all crystal clear now!

These multiple firmware slots are probably unique to Sierra modems, because I've never seen anything like that on other modems.

All these "restrictions" are not my cup of tea (unknown/restricted AT commands, having to flash it in a Dell laptop, etc)... if we could only flash it with generic firmware (if it even exists at all), that would make it a kick-ass modem.

Hello everyone I have been reading a lot on these forums and I am a big time nerd when it comes to this stuff. I am however kinda stuck here. I have a WE826-Q modem/router and I wanted to put custom firmware on it. I tried using the default admin page to do a firmware upgrade too WiFiX which I beli...

teksupsm wrote: ↑Sun Feb 10, 2019 7:59 am When I run at!band=14,"B12",0,0000000000000800 I just get an ERROR

You get an error because your modem's hardware doesn't support that band.
Keep in mind you can only set the bands which are supported by your modem's hardware.

Hello, I recently got rid of Mofi4500 and purchased WG3526 . Looks like my router has Quectec EC25-AF modem. Im using a T-Mobile sim card. The Firmware has been re-flashed with WiFiX firmware . Speed has been very slow 1Mbps down if that using google speed test. When I had Mofi I was getting about ...

That tab just adds the following two rules to "Custom Rules" (make sure it's the correct interface) iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -o wwan0 -j TTL --ttl-set 52 iptables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -i wwan0 -j TTL --ttl-set 52 Verizon CA (at least for me) is only active during during a down...

When you say "carrier's firmware", do you mean a carrier profile with preset band values, or an actual firmware flash file?
Don't we just use the "generic" firmware anyway in most cases?
Hope this could clarify it for everyone.

Has anyone developed open source firmware for these units? They are rugged and reliable and just what many people need who don't want a full WIFI, router, gateway. I use a Peplink load balancing router and just want simple and reliable LTE gateways. Those devices including the modem firmware are en...

Your phone's data and speed limits should be same even when you insert your SIM card into a router. However, if you have a limited "hotspot" plan, then the router may be able to bypass it (mostly has to do with the TTL settings). So you might be able to bypass your 20GB hostpot limit and g...

Could be a number of things, try to run through the following... Make sure it's flashed with GoldenOrb/WiFix firmware (if it's not already done so, important!) Do a factory reset: AT!ENTERCND="A710" AT!RMARESET=1 Wait till the modem reboots, then try to get a status: AT!ENTERCND="A710...

Could you explain why band 14 is so important Bill please? Isn't B14 reserved for first responders and therefore not for use by regular consumers? Should regular consumers keep clear of B14 to prevent obstructing or delaying emergency services? From what I've read, band 14 will be available in some...

Just to see what would happen, before I saw your message, I plugged in an old 2.4GHz "n" adapter that I wasn't using anymore and it recognized it. I didn't try my dual-band '"ac" adapter yet, it'll be interesting to see if it's supported since it's much newer. The whole reason f...

Thanks for replying. Well, I did not make it all the way there. I was able to flash the Netgear R7800 with the flash you provided, thanks again. I was able to change the connection profile to “broadband” like I have used in the nighthawk m1 and the GL-X750. After reboot I go to Modem , Network Stat...

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