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What happened to your primary Band 4 CID (ending in 612)?

swwifty wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 5:03 pm haha yeah, time to get on with it already

I've had all sorts of things break in the past month (cars and computers), so I've got too may projects going on concurrently. Unfortunately, the LTE router is lower in priority right now.

You will most likely find some information by googling "security rebooting router" or something similar. I'm aware of the VPNFilter attack from early 2018. I guess I assumed firmware would have been patched by now. Has that come up as an issue with GoldenOrb? I guess that's one good thing...

Wait, what? In a garbage bag on the roof? :lol: Time to get yourself a nema enclosure bro :) HA! I have 2 of them! It was hanging from the mast, inside that bag, so there was enough air flow and it wasn't being heated by the shingles. My mast is lying down now, so it isn't....um..optimal. :lol: I h...

My DC extension cable arrived in record time -- under 22 hours from when it shipped! My router is currently on the roof, with the AC/DC adapter plugged into an AC extension cord. I put the DC extension cord in place and went back inside to test on an ethernet connected laptop. It worked fine for a b...

The reboot script acts as an alarm clock-- a sort of reminder that it is way past your bedtime. haha :lol: I need more of those! Actually, the scheduled reboot is designed to clear out the router’s volatile memory (which is both a security and performance feature) and renew the cellular connection ...

Our latest WiFiX version of GoldenOrb 2019 has the reconnect ping script configured internally. This should help resolve this issue. I noticed that my router is rebooting every night at just after 3 am. I'm running the WiFix firmware. Does the built in script do a reboot regardless of connectivity ...

As part of another thread, a discussion started about power usage of various routers and modems. That discussion starts here: https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=408&p=2647#p2641 I'll continue the discussion with this new topic: I caved and bought one of those DC meters and some b...

I bought some do-dads to measure some of this. I started a new topic for the power discussion, measurements, etc.: https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=439

I am powering it via PoE. I have a Ubiquiti switch that does 802.3af. I opted to not use the raspberry pi PoE hat cause it was reported to have a lot of issues, so I went with a PoE splitter instead like this: https://www.amazon.com/UCTRONICS-PoE-Splitter-Gigabit-Raspberry/dp/B07CNKX14C/ref=sr_1_3?...

I currently power my setup with 802.3af. It doesn't look like the PI supports 802.3at from what I can find. I have a splitter currently on my setup, and haven't noticed any connection issues that appear related to power issues (although i could be wrong, but i've always assumed my disconnects and r...

Can you elaborate on your issues powering the EM7565 via POE? I was planning on doing this soon :( I could be 100% wrong. Jim would probably have better guidance. I'm just going on theory, not on actual experience. When I first got my equipment, I had no doubt that I would have the router inside an...

swwifty wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2019 7:26 am Here's some screenshots of the signal stats and speed with the Verizon sim in my outdoor setup.

Is that tower in your back yard?! That SINR!

Get another 10 or 20 MHz of bandwidth and you'll be flying.

Is that during busy times of the day or off hours?

It's actually band 2,4, and 66. My cell mapper app was showing it as band 66, but my 7455 shows it as band 4. It's just semantics, but it's because band 66 is an extension of band 4, so the naming is kind of confused. I thought in you original post you mentioned 13 and 5 too? Band 66 is a superset ...

That upload!! Very nice. My primary carrier here is Band 4 at 2120mhz. There's also a Band 66 available around 2160 but my modem isn't using it, only aggregating with band 5. Wow, so you are going to have Bands 2, 4, 5, 13, 66 (times 2), all from one tower?? Now you just need a 6CA modem! :D Wonder...

Thanks, I"m excited at the possibility of having an even faster connection. Can't imagine why. :D the MC7455 unfortunately doesn't support B66, so thats why I ordered a EM7565, in addition to the ability to get 3xCA. Oh yeah. Might still be able to see the bandwidth on the others though. It wi...

Congratulations!

If the MC7455 modems support those bands, you could band lock a couple at a time to see the widths.

An underutilized bunch of bands just for you! Lucky!

That spider grew some legs! Nice.

Which takes precedence -- this script or if you set the APN manually through AT commands through the modem->misc screen?

easternnc4me wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 5:56 am I ordered a working v2 off of Ebay after watching this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t1RJsYymGg

Seems straight-forward enough. Haven't pursued it yet. Next full day off I think I'll try to tackle it.

Any luck with the V2 and with finding new towers for the Nighthawk?

And yeah, if that is the *best* Verizon tower you can get and the antennas are aimed well, then another tower probably won't get you better speeds. Of course, there are a lot of variables with bandwidth and bands. I suppose for a ping test, it might still be an okay test, just to see if latency is h...

I thought maybe something might be messed up where you were on SPRINT or AT&T's firmware. GENERIC should be fine. Not sure if VERIZON would help you at all. Where are you getting the 2% number? I've only seen a load number in the GoldenOrb UI. I haven't found a percentage number yet. So without ...

@serverside: Here are those tests that show how much routing rules and encryption affect the throughput capabilities of the MediaTek MT7621A processor, running at 880MHz. That's the processor used in my WE1326 router and your WG3526 router. Your WE826 uses the MediaTek MT7620A, running at 580MHz. Th...

So right now I'm looking to build a Nema box buildout and put up my antenna's, just trying to figure out power right now (don't exactly want to run a 100' extension cord). I'm in the same boat. I've been doing my preliminary stuff with an extension cord. The EM7565 seems to be too power hungry to r...

I think I’m done messing about with this thing and am going to send this modem back to the pits of eBay (and add disclaimer of programming difficulty, of course) I accept defeat on this one, but I am so frustrated to not find out the cause and a resolution. Thanks to everyone who pitched in to help...

I am already in MBIM mode now, but I guess I can try another router firmware/reset series...Ive done that a few times now. When you mention 'setting to generic', are you speaking of the command mentioned earlier? Thanks again Yes, I mean with the AT!IMPREF="GENERIC" command. My guess is t...

Thanks for the link. Here are all my recent results from those you mentioned to try: AT!USBCOMP? Config Index: 1 Config Type: 1 (Generic) Interface bitmask: 00001009 (diag,modem,mbim) OK at!pcinfo? State: Low Power Mode LPM voters - Temp:0, Volt:0, User:0, W_DISABLE:0, IMSWITCH:1, BIOS:0, LWM2M:0, ...

It seems like you have multiple issues. 1) Without VPN, something weird is going on with Verizon. It seems AT&T is okay. Maybe switching to AT&T is your easiest option. 2) With VPN, latency is poor. This is to be expected with VPNs. It is just the nature of the beast. You can try different V...

swwifty wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:15 am It became apparent after a while, because normal browsing / web traffic on Verizon's network was fast, but speed tests showed like 200kb/sec.

Heck, an ISDN user would think that was heaven.

I guess times have changed a little since the '90s.

I had to switch to MBIM and do a reset and then switch to a different firmware and do another reset (like Jim showed). After the second reset for the firmware change, the modem couldn't be found in the status screen. I waited maybe 15 or 20 seconds and then did a router software reboot. I haven't tr...

swwifty wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:56 am I've noticed that Verizon rate limits to various speed test sites. I believe they do this to help safe airtime on their spectrum. I'm guessing because a lot of people were doing speed tests which use a lot of unnecessary bandwith.

Are they limiting it to a specific rate?

@serverside: Try setting the "use small packets" setting in your PIA VPN client. I looked back over your posts and saw that you mentioned that is your VPN provider. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/helpdesk/kb/articles/my-ping-latency-is-really-high I don't see how it could help the p...

I also just noticed that your firmware build numbers don't match your carrier configuration (the PRI lines) in the AT!IMAGE? results. One of them matches your preferred firmware build number and the other one matches your current firmware build number. Something doesn't seem right there. Sprint is t...

You are probably in QMI composition mode. Try this: AT!ENTERCND="A710" AT!USBCOMP? *Note: Be very carful not to put an = after the AT!USBCOMP command. You don't want to accidentally change it to a wrong value. The AT!USBCOMP? will give you the current composition. If it is QMI, then that's...

@serverside: One thing I noticed in the new firmware release notes does pertain to Verizon: "QTI9X50-1131 Default NONCE value is incorrect for Verizon Requirements VZW / OMADM" I would think some sort of wrong hash value would make something not work at all, but who knows -- maybe it just ...

Sierra Wireless released a new EM7565 Generic firmware today as well as for the EM7511. Release notes: SWI9X50C-CRN-R01.14.pdf Interesting. It isn't available on AirVantage yet. Do you know how much lag time there is between firmwares being made available for download and being made available on Ai...

Yes, they have to be otherwise my connection is like 10-50kbs on Fast.com and drops packets and lags, it's completely unusable. I'm on a verizon MVNO, but I've never had this issue before. Well, I understand that you have Verizon issues, but my suggestion is to reduce variables if you want to figur...

JimHelms wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 9:15 pm Not sure. I do not have one that is disassembled.

Mine is on the roof, so I just figured I'd ask. I'm guessing they are 0.125 inches, but I guess I'll find out when I take it down to mess with it. I'll report back when I do.

Are all your latency tests through a VPN?

I'm going to be mounting my WE1326 PCB in an outdoor enclosure. What is the diameter of the mounting holes on the PCB?

I figured it out. Switching doesn't work with QMI composition! This was after I set it to MBIM and did a reset: at!entercnd="A710" OK at!usbcomp? Config Index: 1 Config Type: 3 (Generic) Interface bitmask: 0000100D (diag,nmea,modem,mbim) OK at!impref? !IMPREF: preferred fw version: 01.08.0...

I get an error when I try to set a value: ati Manufacturer: Sierra Wireless, Incorporated Model: EM7565U Revision: SWI9X50C_01.08.04.00 dbb5d0 jenkins 2018/08/21 21:40:11 IMEI: xxx IMEI SV: 8 FSN: xxx +GCAP: +CGSM OK at!image? TYPE SLOT STATUS LRU FAILURES UNIQUE_ID BUILD_ID FW 1 GOOD 4 0 0 ?_? 01.0...

Oh, I thought that said EM75XX. It says WP75XX. It still doesn't have EM75XX listed, but that could be due to it predating that module.

I can't remember if mine even let me set the preferred to another value. I think it just left current and preferred the same. I could be wrong, however. I'll have to try it again. I thought I read online that if you get a mismatch, it just means you have to reboot for it to take effect. I did find t...

When I set up my system, I left the modem at the modem firmware that it came with for the EM7565. Last week, I decided I'd try to set up the AirVantage system to do over the air updates of the modem firmware. (That's a whole other topic, as it didn't work on my first attempt, but I did finally get i...

Am I understanding correctly? If you don't pay for a membership, then after 30 days, you can't change the configuration on the router??

Neither work as a start-up command. But they are accepted when manually input in the misc screen. Although when I reboot they aren't retained. If at+cgdcont=1,"IPV4V6","fast.t-mobile.com" doesn't work as a startup command, then they must really have you locked into only using th...

The Splash Page includes a Live Network Status page that shows signal stats in live time. This is a very useful tool for fine tuning a directional antenna among other diagnostic uses. I can see where this would be very helpful. The darn misc page output window always shrinks back to a small default...

Hmm, once I find out if I need to update firmware on my rooter or not I'm going to test this, I really don't want to have to update firmware again just to test, as I've got my VPN configured, firewall rules done, full VLAN and routes, a good bit of work has gone into this. I hear you. :cry: Maybe a...

Yes, until the latest stable GoldenOrb build or the newer WiFiX versions thereof, it would not accept QMI. The modem had to be configured in MBIM prior to installing the modem of GoldenOrb would not communicate with the modem. I vaguely remember reading some old posts and thinking that setting up m...

My question is why would QMI work potentially better than MBIM, as it seems MBIM is superior being able to handle IPV6 vs just IPV4. Good question, but probably a difficult answer. The variables at play are the modem firmware, the drivers, and the router firmware. Something in there is adding to th...

The 50d enables the Modem to utilize dual SIM Cards where the 10d is limited to a single SIM card. Ah, I see. The Sierra command reference didn't discuss RMNET0 vs RMNET1 in detail and that they were tied to single vs dual SIMs. Does that mean you can't do dual SIMs with MBIM, or do you need to use...

The change does survive reboots. To get your pre-changed values, run these commands, one at a time: at!entercnd="A710" at!usbcomp? usbcomp is a password protected command, hence the need to supply the default password of "A710" first. They are protecting you from shooting yoursel...

Thanks everyone for the help! I figured out a solution - use qmi. (That would have been a really simple thing to just randomly try before going through all the effort of actually tracking it down... but I got there in the end :) ) I verified that MBIM has higher latency than QMI with a WE1326 route...

Either Verizon and ATT now know about the EM/MC7455 modems and are heavily deprioritizing them or the firmware on the routers is having issues now after around 1ish years. Really odd why it's happening now. Are you able to bring the equipment to the towers to see if that changes anything? Do you ha...

@gedster314: When I was going to buy an M1, I was planning to try that process for band locking. I wasn't sure if it would work on an American M1 model or if there would be an unknown password required. Is yours an American model?

Thanks everyone for the help! I figured out a solution - use qmi. (That would have been a really simple thing to just randomly try before going through all the effort of actually tracking it down... but I got there in the end :) ) Funny how that 20/20 hindsight works. :lol: Congrats on finding the ...

In the misc screen, do either of these commands work?

at+cgdcont=1,"IP","fast.t-mobile.com"

at+cgdcont=1,"IPV4V6","fast.t-mobile.com"

Maybe something to ask the GoldenOrb people about? Good job troubleshooting with a different provider and hardware. I always thought my pings were 30-40, since speedtest shows that typically. I just ran ping on the router and the numbers seemed highly variable. Also ran them on Windows (firewall res...

@Falias: What do you see in: MODEM > CONNECTION PROFILE > GENERAL > APN ? (screenshot)

And what do you get if you run this command:

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at+cgdcont?

Also, what do you see in: MODEM > CONNECTION PROFILE > GENERAL > APN ?

Sorry, I had the "=" sign in there. That gives you all the possible values. The second one tells you the current values. For some reason, you have multiple APNs programmed in. Did you enter those or did the system do that? Maybe you had the sim card in a phone first and that's where those ...

I see Jim replied before I hit send. If the setting goes away on reboot, that solves the issue of having to undo it. You can just remove the startup command in the screen Jim sent if it doesn't work right.

You could try at+cgdcont=? in the misc screen to see the current value too.

From looking online, briefly, I couldn't find a UI way to do it in GoldenOrb. It involved lower level commands. Seems like a missing feature. The other way to do it is at the modem level. Here is a post on doing it for a Sierra Wireless modem: https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?t=6#p610 For you...

@xdavidx Thanks again for the troubleshooting. I don't have an inverter, but I can rig up a battery for it directly if I need to. I think I can actually just do that test with the cell phone though - if I can connect to the different radios on the tower with the cell phone, and one of them does hav...

Oh, and your SINR you posted in the other message is very nice! I wish I could get an SINR like that at home. How far away from the tower are you?

Seeing the distributions helps. Other clarification: I'm always connected to the same physical tower on both, there are just different cellids for the different bands. I'm in the mountains and I actually wasn't able to connect to other towers even when trying with the directional antenna. Different ...

I see why you ordered that one. Ben Lewis *really* likes his. :lol: I don't know what would be special about that particular router. Maybe it uses a different default subnet. It might automatically change some of its settings when you change the address, as shown in the video. The tips for disabling...

2. I had noticed that they both dropped ca without a connection, so I tried with a background download at ~2mbps. It had no effect... but that was also downloading from a different server than I was pinging. I'm not really sure what a good way to isolate/test this would be - any thoughts (even on t...

I *think* I understand most of that...lol. There are a lot of devils in the details, unfortunately. :lol: In my prior reading of other forums it seems a lot of people ran theirs through a router to push the signal out further. Several people recommended the TP Link Arch C7 version 2. I ordered one ...

Wifi on a lot of these routers isn't their strong point. I use a separate device, connected via ethernet, to my internet source, as my wireless access point for other devices. 2.4 GHz travels farther and through walls better than 5.8 GHz. 5.8GHz has more bandwidth available and can use more advanced...

The first thing to check is if the MF279 is listed in one the supported OpenWRT devices. I believe this is the page to check for that: https://openwrt.org/toh/zte/start I don't see it listed. I'm not even sure if that is the list of supported devices or just a list of all ZTE devices that they've l...

Well, that certainly reduces the variables. Thoughts/ideas: - Try running traceroute on each connection to see if the packets are taking the same path (well, the same IP path, there could still be a different path under IP, I guess). - It is possible that connection state could be handled differentl...

Just to understand the test conditions... When you are testing with the router, what is connected to it and how is it connected?

When you are testing with the phone, are you running something on the phone, or are you connecting another device to the phone? If so, what is connected and how?

I've used cell mapper The two towers it seems to connect to the most is cell 16 and one that is more toward the west (near Macclesfield) that does not show up under AT&T. Both in the 700mhz range along with cell 15. Looks like 22 is the closest one in the higher frequency. https://www.cellmappe...

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