Wireless Joint

I've already poked around on the fb store, but was leaning towards a (non-PoE) WG3526 setup, which is not currently available. I'll start a separate thread in the appropriate forum to continue discussing. I have sucessfully tested the following $70 setup myself for a home internet solution voer LTE...

Tmobile had this $50 per month "home ISP" plan that they advertised heavily in our area. It wasn't available everywhere to begin with. The local TMobile reps had no clue what this was and on calling TMobile we were told this was a disruption that TMobile was going to cause to the rural int...

I am sure you have researched your Firstnet eligibility and qualify for it, but the way wireless networks work, I personally request you, for your own safety and that of your community, not to use the Firstnet network for home internet replacement. Wireless networks have fixed bandwidth and there is...

fmj435 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:27 pm Yes, I just ordered a sim off of amazon for 2 bucks and it came the next day.

I would appreciate an amazon link for that. The cheapest TMobile SIM I can find is $9. I would like to order a few TMobile SIM to try

I had to contact red Pockets customer service and they apparently fixed the issue. AT&T is a pain sometimes. OK, thank you for clarifying. Should I understand that now, after contacting Red Pocket's customer service your HSPA woes above are behind you? This is not as good as I am getting from m...

Matt, I apologize for rehashing what you posted already but do I understand correctly:

1. This Red Pocket ATT plan gives full 4G LTE data connection on the phone
2. When plugging into a modem, it falls back to HSPA+

I have to be selfish here as my whole neighborhood depends on the ATT iPad plan to continue to work but the root effect is very simple - on the ATT iPad plan you need to stay below 22GB and ensure it's in an iPad. Study how ATT changed how the plan behaves. Have you noticed ATT sending "ping&qu...

I am evaluating ATT iPad plan and TMobile business tablet accounts. ATT is more reliable (min. speed of 5Mbps symmetric w/ 70Mbps burst, 20ms latency) while TMobile bursts more (100Mbps) but less reliable (min. speed of 0.7Mbps symmetric, 45ms latency). The ATT iPad plan might not be for everyone bu...

I would recommend you get in touch with Bill (BillA) about this. He has direct experience with everything to do with plans and activation.

I am unable to PM or tag him though.

Matt, you echoed my sentiments exactly. I really feel blessed to have found the people here and I really look forward to learning a lot.

About your HSPA issue - is the Red Pocket plan an ATT plan? do you have a phone that is compatible with the Red Pocket SIM you have?

will placing a 4g lte antenna on the same tower interfere with an off air antenna? Technically no, very different freq. which antenna will provide the best signal For LTE you need MIMO. How you do it is up to you - you could literally have two phase shifted yagis or use a ready made one that comes ...

Your analysis makes sense. I can only hope those purchasing the MOFI for home internet discover your post and realize they are not the target audience. In that case, I even see MOFI sacrificing these home internet users from who they get a few hundred dollars for their lifetime so that they can buil...

OK, thank you, I see what you mean. I misunderstood your statement so thank you for clarifying. I looked at your analysis of the, uhm, weird, network activity that the MOFI does including hardcoded IP addresses and heartbeating and am really glad I did not get the MOFI. For one, if MOFI continues to...

Just FYI, Bill here does sell and activate plans so you don't have to look far.

I am sorry you had to go through this. Please report the listing as this is not right. Bill thank you for confirming my suspicion. I hope more people find this thread and don't end up wasting their time (a critical resource) and money. Mike, if you can please, order a Quectel (I recommend the EP06-A...

You probably used a femtocell as I believe actual microcells need FCC licensing. In either case, the fact that you had one working at your current location implies you had, atleast then, access to the service provider's network via broadband as otherwise the femtocell would have no backhaul to broad...

since it still will be a modem -> cell phones will always have higher priority on the network than modems Please, I would appreciate some more information on this as this detail will affect the modems I purchase. Where can I confirm that this is the case and which of the big 3 actually are known to...

^ This would be preferred. I also wanted to clarify, it's up to the tower to allow CA over a band mix and band-locking might disable that compatibility. If band-locking is being done because other bands don't provide the expected throughput, it's unlikely the tower will allow CA to occur unless a pr...

It is unclear if you're asking about US LTE only spectrum and whether you are considering omni or unidirectional antenna (the decision, I assume, would be highly dependent on the actual vs. estimated tower locations, and some basic signal/speed readings where possible, unless you are fine with purch...

BillA wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:08 pm enable DMZ (under the Business Services menu)

Bill, is this DMZ option managed using iptables behind the scenes?

Is it effectively removing all filtering and directly bridging the two interfaces together?

What Bill asked you to do is turn off DHCP, so a static IP needs to be assigned I believe. To further reduce stress on the CPU, you can turn off IP Masquerading and instead opt in to use DNAT because you have a static IP on the outgress. I am unfamiliar with the exact details on how this is done on ...

Looking at the walmart listing, I see they claim FDD-LTE:B1/B2/B4/B5/B8/B17 4G coverage.

That does not agree with my reading of the datasheet. I would like to stand corrected

IluminatedMic, the link to the datasheet was very helpful. I might be reading it wrong but it seems like a very poor fit for North America/US. As Far As I See, it supports only two bands Band 4 (AWS-1700) Band 17 (700) In North America/US - Bands 4 (AWS-1700) serves T-MOBILE, 17 (700) serves AT&...

Hell send me the needs and Ill quote you out a whole set with full specs. Will do. At the moment, we decided that by next week we will be handing out ~$10 (used) USB2 routers with GO loaded with bandwidth monitoring enabled on them to help us collect datapoints. The assumption being made is that ev...

Mentioned buying an all-in-one device is not wise Sigh, I wish you would put this in bold red letters. Last evening at our weekly update meeting I had to really put up a fight against a 200 unit order of MoFi Network 4500 SIM7 from going out. There are a large number of youtube and forum posts on h...

My source of heat is the attic itself. It is super hot up there last I checked put a thermostat of there it was at 53 C 127 F which was awhile ago. Since starting this post now have went up there and took the top cover off the WE826. Currently modem says 66 C. Right, you need to compare the timeser...

Ah. Tmobile had come up with a $50 per month "home ISP" plan that they advertised heavily in our area. It wasn't available everywhere to begin with. When we entered our addresses in the neighborhood though, it said coming soon, so we (bit over 200 families) bothered them almost a year ago ...

This could have been a great deal but I understand if you decided the time spent tinkering would not be good value enough.

What data provider do you have and any new ones you will look into?

I would be doing SImpleMobile and PagePlus myself.

Sorry keep beating this dead horse but what is a good goal to shoot for? What is the max temp that is somewhat ideal? These exact values are defined in the modem hardware datasheet. It will mention the min, typ/avg and max temps. Is the 66 c to hot? Is anything under 70 c ok then? I just checked th...

We called them on the phone told them we already had our own device. They didn't even ask what the device was. They mailed us the sim card and I activated it in the the we826 with mc7455. Check out this post here is a person that just did it. Maybe can reach out to him as well. https://wirelessjoin...

95 C is over twice of what I see (45 C). Granted I am not in Texas (which part of Texas are you in?) but I am not in Nebraska either. In California desert I see ~45 C on the Quectel. How much traffic are you pulling and what mode is it running under? From what you shared, it seems like the LTE radio...

Ah, thank you!

Apologies to punkguy00017 for temporarily derailing your thread. I will stop and create a new thread - so many plans and MVNOs gets confusing!

I am rural and would like to try out either hellomobile or simplemobile with the intention of using one of them as source of ~120GB/mo On Teltik, as of today, I'm just past ~120GB and the quota renews on the 11th in 3 days but I really don't notice any effects of data management except during peak r...

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 Isn't the Magenta Plus age qualified? I am not 55+ SimpleMobile should also work great for like $50 or $60 a month. Bil...

Did you mean the EC25? Sure.

when i put the hello mobile in my phone it automatically get the tmobile apn when i put that same apn into the em7455 it dont work but on the em20 it does Ok, so this is new information. I assumed you could not get the hello mobile to work outside a phone period. Now it seems you do have it working...

Could you try using minicom instead of the mm? like u im more familiar with quectels Then we have 2 options: 1. If you do have a quectel to swap in for the em7455, we can get this done real fast 2. Read up the SW em7455 AT commandset and help me translate the quectel commands Essentially, we will se...

Excellent. We will not use the WAN interface on the modem right now but have it connect out directly. I just wanted to ensure you won't get frustrated through the whole process. While I'm familiar with the Quectel AT commandset, the SW em7455 is new to me and you might have to lookup its AT commands...

To proceed, log the Cell ID of both.

I don't know what the Cell ID of the tower up on a hill is. I assuming you have confirmed its location via a site visit.

I am assuming 7028228 is the Cell ID of the suboptimal tower and you are yet to confirm its location via a site visit.

Then you might just have come across a great deal with Hello Mobile. How heavily do you use internet? At what volume (GB/Mo)? I would need you to run a speed test atleast once a day for two weeks and each run will consume 40 - 50 MB Also, describe what you mean by "havent been able to connect&q...

Can't do it on Visible, they use their own servers on top of Verizon's to slow down all data not just video, and also introduces a pretty high latency >150ms which makes gaming, voip and other time sensitive application useless. I think, using OpenWRT load balancing, I can route latency in sensitiv...

no i did not know that according to the website it says that its only throttled during high times of congestion. These TMo MVNOs are de-prioritized to begin with. This means that unless you live among horses like I do, you will have a tough time actually using the service for data. Do some research...

Before we go down this rabbit hole, I wanted to confirm you're aware that the "Unlimited High Speed Data" is actually: the first 15 GB is "High Speed Data" and then it's throttled to 2G

First, I really appreciate the work that's gone into the GoldenOrb 2020-03-01 build Some questions: 1. It seems there's a custom "The Wireless Haven" version of the GoldenOrb build? If so, what additional magic goes in there vs. the stock GoldenOrb build? 2. Is this a good forum to ask (an...

BillA wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:07 pm A great video speed test is Netflix's Fast.com, with the proxy off I get below 2Mbps, with proxy on I get the full speed of my mobile connection >50Mbps.

Thank you Bill, this is exactly the datapoint I was looking for.

Is there something I can read up on? For example, I like to run USSD codes like #3282# or #932# to keep tabs on my account activity but currently: 1. Have to detach the LTE modem from the router 2. Connect it to a PC and run the AT+CUSD command after setting the GSM encoding 3. Reattach the LTE mode...

The mobile data plan we use in our routers usually includes unlimited calling too, which is normally unused and wasted every month (except on the ATT iPad plan which doesn't include calling). Most modems are both data and voice compatible, so I was wondering if anyone has been able to tap this unus...

Sorry it looks like this post fell through the cracks. I am on the path to ordering my first Simple Mobile $50/month plan from eBay myself and am curious if you figured out the solution?

I am trying to find the number associated with my sim card in a Mikrotik SXT with a EC25-AF Modem. When I run AT+CNUM it returns "OK" but no number. Any ideas? I would like to ask LoneRager which terminal interface they are using to run these commands. Being unfamiliar with the Mikrotik S...

That's a possible theory. Then again, if I remove SIM (and power cycle) the modem reappears. Also, same behavior with every SIM. Right. When you remove SIM without necessarily power cycling BTW - that WAN interface no longer makes sense and the modem springs back to command mode so you can easily s...

Anyone have any ideas what might be causing the one unit to recognize the modem without a SIM, but upon inserting a SIM (any SIM, including the one that works in the other unit - I tried several, both provisioned and not from different carriers)the modem disappears? I would be happy to test one out...

Thank you for update. jchonline and you were potential data points. Now it seems like we are waiting to hear from jchonline for an update. It's possible, BillA, among others, will have some hands on experience about my strict IMEI enforcement theory. Also, if someone can tell me whether it's indeed ...

Bill, if PM's are back, I would like to try that plan too, please. (I do have some Verizon tower issues I'm struggling with)

Thank you for the datapoints gscheb! Here is what I'm thinking based off your input: EP06 is from china they all from china. This would mean, no one whitelisted your specific IMEI with Verizon. That now confuses me - why did the EP06 then work at all? Verizon cell phone post pay. Verizon jetpack pla...

Could you help me out with this: 1. Where did you purchase the EP06A from? An USA reseller or direct from China? 2. Is your Verizon Cell phone a postpaid or prepaid or MVNO? Just Verizon being Verizon they are the biggest and just do what they want. TMobile has started to do the same. You cannot plu...

mezmerizz0454 wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2020 8:55 am
T-mobile service in your area, get the International plan and you'll get unlimited 4G LTE and no bandwidth limits

Is this an in-store only special?

Otherwise do you have a link to look this LTE plan up?

Upgrade to the EP06A?

... or the EM06-A?

Quectel actually has a guide on how to whitelist their devices on Verizon by working with Verizon. It's pretty detailed and walks you through the process. There's no need to send the device in as the device class is already registered with Verizon. I think since these are DIY modules, Verizon would ...

Bill, on another thread I made an assertion that: On Verizon, you can't stick in any IMEI that's not "approved" on their network and have it work like you can on ATT/Tmo. I have some supporting evidence to my assertion, for example: Quectel even has a guide on how to whitelist their device...

I can see why this could get confusing. 1. Could you ask this on Quectel website? Make sure they understand you never explicitly worked with Verizon to whitelist this IMEI 2. In theory, that Quectel should never have registered on the Verizon tower - so for how long did it run? months? years? I ask ...

So is this something new they started doing? Didn't have this issue before. What I don't get is this is a legit Hotspot verizon plan. Why do they care what device it is in? This has been the case for a while AFAIK. Quectel even has a guide on how to whitelist their devices on Verizon by working wit...

ok, That is a HD streaming issue. Fast.com tests video capabilities. speedtest.net does not, it straight up raw data power no video test. Fast.com is to test video for like Netflix and what not. Do you have HD streaming on this plan, on this sim card? If someone here has these "HD streaming tu...

Bill, the video stream, if HTML5 is over HTTPS, is encypted - there should be no way, besides DPI, AFAIK for Tmobile to detect a HTTPS stream is video unless they are looking at IPs and matching them to known providers (like YT). My IP theory has support from your observation that a regular proxy (w...

I am actually curious how USSDs work on phones - I have noticed that USSD codes like #3282# don't work on my unlocked phones but they do on locked phones, so there's something programmed into the locked phones where they work as intended while the unlocked phones don't know what to do with it? New t...

There's nothing better than getting a high gain flat panel antenna, mounting is as high as possible, and rotating it 360 degrees at 10 degree increments till you find the best signal about how much those antennae typically cost and what additional hardware like a metal mast, cabling and their assoc...

Well because you you have the Quectel in this case, you can "fix" the issue. THAT'S the most we can probably discuss on the forum openly, so you are still good.

Sprint has 1xEV-DO only here, not even 3G. No 4G LTE of course otherwise we would have been all over it with Calyx and what not.

However due to merger, I am thinking whether signing up for Sprint in the city a few miles away and then moving back home would allow me to roam on TMobile for cheaper!.

Thank you.

I will try. I found this too if it helps you

https://forums.quectel.com/t/lte-cell-p ... -ec25/3581

First, some background to why I am trying to do this: https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1467 Now, I signed up with a Verizon MVNO last week and am suffering from extremely poor reception. I cant get better than -110 dBm from my house. What I need your help with: If you think of my h...

I am going to link to this but I would like to hear from the rest of you if you noticed this too: I am in rural California and without access to traditional internet - LTE is the only way to go without forking over hundreds of dollars a month to one specific provider and then risking getting throttl...

I use the EC25-AF LTE modem and was wondering: 1. Is "tower locking" (where I force the modem to connect specifically to one tower - which might be further away than one "close") something that can really be done? 2. If so, how could I configure the EC25-AF LTE modem to do so? Or...

Is IP passthrough what I should be looking for in the situation I described above? I will not use the modems wireless capabilities, I just need it to feed the internet to my actual router through a long cable. I would like to understand what this IP passthrough means? The router to which the WAN po...

Chungus23 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:57 amThese devices also show an IMEI of a very old phone that uses a MT6735 chipset, so maybe they are using the hardware from those discarded phones?

Where are your seeing these?

Please keep me posted. AFAIK, TMobile enforces strict IMEI enforcement across devices, although BillA, among others, will know better. Simply put, the moment, you - jchonline - plug in your t-mobile tablet plan SIM into your MOFI, you will see sub-1Mbps speeds. If the OP - TheRealYayo - is still aro...

battletross wrote: ↑Fri Apr 24, 2020 9:19 am You can pick up a $1 sim kit locally at 711, best buy, target, etc

Just to confirm, these places sell a tmobile (and not "tmobile compatible aka SimpleMobile/Tracfone) SIM card for $1 without requiring activation at the register?

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