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Where I am at, ATT Band 12 is slow as molasses. I have used the band locking spreadsheets from this site for Sierra and Quectel with great success to force the modem to use band groups that don't include band 12 - ie speed increases. Here is the guide to the Sierra version of the spreadsheet as well...

EDIT: I see you already upgraded the power supply, did it help? Or too soon to tell? For my units with this issue, it has helped. What kind of antenna are you using and what signal stats are you getting.

Unfortunately no, my two LM960s are deployed in the field.

@Didneywharl: Is the mfgr working on another update perhaps? I can try to tether an external modem to see how that works. I have a few more modems on order and already have a usb enclosure.

Doh, your right, I even referred to this one in Wireless Joint FB group for another member. Yes that is the last one I downloaded.

Thank you! This is the current version...

Model LTE H721
Architecture MediaTek MT7621 ver:1 eco:3
Firmware Version V1.4.2
Kernel Version 4.14.54
Powered by LuCI openwrt-18.06 branch (git-18.210.69179-6df9a57) / V1.4.

I need to dig through my notes/screen shots for the previous version.

Every time I leave IPV6 enabled, eventually the DHCP service as a whole (on OpenWRT based devices) hoses up. So I also disable it by default.

I also noticed that while the latest firmware does allow the modem to connect, the stats down show on the Network Stats page, additionally, the stats no longer show on the Live Network Status Page which was a nice bonus with this router.

Latest firmware has this rolling via the debug logs...

/dev/ttyUSB2 Can't open device /dev/ttyUSB2.

Is the previous firmware posted for this?

I can confirm the latest build does not pass validation check, but it does work. Also yes, need to use password of admin even when you "save settings". I'm waiting on an EP06 to throw in the pcie slot.

Thanks, I will give this a go today.

Mine is running solid with an EM160. I did try to put an EC25AF in the mpcie slot and when populated, the router see's no modems. I was going to try a few other modules to see if it was specific to the EC25.

This is why I haven't posted my write up yet, as wanted to further troubleshoot this first.

I started using these, with good results... Then tested these, with same results in terms of gain, typical yagi results... https://www.signalbooster.com/products/yagi-antenna-directional-full-band-75-ohm-surecall-sc-231w?variant=24848971910&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=G...

Fyi on page plus, they would never let my Telit LM960s to register. So keep that in mind.

See link for a TM Band-71 antenna https://poynting.tech/articles/press-releases/new-xpol-2-5g-us/?compare=14918,16218 Your killing me smalls, another antenna I feel the urge to test LOL. The RSRF 600mhz panel is 8dbi gain, the Yagis are around 10.5 but a 11db panel? They claim its across all spectr...

If your using a windows machine, when you select the .bin file, do not double click on the zip and select the .bin file via the firmware update GUI. Instead, double click the zip file and extract it. Then go to the GUI on the router and load the .bin file.

I think Tmobile has all but banned the LM960A18 on every plan but their overpriced data bucket plans. Yea, same thing happened with my testing. I had the LM960 and the LM960A18. The LM960 worked fine, but the A18 needed a pooled data only plan. Both however work fine on AT&T. Band 71 is more pr...

I live out in the country, I have the EM160 that I'm testing in a H761. I did have a Telit 960 in a 3526 doing 4xMIMO with no issues. But the EM160 seems to be a solid choice as most of the towers near me will do 3xCA, near the towns I sometimes see 4xCA. Its 4xMIMO and I have not had to create band...

The EM160 I just got from The Wireless Haven is doing 3xCA out of the box with no changes out in the country, which isn't bad at all. I plan to take it into the city and see what it does like I did with the Telit 960.

EDIT: Just now, as load comes off the towers they tend to open up...

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Many thanks for this. Will come in handy this weekend.

The miss matching is not recommended at all, and I do agree with that. But the installs I did, the colleagues insisted on the Bolton and only one. I went vertical alignment with the 2nd yagi. As far as antenna tilt, I have tested it and have not seen any improvement. Keep in mind I'm usually on foot...

LOL, then there's the more efficient approach. Happy holidays to you too.

Happy to help. I also run a two router setup like you, two routers, one on Tmo and one on ATT. My Tmo router is the same as yours, 3526, Bolton on it, 7411 and I CA 66 with 71 and get great performance. Hey, the Wilson yagis are 698 if I remember correctly. So if you keep it, you upgrade the second ...

Not yet, I have to flip the 3526 to the same carrier so all things are equal. I thought about setting up a speed test server on a LAN port so I can really try to max it out as my internet connectivity ranges from 6mbps to 60mbps depending on tower load.

I have three units with March release of goldenorb where the DHCP service does not play well with windows devices. I have not pinpointed what causes it, but disabling IPV6 seems to fix it. Or making the edits restarts the DHCP daemon. Either way this fixed it and I haven't had an issue with PC's sin...

AT&T starting adding stream saver or something like that to all their accounts, its on by default. You have to literally go in and turn it off. I noticed it on mine.

Just a question, what kind of signal strength are you getting and what power supply are you using. Also, what tower ID do you have and did you verify it didn't change. The carriers are doing upgrades all the time now it seems, taking arrays down on one tower causing the router to register with anoth...

I have the 1608 with the latest dec firmware. When I update the firmware, I do everything from scratch, hold reset button, power on, get to boot loader and do a clean firmware load. I have an EM7411 in mine and its solid. Doing a clean load from the boot loader is like a clean format laptop/desktop ...

If you want to keep band 71 optimized, you don't want to go with the first antenna. The second antenna, the The Wireless Haven 5g Yagi is solid, I have 4 of them and they work great with all bands. I would go that route. I tested the The Wireless Haven 5g yagi against an old 698mhz yagi for band 2, ...

The auto reverse change is doing that. What I do is hard wire up via ethernet. And I set the IP on network interface card on my laptop to dual IP's the one current, example 192.168.1.7 and add an additional IP/subnet mask for say 10.1.1.7/255.255.255.0. Then when the change applies, I just change th...

Got a pair of these (NEXR5GO) for testing, I wanted to see if the WiFi performance was better than the 3526 and 1608. Out of the box, this is a nice size router, solid metal construction, with plenty of room to work. It’s slotted for 2xMimo unless you forgo the wifi ports which defeats the purpose o...

Didneywhorl wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:23 pm Did you have it started up and working in the 5G device first? Tmo is great about SIM swapping, but the hotspot plans are usually not.

No, they sent me a demo unit but it hasn't arrived yet and offered to active some sims. Its on my to do list to do more testig.

I provisioned a SIM for hotspot only for this plan, and have not gotten it to work in any router yet. I have a old hot spot somewhere, going to dig it up and see if this plan is tied to specific hardware.

Yes, I have Tmobile on WE826-T2's. Just change the apn and you will be fine, also change the TTL to 64 or 65.

We have a lot of routers deployed in the field, along with several The Wireless Haven units we built based on intel acquired on this site. I'll give it a full review.

I run a full ubiquity setup so I can cover outdoor too. It's best with a cloud key to really manage it when remote. But if you have a computer that is always on you can do it that way. I set up an HD for a colleague and it worked very well.

The TP Link Deco M5's are on sale for 150 on amazon. They will more than cover your sq ft. Not as good as the triband units, but should more than cover your home.

I would do a band scan and see what other bands you have, and test each one regardless of signal strength. Sometimes a weaker signal yields more because its higher Mhz, like a 20Mhz frequency. I would also upgrade to LMR400, I have noticed on average a 2db improvement from 200 doing this, and that s...

I have a modem (no name on it, just c4r400) that I purchased when we signed up with the rural provider. It currently is on the ATT network. The owner is supposed to be bringing me a "business class" router tonight. That router I think is a CAT 4 and can't see the newer bands, just the usu...

I'm also in a rural area and can attest to T-Mobile Band 71. I have not found better upload speeds than this band unless I'm closer to town, so in a WFH scenario, its has been key for me. I also run the 7411 on it and will watch it often carrier aggregate band 71 and 66 yielding some nice speeds at ...

Didneywhorl wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 9:57 pm Check above, it may not be needed.

Thanks for this. I was all set to apply your fix, as I ordered two NEXR5GO's and EP06A's. But the first set I assembled worked out of the box with the 6-9 release. THe build quality on this thing is top notch. I can't wait to see how it peforms.

Same here!

I have a USG Pro 4 (and a USG 3P as backup) with two routers, one on each WAN port. It won't do WAN bonding, but it does load balance properly. You can use weighted values or failover setting via the GUI. Not bad if you don't have equal data plans for each connection.

Updated with screen shot.

One of the members on the Hacks Facebook group, clarified how to fix the issue of losing the Modem COM port. Coupled with the post above, we will help to better describe the fix. The modem can fixed while installed in or behind a router running OpenWRT/GoldenOrb/WiFiX firmware. Using PuTTy, login t...

So I am an avid user of Band 71, and have tested Shurecall, Bolton, RSRF for this band. I then noticed that The Wireless Haven had these in stock: https://thewirelesshaven.com/shop/antennas/4g-lte-antennas/yagi/600-3800mhz-yagi-radome-9dbi-11dbi-4g-lte-directional-antenna/ A 600Mhz antenna that goes...

You could do this, its a project I'm working on... Line of sight antenna is mounted 1k feet from your home. It comes into an all weather enclosure that has a LTE router. Multiple large solar panels and battery array in separate enclosure, powering the equipment. A pair of ubiquiti nano M2's, one in ...

Can you go to the debug log and post it, is it showing registration errors? Do the sim cards work in phones ok, I would put them in a phone and let them register properly on the network again. Do you have hotspot plan activated/upgraded on these?

Yes, I have seen it 3x SIM7 V3 routers now. What carrier are you using. Distance and terrain from tower. For the three that I seen it on, it was due to leaves coming off the trees and opening the signal path for 2 other towers not available before hitting the back of the Yagis we had installed - ver...

I run two routers, one 826 with EP06A on ATT running the March release of golden orb. The second is a 3526 with 7411 on TMobile running the March release of golden orb (I have 3 other routers that are still in R&D that swap in for testing) I have a Ubiquiti USG-PRO-4 gateway with cloudkey. I run...

That modem works on visable, but yea like Didneywharl said needs a proper activation first. I would also add TTL for IPV6 as well, I use TTL 64 for IPv4 and 65 for IPv6 - via custom firewall rules.

I used to have one RUT950, it had two sim slots and did load balancing all in one box. I too wsh I kept it because I could run two providers in it. The 950 does not support the newer bands or CA so I let go of it. I contacted them and they have new models coming powered by an EP06A. Their reseller p...

It is good to hear success story about EP06A and ATT But I noticed the EM06-A -- is it an improvement over the EP0A? And what about power/current for each? Is a hefty power supply recommended? thank you. I got an NEXQ6GO-U from The Wireless Haven and using that with no issues. I am running the marc...

Boosters will amplify the noise on the signal too, which is why I only use antennas. The really high end boosters have noise filters that deal with this, but they are very pricey and often found in corporate installations.

I have had good success with the EP06A and ATT for what its worth.

I ran into a unit that wouldn't take golden orb straight. I had to download WE826-MM-3-16-19 and load that instead, once that was on, I was able to use the GUI and load the latest version of goldenorb. Only one unit did it to me, for what its worth.

Have you tried using a static IP on the AP that is outside the default dhcp on the mofi, maybe give it 192.168.10.8. That way you have no DHCP packets flying around during boot up.

I didn't know unlimited existed in the LTE world, j/k. Your modem is a CAT6 modem right? Meaning it maxes out at 2xCA? Upgrade options are as follows: 1. External antennas with good LMR200 or LMR400 cable. 2. Change out the modem to a CAT7, 12, 18 or 20 3. Depending on what you do with option 2, you...

Yea, the firmware it ships with does not give you the ability to tweak the TTL settings, I run the latest version of goldenorb on these. Hold the reset button, then plug in power for about half a min. Then take a laptop, with an Ethernet cable. Set the IP on your laptop to something other than 192.1...

Not yet, they are sending me the mofi4500 v3 sample, just waiting on it to arrive. They responded to me earlier today, hope to have it soon.

Bloody hell I had it wrong, ignore...

Now I'm climbing back up on my roof.

I run two routers, with different carriers/towers. I have both run into a USG Pro4 with load balancing enabled. It does not do WAN bonding, but it does load balance across the two routers/modems and it also fails over to one if the other one experiences an outage. There are WAN bonding setups you ca...

Yep band-71 is the rural internet little secret, not supper fast but dependable. I have seen 30Mbs if you find the correct tower! With the low 600MHz that travels well through trees and since it’s NEW not may modem or phone have that band. So there is more bandwidth for the people who do. The trick...

Also, I have tested the following antennas that support 617Mhz and above for 71 with good success... RSRF Yagi RSRF 2xMIMO Panel Bolton 26db Grid Parabolic ShureCall yagi (newer model) Please note stock on the RSRF and Shurecall's have dried up multiple times this summer, so get them when you can. W...

They are waiting on a very and I mean very very large shipment of 7411's, and I asked them if it was ok to communicate that the 4500 V3 will be based on this modem (update, the M2 version which is the EM model). It was just pure chance I read about this modem on Sierra's web site and then found a fe...

jasonw wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:28 am I've not been able to track down an MC7411.

I got 3 engineering samples from Richardson RFPD. They are going through final carrier approval which will result in a firmware update/production version.

I'm a band 71 user as well on Tmobile. I just started using a MC7411 and now can Carrier Aggregate band 71 with 2 and 4. Details here...

https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&p=13263#p13263

Am pleased with the results and didn't break the bank doing so.

Very thorough dbgainnut. I use one of those Bolton 26db and a big fan, on the verge of adding a second in the same configuration as you have. I have never been able to push a Mofi past 86mbps - probably due to the 100mb backplane on the switch.

If anyone else is experimenting with the SIM8200EA, I am interested in your experience. I just put one in a WG1608 and am waiting to see if I can get it to register on T-Mobiles network. I gave them a call and had them register the IMEI, but so far, no joy. Thanks for posting this. I have a 1608 an...

I have a ZTE WG1608 test mule with goldenOrb. I use it to test M2 type modems. It has a provision for a GPS port, it has 5 total. I used it on a Telit LM960 and a LM960A18 (NA version). The LM960A18 wouldn't register on Tmobile unless I use a data only plan. I'm on the fence on what 5G modem I plan ...

For whoever is interested, I did speak with Mofi last night and v3 of their 4500 is said to have this modem, they are waiting on a large shipment of the modems. They are working on a 5500 that does not have official specs yet, but is said to have upgraded wifi and can take high end modems. Am waitin...

So we spoke to an engineer today regarding this modem, right now the modules shipping are using a generic firmware, they are in the final stages of approvals and then carrier specific firmware will be available in the upcoming weeks I believe. I have gotten this unit to CA with Band 2 at 5MHz and Ba...

So far the 7411 looks like its CA TMO band 71 on DL, which is a first for a router I tested. I'm seeing a DL performance boost of about 40% during peak times. I'm still learning the Sierra AT commands, I'm more familiar with the Quectel's. Output as follows... ______________________________ at!gstat...

Verizon is tough, where I am at, I have tested most of their towers and only found one tower where they don't throttle upload. On my Telit LM960A18 they wasted no time banning it and shutting down the SIM. My other units were fine on it. I'm not done with testing on their network though. I'm out in ...

Thanks! I got it through a distributor. Its got a new ETA of monday, I was hoping to test it out all weekend. I'm trying to CA up band 71. If I could get band 2 and 71 on Tmo to CA up it would be a game changer. Where I'm at, nothing beats band 71 on upload speed. So wondering if anyone has done any...

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