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Had some time on my hands while the wife was attending a conference down in Austin TX. Thought about spending it tossing a few brews/fishing with the buds, but decided to do something more constructive:) I have built quite a few wifi 2.4GHz quad antennas over the years and each one of them impressed...

Thanks for reply @gscheb! > How much you trying to spend per device? the group that offers this service to low income families pays for everything, including two years of service for the selected families. so you an imagine they would like to keep the cost low as possible. i am not privy to exact am...

Crazy stuff. Just put in the old MC7700 and works perfectly. Beats me. Going to grab a couple more of the MC7354 later and try again. Even crazier, the one that does not work for me, works for another at&t prepaid plan. Could anyone suggest a card like the MC7354 (covers bands 2 and 4) with lowe...

Could you tell me what this command does:

AT+CGEQNEG=1
ERROR

Keep seeing it in debug window. Shows up and then disappears.

Last night went to friends home and we popped the MC7354 into his setup (usb adapter connected to asus router) and internet worked within minutes. Confirmed the MC7354 is good. Woke up this morning determined to get the MC7354 working with my brand new WE826. Jim suggested: Called AT&T and was t...

Thanks @swwifty! Have looked at the PI and they look firm. Maybe sometime you could create a thread with good description of hardware, bet others would find it useful and informative (like your antenna comparison).

I understand Jim, you cannot babysit me, lol. I can try calling at&t, but can move sim between: galaxy s5, galaxy s8, netgear 781s, netgear 815s and netgear LB1120 without any issues - instantly activates and internet works. Going to try the mc7700 in we826 tomorrow. If that fails, do not know n...

Well darn, guess I have worn my welcome out

Thank you @gscheb for your reply / input. Will take a look at the links!

Working with a non-profit group that provides / installs complete setup for low income families. They most all are provided with a free at&t ipad plan. My question for users: If using the at&t ipad plan, what equipment combination are you using? Have been trying to get the WE826-T2 / MC7354 ...

What do you think about flashing generic firmware in place of at&t firmware?

Really does not make sense to me why not working as is, but if going to use the we826 / mc7354 in future need to get working in this test setup.

Its holding. Just curious, log into your ATT account and see if the MC7354 is showing up. Do not see any place for showing devices. Using the ipad prepaid plan (mentioned in second post - hope this is not the issue). Got to test it as 99% of the low income families we setup are/will be using it. Do...

JimHelms wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 10:18 am Run this command to make sure the IPv4 APN it is holding:

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at+cgdcont?

Using two browser windows and running command see this in debug window: Mon Oct 28 16:14:14 2019 : /dev/ttyUSB2 at+cgdcont=1,"ip","broadband" OK Mon Oct 28 16:14:16 2019 : /dev/ttyUSB2 AT+CPMS="SM" +CPMS: 1,30,1,30,1,30 OK Mon Oct 28 16:14:19 2019 : /dev/ttyUSB2 AT+CSQ;...

IP4 change did not fix. Modified my existing create_connect.sh. After comparing the one from rar to my existing using notepad++, there were differences so thought best to keep mine and just modify it. At loss on next steps / what to do. Does this mean anything from logs: Mon Oct 28 15:46:44 2019 use...

Your signals are not real good, but they should hold a connection. You are registered with the network but in idle mode. I would try changing the APN to an IPV4 per the tutorial and see what happens. Yes, using the stock we826 antennas until get it working. Be little better when I hook outside ante...

Run the command: AT!GSTATUS? AT!GSTATUS? !GSTATUS: Current Time: 2522 Temperature: 31 Bootup Time: 0 Mode: ONLINE System mode: LTE PS state: Attached LTE band: B2 LTE bw: 15 MHz LTE Rx chan: 1025 LTE Tx chan: 19025 EMM state: Registered Normal Service RRC state: RRC Idle IMS reg state: No Srv RSSI ...

Thanks for reply Jim. I did as you suggested and still no internet. Looking at the debug and other info seems I should. Only thing seems strange is transmit power in debug: Mon Oct 28 16:01:30 2019 : /dev/ttyUSB2 AT+CPMS="SM" +CPMS: 1,30,1,30,1,30 OK Mon Oct 28 16:01:37 2019 : /dev/ttyUSB2...

What carrier firmware is on the MC7354? When I enter: at!entercnd="A710" at!gobiimpref? Shows provisioned for AT&T. at!gobiimpref? !GOBIIMPREF: preferred fw version: 05.05.58.00 preferred carrier name: ATT preferred config name: ATT_005.026_000 current fw version: 05.05.58.00 current ...

@Hoodrat : My provider is not Verizon but wondering if you found a solution for the MC7354 connecting to internet?

Having similar issue and trying to troubleshoot...

Forgot to mention that I flashed the new WE826 with openwrt-we826-GO2019-10-20-upgrade.bin so not running stock.

Also using SIM from a 781S hotspot and it had been connecting to bands 2 and 4 without any issues (using at&t prepaid ipad plan).

Just setup new WE826 and MC7354. The MC7354 was used and pulled from working router few months back. Have ran through the troubleshooting and all seems good. SIM is reading and certain pigtails are connected firmly / correctly. AT&t SIM is good, just pulled it out of working 781S hotspot before ...

Did a search and cannot find answer to my question, please forgive me if overlooked it... Looking at topic https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=18 UPDATE 03-17-2019: The latest version of WiFiX and GoldenOrb for the WE826-T2 appears to have random WiFi and thru-put issues. Until these ...

Sorry to make another post, but wish to make sure know what type of USB to mini PCI-e adapter needed (or might need later). Is this one look right? https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-Express-Converter-Support-Wireless/dp/B07FJXNLLT/ Never really messed with the cards before other than popping in and usi...

No, the PID/VID for the MC7354 and the MC7700 are included in the current versions of GolenOrb firmware.

Ok, thank you Jim for fast reply!

Had a peek on amazon for USB to mini PCI-e adapter the other day and got confused but will look again.

1) Does this tutorial still apply to the current WE826-T2 and the MC7354? Thinking of ordering WE826-T2 for testing and have a MC7354 just laying around. But this seems like a lot to just use the MC7354... Also have a MC7700 but lacking some local AT&t bands. 2) If this tutorial still applies to...

Use Google Earth a lot when installing rural 4G for low income families. Can see distance (after using cellmapper.net to locate tower) and after little hack, obstructions in path. Here is a great tutorial on using: @swwifty made a good antenna comparison here: https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php...

Quick question:

"Location: My home, in the North East GA Mountains For reference, below is a screenshot"

Could you share what software / website you used to create the the screenshot that mapped the terrain? Looks very useful...

Thanks!

Excellent information! Been playing with few home brew antennas trying to find best AT&T band for my area (lots of trees and tower about 4 miles away). Your info helps a lot, thank you.