New WE826-T some observations and questions

[dltccf]

That was what I figured too. Planned to check back after the 1st of the month.

[DKyork]

I'm still trying to get Visible to work on the MBR1400 i bought from The Wireless Haven. No luck so far trying to the simple things like APN name change.

I'm not sure if it's possible on the MBR1400, but the wireless is really great.

Take care,

Dale

[Jim Helms]

I'm still trying to get Visible to work on the MBR1400 i bought from The Wireless Haven. No luck so far trying to the simple things like APN name change.

I'm not sure if it's possible on the MBR1400, but the wireless is really great.

Take care,

Dale

There are several topics about using Visible on the Cradlepoint. Might try using the search bar tool, or start a new topic.

[FreeRangeRedneck]

yes, I made that very point in my original post. Speed is 3x as much when I hook an 8 year old actiontec with a missing antenna to the ethernet port and use its wifi instead.

yes, I have a pair of external yagi antennas on a pole that blew down in a severe windstorm a few weeks ago. I'm trying to decide whether to fix it or wait until new antennas go in on a new cell tower that is being built less than 2 miles away. I thought they would get to the tower work quickly, but haven't seen any work there recently for some strange reason.

Any thoughts on the firmware upgrade from 1,08 to 1.11? Anyone done that and seen any difference?

How about bandwidth monitoring, anyone using that?

thanks

I was swapping between a WE826/EM7565 with generic 1.08 and another with generic 1.11
The speed tests were very similar with both. Carrier Sprint. Tower 7 miles LOS. 80Mbps

[Jim Helms]

How about bandwidth monitoring, anyone using that?

The bandwidth monitoring is not working because the new directly to hold the bandwidth logs is not being created in the latest build.

According to Dairyman:

The missing folder in the Bandwidth Monitor is very strange since that package has not been changed in a long time.

The folder is not created directly by the mkdir command but by using touch with a file that is created in this folder. This should create both the folder and the file which it has done in the past.

This leads me to believe that the touch command has been changed in the latest OpenWrt version. This has happened before, notably with the killall command that required us to create our own command.

The quick fix is to add a line to /opt/WRTbmon/wrtbwmon.sh after line 11

Code: Select all

mkdir -p $backPath

This will create the folder when the monitor is activated.

You can use WinSCP to gain access to the file to add the script.

[docderwood]

Any chance someone could walk me through this with more detail?

I'm able to ssh into my WG3526-P fine, but when it comes to adding the command/etc to enable bandwidth monitoring.....no luck.

Would like to maintain monthly bandwidth with a reset on the 3rd of each month, is this even possible?

thx
dj

The bandwidth monitoring is not working because the new directly to hold the bandwidth logs is not being created in the latest build.

According to Dairyman:



You can use WinSCP to gain access to the file to add the script.

[Didneywhorl]

That's big brain stuff way above me, I'd love to know too.

[docderwood]

So, I downloaded WinSCP and used the instructions from there to connect to the router:

https://ofmodemsandmen.com/winscp.html

Then I go to that file on the router and look at it, I get the below.....I have tried to highlight line 11 below.

I guess you add after line 11 and save to the router?

BTW: CODE: SELECT ALL does not get copied/pasted.

HELP:)




CODE: SELECT ALL
mkdir -p $backPath


#!/bin/sh

LAN_TYPE=$(uci get network.lan.ipaddr | awk -F. ' { print $1"."$2 }')
LEASES_FILE=/tmp/dhcp.leases
lockDir=/tmp/WRTbmon

[ ! -d "$lockDir" ] && mkdir "$lockDir"
basePath="/tmp/bwmon/"
mkdir -p $basePath"data"
dataPath=$basePath"data/"
backPath=/opt/WRTbmon/data/
STARTIMEX=$(date +%s)
STARTIMEY=$(date +%s)
STARTIMEZ=$(date +%s)
cYear=$(date +%Y)
cDay=$(date +%d)
cMonth=$(date +%m)
setup_time=60
update_time=300
backup_time=1200
pause=30
unlimited="peak"

That's big brain stuff way above me, I'd love to know too.

[docderwood]

FYI...The below worked! I'll see if I can figure out how to make it reset on the 3rd of the month at some point. Hope this helps someone.

So, I downloaded WinSCP and used the instructions from there to connect to the router:

https://ofmodemsandmen.com/winscp.html

Then I go to that file on the router and look at it, I get the below.....I have tried to highlight line 11 below.

I guess you add after line 11 and save to the router?

BTW: CODE: SELECT ALL does not get copied/pasted.

HELP:)




CODE: SELECT ALL
mkdir -p $backPath


#!/bin/sh

LAN_TYPE=$(uci get network.lan.ipaddr | awk -F. ' { print $1"."$2 }')
LEASES_FILE=/tmp/dhcp.leases
lockDir=/tmp/WRTbmon

[ ! -d "$lockDir" ] && mkdir "$lockDir"
basePath="/tmp/bwmon/"
mkdir -p $basePath"data"
dataPath=$basePath"data/"
backPath=/opt/WRTbmon/data/
STARTIMEX=$(date +%s)
STARTIMEY=$(date +%s)
STARTIMEZ=$(date +%s)
cYear=$(date +%Y)
cDay=$(date +%d)
cMonth=$(date +%m)
setup_time=60
update_time=300
backup_time=1200
pause=30
unlimited="peak"

[dltccf]

Thanks, that makes bandwidth monitoring work on my router also.

[BillA]

Hmm... I wonder if you could just create the missing folder from a "Telnet 23" root prompt, like this:

root:~# mkdir -p $backPath

Or maybe the firmware needs it create it on the fly every time the Bandwidth Monitor is activated.
Either way, it's not too difficult to do.

[koop78]

Any chance someone could walk me through this with more detail?

I'm able to ssh into my WG3526-P fine, but when it comes to adding the command/etc to enable bandwidth monitoring.....no luck.

Would like to maintain monthly bandwidth with a reset on the 3rd of each month, is this even possible?

thx
dj

It's possible - I don't know which bandwidth monitor is packaged with ROOter but for bandwidth monitoring needs I use wrtbwmon with the luci-frontend installed. Works fine you could script and reset usage but for me I just hit reset using wrtbwmon on whtver day I start and end.

If you do decide to use wrtbwmon with luci you can get the instruction here on what to install and how to deploy here:
https://github.com/Kiougar/luci-wrtbwmon

After installation it is under Network > Usage from there you can reset the usage monthly w/e.

*yamon works well and is scripted to the reset day you select - but uses it's own frontend and can't run w/ luci as far as I know.

[omackey]

Added the line and had to disable Monitoring and then reenable before it started working.

Worked immediately after that.

Thank you

[Rrutl]

I hope this question isnt too off topic for this thread, Im looking for a way to monitor my actual data usage on the WE826 router with rooter firmware. Im setting up a data plan and the third party provider doesn't have a data monitor on their website. Somehow I doubt that connection monitor settings would accomplish this or as referenced herein bandwidth monitor would either , however I speak from a point of disadvantege since I haven't employed either (or if it's the same thing) yet. My data plan is significantly higher than than what Ive had in recent past, but nonetheless I'd like to keep track of it. Any help would be TIA.