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mellow65 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 6:51 pm
Have you bricked your device? Did a firmware fail to upload and you had no choice to yank the plug? Is the light just sitting there blinking mocking you, EFF YOU, EFF YOU.
I pushed the recommended firmware V2.5.2.20, took just seconds, and what a sign of relief!
Don't know if this fixes it all, but it saved me!!
Thanks for this, I knew I was forgetting an important section at the end of the OP and this would be it (link to netgear unbricking instructions). I've updated the OP with the links provided
papaburr wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 12:02 am
pretty much a factory reset..start from scratch. i just flashed netgear fw via tftp and flashed voxel version prior and still resets
This sounds like possibly bad flash or other faulty hardware unfortunately
mellow65 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 7:26 am
There are directions in the quick start guide to do a VPN. I also believe you can set it up via the GUI. I have not played with this yet.
The only option available in the GUI is setting up the stock Netgear OpenVPN server. OVPN and WireGuard 'client' config would be done via SSH in Voxel at the command line.
kjunmed wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:34 am
Having difficulty performing Magic after a hardcore IMEI setting several weeks ago (AT+QPRTPARA=1). I need to change the IMEI back and I am getting an error after each magic command. Is there a way to reopen or revert back to the IMEI the device came with? I am able to perform other commands, do not understand why not allowing the command?? I have tried the factory reset without success.
If you are on the A06 modem firmware then you should not have to mess with +QPRTPARA=1; it is a sensitive setting for NVRAM that really shouldn't be touched if at all possible. If a factory reset has not helped then you may need to run a +QPRTPARA=3 which will factory reset the modem but be sure to follow it up with +QPRTPARA=1 else settings will not save properly to NVRAM after the next power cycle. Do NOT use +QPRTPARA=3 as it is very hard on the flash memory (lots of writes) and will decrease the longevity of the flash on the modem.
nordicboy2 wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 7:36 am
Has anyone figured out how to do something similar with Voxel's firmware?
The DNS settings on the web interface in 'Advanced' -> 'Setup' -> 'Internet Setup' -> 'Internet' are ignored (at least in V9.2.5.2.30SF-HW).
For custom DNS it is recommended to use Stubby or DNSCrypt. The config for those is covered in the Voxel QuickStart.txt. For full instructions refer to the Stubby and DNSCrypt documentation.
nordicboy2 wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 4:06 pm
I found a solution to my own question about how to set custom DNS servers. My solution seems to work for now, but it is really ugly.
I created a script that runs at startup and continues to overwrite /tmp/resolv.conf every minute.
Hopefully someone else has a better solution than this or can foresee problems with this one.
nordicboy2 wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 4:06 pm
I found a solution to my own question about how to set custom DNS servers. My solution seems to work for now, but it is really ugly.
I created a script that runs at startup and continues to overwrite /tmp/resolv.conf every minute.
Hopefully someone else has a better solution than this or can foresee problems with this one.
while true;
do
sleep 60
/bin/cp /mnt/circle/mods/resolv.conf /tmp/resolv.conf
done
Yes, this is one way to use your custom DNS. Since '/tmp' lives in memory you shouldn't have to worry about wearing out the router flash.
Maybe a better solution for custom DNS would be to simply overwrite the link at /etc/resolv.conf using the circle overlay at /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/resolv.conf
nordicboy2 wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 4:06 pm
I found a solution to my own question about how to set custom DNS servers. My solution seems to work for now, but it is really ugly.
I created a script that runs at startup and continues to overwrite /tmp/resolv.conf every minute.
Hopefully someone else has a better solution than this or can foresee problems with this one.
while true;
do
sleep 60
/bin/cp /mnt/circle/mods/resolv.conf /tmp/resolv.conf
done
Yes, this is one way to use your custom DNS. Since '/tmp' lives in memory you shouldn't have to worry about wearing out the router flash.
Maybe a better solution for custom DNS would be to simply overwrite the link at /etc/resolv.conf using the circle overlay at /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/resolv.conf
Would that work?
Not if another netgear service decides to overwrite or refresh it.
I noticed the latest Voxel firmware for the LBR20 from May 6 has this change:
9.2.5.2.31SF-HW:
5. Upgrade 'dnsmasq' package from the stock Orbi RBK50 firmware V2.7.4.24.
Any chance this will fix the custom DNS issue?
Can I just install the latest Voxel firmware over the last Voxel firmware? Would I lose my settings or scripts?
nordicboy2 wrote: ↑Thu May 12, 2022 10:19 am
I noticed the latest Voxel firmware for the LBR20 from May 6 has this change:
9.2.5.2.31SF-HW:
5. Upgrade 'dnsmasq' package from the stock Orbi RBK50 firmware V2.7.4.24.
Any chance this will fix the custom DNS issue?
Can I just install the latest Voxel firmware over the last Voxel firmware? Would I lose my settings or scripts?
This is just maintenance/bug fix release of dnsmasq. Custom DNS it's still recommended to setup something yourself that overwrites '/etc/resolv.conf' or use the officially supported Stubby/DNSCrypt solutions offered by Voxel natively.
Yes, you can just install the latest update, it should not remove any settings/scripts.
How do I delete everything including circle jerk mod and start with a fresh slate? I've tried nvram erase, factory reset, plus pin reset back of router and almost all the commands remain + netgear settings.
Cool Ranch wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 2:30 pm
How do I delete everything including circle jerk mod and start with a fresh slate? I've tried nvram erase, factory reset, plus pin reset back of router and almost all the commands remain + netgear settings.
Circle_Jerk sits in a partition that doesn’t get wiped by a factory reset but factory reset does reset Circle settings which should keep it from running. Without SSH’ing in and manually removing the files and reverting to the factory files in the backup folder, you would probably have to flash a newer Netgear OEM firmware and then factory reset after that.
For others curious about Circle_Jerk who read this reply please be informed that Voxel is the mod firmware of choice for LBR20 and Circle_Jerk is completely deprecated/unsupported on OEM firmware at this point.
hazarjast wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 3:10 pm
Circle_Jerk sits in a partition that doesn’t get wiped by a factory reset but factory reset does reset Circle settings which should keep it from running. Without SSH’ing in and manually removing the files and reverting to the factory files in the backup folder, you would probably have to flash a newer Netgear OEM firmware and then factory reset after that.
For others curious about Circle_Jerk who read this reply please be informed that Voxel is the mod firmware of choice for LBR20 and Circle_Jerk is completely deprecated/unsupported on OEM firmware at this point.
That's what I was wondering what's the commands to delete it with SSH not very familiar with linux commands.
hazarjast wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 3:10 pm
Circle_Jerk sits in a partition that doesn’t get wiped by a factory reset but factory reset does reset Circle settings which should keep it from running. Without SSH’ing in and manually removing the files and reverting to the factory files in the backup folder, you would probably have to flash a newer Netgear OEM firmware and then factory reset after that.
For others curious about Circle_Jerk who read this reply please be informed that Voxel is the mod firmware of choice for LBR20 and Circle_Jerk is completely deprecated/unsupported on OEM firmware at this point.
That's what I was wondering what's the commands to delete it with SSH not very familiar with linux commands.
'rm [filename]' would be the command to remove the modified files to be followed by 'mv [path to backed up file source] [destination]' to restore the original Circle files. However, if you're not accustomed to working in Linux it is easy to make syntax errors with these commands especially relating to path names. Since I no longer have a device running circle_jerk I would not be able to provide support beyond the high level here. You can reference the setup script which creates the file backups for any further detail but I would suggest trying to flash a newer OEM firmware followed by a factory reset instead as this will probably be quicker/easier for you.
Just wanted to give a shout out and huge thanks to @hazarjast and @Voxel. Finally got cell locking down good instead of band locking and fixed the circle mod. I appreciate what you guys do
Cleaned up the OP a bit by moving the unbricking instructions up to just after the firmware flashing instructions so folks don't need to get all the way to the end to find that info. Also changed the band locking section a bit to remove the instruction to output the factory band index prior to setting your own since that output in hex format and it was not clear to folks how to issue the command with the expected decimal input. In it's place I included the exact command to return to band mask defaults. A few other typos, grammatical issues were fixed as well though I'm sure there are more of those that still exist. Ones that do exist should be minor and not affect the information being conveyed
hazarjast wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 8:31 pm
Once logged in via Putty you have at least a couple of ways to send AT commands to the modem. The most elementary involves simultaneous echo and cat of the AT device ('/dev/ttyUSB2') ex.:
However, you must be careful to include proper quoting and backticks using cat/echo method and it can be finicky. Therefore the preferred method of sending single commands with immediate return output is echo the commands and pipe to the inbuilt 'microcom' function of BusyBox like so:
For anyone else who has been trying to work from the reply that I quoted, these commands threw some errors and hazarjast was able to get me back on the right track. Thanks for all of your help!!!
jonathan_winters wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 12:06 pm
For anyone else who has been trying to work from the reply that I quoted, these commands were throwing an error out at me no matter what I tried. After some searching and digging, I discovered a typo in this AT+ command -- it should be EGMR instead of EMGR (the middle two letters were transposed):
Other than that, these commands worked a dream -- thanks hazarjast for your continued help us tune up the LBR20 and keep the bits flowing!
Sorry for the consternation but on my part the typo was intentional as such command correctly rendered here is giving unwanted attention from the carriers. Hope you can forgive this with that understanding
hazarjast wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 12:55 pm
Hope you can forgive this with that understanding
Ack! I get it now and I can't believe I missed that. I edited my comment (and you can edit yours to take out my quote) -- sorry for missing that, and truly: thank you for all of your efforts to help keep people online!!!!
hazarjast wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 12:55 pm
Hope you can forgive this with that understanding
Ack! I get it now and I can't believe I missed that. I edited my comment (and you can edit yours to take out my quote) -- sorry for missing that, and truly: thank you for all of your efforts to help keep people online!!!!
No problem, you are fine. I've been told by some that I can be to stuffy about such things; maybe they are right. Anyways, your quoted reply I had already edited upon submission to reflect the command as it is shown in the OP
I am trying to follow the post below to set up a cron job to reboot the router twice a week. I understand and completed steps 1 and 2 but am stuck on step 3. Step 3 says:
3. Created /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/crontabs/root (rw/r/r perms) <------- This is your new crontab (for editing/persists)
It appears crontabs and root are folders and the root folder contains the cron file. If so, I am not sure how to set the permissions on the folder as referenced or create the cron file.
Has anyone been able to set it up? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
Gilbert
am888 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 19, 2021 9:59 amVOXEL FIRMWARE --------------
Is there any sort of cron with voxel? (NM - found cron - will see if I can get it to stick)
Will it try and auto-update the firmware if I don't use any sort of DNS block?
One thing I thought would be neat - though outside of my ability - would be being able to send an SMS to the router to reboot or feedback data usage... I assume this would be possible.
Thanks
As an LOL someone at netgear put their auto-update of QoS @ 0420
Meh - can't get it to hold crontab - it mounts the crontab from a different section of ROM than the circle overlay so it continually rewrites it. Any ideas??
----------------------------
UPDATE:
1. created /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/rc.local
2. contents of rc.local
# Put your custom commands here that should be executed once
# the system init finished. By default this file does nothing.
#Crontab located at /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/crontabs/root
cat /etc/crontabs/root > /tmp/etc/crontabs/root
exit 0
3. Created /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/crontabs/root (rw/r/r perms) <------- This is your new crontab (for editing/persists)
gilbreen wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:01 am
I am trying to follow the post below to set up a cron job to reboot the router twice a week. I understand and completed steps 1 and 2 but am stuck on step 3. Step 3 says:
3. Created /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/crontabs/root (rw/r/r perms) <------- This is your new crontab (for editing/persists)
It appears crontabs and root are folders and the root folder contains the cron file. If so, I am not sure how to set the permissions on the folder as referenced or create the cron file.
Has anyone been able to set it up? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
Gilbert
Apologies that I do not have an immediate answer for you here. I will defer to user @am888 for any assistance here as I have not played with crontabs any further on the LBR20 under Voxel and am not sure when I will be able to do so as much of my efforts have moved to my custom RPi 5G build along with the 5G Orbi (NBR750). If I should somehow get a chance to get back to testing this myself I will make a mental note to reply with feedback here.
Hope that it is useful for some folks. I know not many people have purchased them due to their very high cost due to only being sold as a bundle with an additional Orbi satellite (RBS750). However, we are starting to see some of the standalone NBR750 unites show up on the used market in the usual places so I figured it would be good to get a jumpstart on knowledge pertaining to it. Sadly there is no Voxel firmware for the unit and I'm not sure if one will be possible due to myriad factors both technical and geo-political at this time. So, we make due with some rudimentary "hacking" of the OEM firmware for the present
gilbreen wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:01 am
I am trying to follow the post below to set up a cron job to reboot the router twice a week.
An alternative to using the cron might be to call a script from /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/rc.local
that does something like sleep for 3 days, then reboot.
Similar to what I did a few posts above to update resolv.conf every 60 seconds.
gilbreen wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:01 am
I am trying to follow the post below to set up a cron job to reboot the router twice a week.
An alternative to using the cron might be to call a script from /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/rc.local
that does something like sleep for 3 days, then reboot.
Similar to what I did a few posts above to update resolv.conf every 60 seconds.
I need help finding the PCID and EARFCN numbers. I tried CellMapper on an Android 7 device, but it cannot read earfcn. I also tried field test on an iPhone XS Max v. 15.6 beta, but is RAT PCI the same as the PCID number used for cell locking?
I am confused because the numbers from IPhone field test does not always correspond with the numbers in CellMapper.net web page even when CellID is the same.
Please elaborate on how to survey the nearby towers, thanks.
MsVibe wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 4:20 pm
Hello I am interested in cell locking my router.
I need help finding the PCID and EARFCN numbers. I tried CellMapper on an Android 7 device, but it cannot read earfcn. I also tried field test on an iPhone XS Max v. 15.6 beta, but is RAT PCI the same as the PCID number used for cell locking?
I am confused because the numbers from IPhone field test does not always correspond with the numbers in CellMapper.net web page even when CellID is the same.
Please elaborate on how to survey the nearby towers, thanks.
EARFCN can be hexadecimal as reported by some sites or utilities so you may need to perform conversion of hex to dec in order to get what you need for cell locking. I'm not an iOS beta user but yes I believe the RAT PCI is the PCID (iOS people please correct me if wrong here). There's really not much to elaborate on beyond what is presented in the OP. You can use survey sites and equipment that report in hex you'll just need to convert to dec for EARFCN else take the NBR750 in the car and drive to the cell site to obtain using "servingcell" and "neighbourcell" AT commands.
Thank you for your reply. I think there is an error in the iOS beta app, but I found the numbers for the three closest towers with the AT commands and the LBR20, thank you.
Curiously, when I lock to the tower that is second nearest I just get serving cell SEARCH. I wanted to try that in order to see if that tower were used by fewer people and so could deliver better speeds. Closest tower is 35 m away from me. Second closest is about 600 m away.
hazarjast wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:52 pm
Thought I would share something useful/fun that I thought I shared before but don't see it posted here so guess it slipped my mind. Netgear has a ~1400 line shell script which the LBR20 uses as a wrapper for some of the raw AT commands it issues to the modem. The script is 'mbctrl.sh' and can be called simply as that without full path since it is in '/usr/sbin'. Usage is below:
/usr/sbin/mbctrl.sh: is a simple tool
--get-revision get the mobile FW version
--get-sim-status get the mobile sim status
--get-network-registration get the mobile network registration
--get-signal-strength get the mobile signal strength
--pin-verify pincode sim pin code verify
--puk-verify puk sim puk code verify
power-on lte power on
power-off lte power off
--set-hot-swap set hot swap pin in high level
--get-iccid get sim iccid
--hot-swap-status get hot swap status
--software-restart software restart the module
--show-message show sim card msg
--get-adv-info get adv_info
--get-support-operator get network available operator
--get-current-operator get current network operator
--set-operator-selection set operator selections
--def factory default the module
--get-imei get lte module imei
--get-imsi get sim card imsi
--get-roamstate get lte module roam setup
--set-roamstate setup lte module roam on off
--get-pin-mode get sim card in lock or unlock mode
--set-pin-mode set sim card in lock or unlock mode
--get-pinpuk-count <get pin|puk>get pin or puk less verify count
--change-passwd change pin code when pin mode is lock
--set-mbscanmode set lte module scan network mode lte wcdma umts...
--del-sms del the sms through index save in lte module
--get-sim-number get the sim card own phone number
--get-pa-temp get the lte module pa temperature
--get-band-freq get LTE band and frequency
--eg18-upgrade <file path> do the eg18 upgrade
--get-current-roaming get current module is in roaming status or not
option:
get item output the item
Thanks for sharing, this appear to be very usefull, however I miss some info on the command format.
Could you please provide an example for each of these parameters:
--get-current-operator get current network operator
--set-operator-selection set operator selections
--set-mbscanmode set lte module scan network mode lte wcdma umts...
Today I found a command to display information about primary and secondary serving cells. I think this gives current information about carrier aggregation.
Added a gross copyright disclaimer as a preface to the OP.
Apologies for cluttering the tutorial with such legalese but it could not be helped in light of recent events. I know that most if not all WJ members show mutual respect for the tutorials authored here but there are those outside our ranks which do not and think it's cool to steal so I had speak out. Hope you all can understand.
I'd like to use carrier aggregation while using cell lock. I could only find ways to lock onto a specific band on a specific cell tower. I can't choose multiple PCIs. How can I use CA while using cell lock? I couldn't find anything about it on the thread. I'm in European market and for those wondering, I want to aggegate band 1, 3, 7 and 20.
My carrier supports carrier aggregation on this device.
I'd like to use carrier aggregation while using cell lock. I could only find ways to lock onto a specific band on a specific cell tower. I can't choose multiple PCIs. How can I use CA while using cell lock? I couldn't find anything about it on the thread. I'm in European market and for those wondering, I want to aggegate band 1, 3, 7 and 20.
My carrier supports carrier aggregation on this device.
Thank you for your help.
Cell lock is not the greatest use case for CA but it is possible to lock multiple LTE cells by including the pairs of PCI and such as:
Obviously this can defeat the purpose of cell locking if the secondary carrier cells (SCC) you include can also function as primary carrier channels (PCC) and have a stronger signal than the PCC you desire thus causing the modem to connect to them as PCC. If you want CA then usually it is best to not lock bands or cells for this reason. In many cases this all comes down to the behavior you desire most. If locking a single cell provides you with less throughput due to lack of CA but is overall more stable then that may be desirable. However, if locking a cell gives not very good throughput to the point where it is impacting your usage then disabling the lock may offer better performance at the risk of bouncing around to another PCC from time to time (causing temporary drop in connection when this occurs).
There's not necessarily an easy answer here but I hope that helps.
M.TOMS1994 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 27, 2022 3:12 pm
im trying to figure out how to band lock my lbr20 to BAND 2 can anyone help me figure out what i need to do to be able to do so?
Hello, I still am unclear about how to get openVPN on the orbi lbr20 running Voxel.
I have read the manual but don't know how. A step by step tutorial would be nice. FastestVPN are working on wire guard, so I am stuck with openVPN but am unsure if they have TUN client.
OpenVPN client.
Thanks for your help.
Important: only TUN clients are supported
To install OpenVPN client: just create /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/openvpn/config/client
directory and put your *.ovpn file (and CA/CERT/KEY if any).
See "Overlay partition on Circle partition".
Excellent guide and firmware, I was able to get it working very quickly.
I have wireguard working but devices only work if I specify DNS on them individually. I have the router set for google dns but it doesn't seem to work. Any way around this?
hydrocynus wrote: ↑Sun Jan 08, 2023 8:03 am
Hello, I still am unclear about how to get openVPN on the orbi lbr20 running Voxel.
I have read the manual but don't know how. A step by step tutorial would be nice. FastestVPN are working on wire guard, so I am stuck with openVPN but am unsure if they have TUN client.
OpenVPN client.
Thanks for your help.
Important: only TUN clients are supported
To install OpenVPN client: just create /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/openvpn/config/client
directory and put your *.ovpn file (and CA/CERT/KEY if any).
See "Overlay partition on Circle partition".
Voxel supports WireGuard in addition to OVPN. However, my VPN needs are more complex requiring split-tunnel routing which is handled by my upstream OPNSense firewall. There is really not much advanced configuration for VPNs which support my use under Voxel thus I haven't played with this functionality on the LBR20. Reposted below are the instructions for WG and OVPN client setup, if there are pieces which you do not understand it may be helpful for you to reference some other WG or OVPN tutorials in blogs or YouTube to grasp the basics then apply that knowledge in the context of the Voxel instructions (reposted below for reference). Unfortunately I will likely not have time or ability to create such a tutorial myself as my efforts have moved on to 5G NR and at present I do not have an LBR20 at my fingertips.
9. WireGuard client.
To start its using you should
(1). Prepare the text file in Unix format (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_file#Unix_text_files)
with name wireguard.conf defining the following values: EndPoint, LocalIP, PrivateKey,
PublicKey and Port of you WireGuard client config from WG provider.
Example:
------------------------- cut here ---------------------------------------
EndPoint="wireguard.5july.net"
LocalIP="10.0.xxx.xxx/24"
PrivateKey="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX="
PublicKey="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX="
Port="48574"
------------------------- cut here ---------------------------------------
NOTE: no spaces before/after "=" symbol in example above.
NOTE: the name of the file wireguard.conf is lowercase.
NOTE: optional line could be added if your providers requires that:
PresharedKey="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX="
(2) Place this wireguard.conf file to /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/ directory. I.e.
/mnt/circle/overlay/etc/wireguard.conf
(3) Enter by ssh/telnet to your router (LBR20) and set the nvram variable wg-client
to 1
nvram set wg-client=1
nvram commit
(4) Reboot your router.
NOTE: to disable WireGuard client starting just set wg-client to "0" and reboot
the router.
10. OpenVPN client.
Important: only TUN clients are supported
To install OpenVPN client: just create /mnt/circle/overlay/etc/openvpn/config/client
directory and put your *.ovpn file (and CA/CERT/KEY if any).
See "Overlay partition on Circle partition".
You can start/stop OpenVPN client manually from telnet console for testing:
/etc/init.d/openvpn-client start
or
/etc/init.d/openvpn-client stop
to stop it. Log file for OpenVPN client is /var/log/openvpn-client.log, check it if you
have problems.
NOTE: you can add your own delay for starting OpenVPN client after reboot by the
command from telnet:
nvram set vpn_client_delay=120
nvram commit
(to set 120 sec. delay)
If you still require further support specific to Voxel VPN client configuration then I would suggest to request it in the SNB Forums as that is where Voxel and others post about such topics: https://www.snbforums.com/forums/netgea ... reless.53/
burtybee93 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 08, 2023 11:05 pm
Excellent guide and firmware, I was able to get it working very quickly.
I have wireguard working but devices only work if I specify DNS on them individually. I have the router set for google dns but it doesn't seem to work. Any way around this?
I believe when WG tunnel is active all traffic from clients is passing over it so I would check that that the WG configuration includes the desired DNS servers. Also, you could try clearing your google DNS entries and allowing DHCP to tell clients to use the LBR20 (gateway IP) for DNS as I would think this should allow the clients to pass DNS requests to WG. If neither of these suggestions is working for you then the answer might be more specific to your VPN provider and/or configuration. You may find some additional assistance over at the SNB Forums where Voxel and others post on such topics: https://www.snbforums.com/forums/netgea ... reless.53/ .
Thanks for all the help in setting up my LBR20!!
I have Calyx and had an M2000 that would re boot / shutdown 6 times a day and decided to set up a LBR20 to prevent this. Did magic and all is working very stable thanks to this forum.
HOWEVER, I find that my speeds are way slower on LBR20 vs M2000, are there any background setting I can tweak to speed it up? I had the M2000 locked to LTE as 5G is slow when I am. So both units are only on LTE and yet the LBR20 is 20 down vs 60 on M2000 on average.
Thanks in advance
jpattigr wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:58 am
Thanks for all the help in setting up my LBR20!!
I have Calyx and had an M2000 that would re boot / shutdown 6 times a day and decided to set up a LBR20 to prevent this. Did magic and all is working very stable thanks to this forum.
HOWEVER, I find that my speeds are way slower on LBR20 vs M2000, are there any background setting I can tweak to speed it up? I had the M2000 locked to LTE as 5G is slow when I am. So both units are only on LTE and yet the LBR20 is 20 down vs 60 on M2000 on average.
Thanks in advance
I do not know anything about the M2000 specifically to say how you've locked it to LTE and whether that means it's actually using only LTE or using LTE anchor bands but still 5GNR for a aggregated secondary carrier (5G NSA as opposed to 5G SA). If it is indeed truly locked to LTE only (not just 5G NSA using an LTE anchor band) then you would need some additional outputs from the M2000 to confirm the cell ID and the primary carrier channel band it's connected to. You would also need to know if it is aggregating with any secondary carrier channels (Carrier Aggregation). Once you have that information you can check the same information on the LBR20 to compare. Again assuming the M2000 is operating truly in LTE only, you would then likely be able to tell the difference which will come down to the specific cells it is connecting to and/or aggregating.
From there you could attempt band locking or cell locking on the LBR20 to hopefully replicate exactly how the M2000 is connected. However, this is all theoretical given the assumptions I've made here; you'll also want to check check things like specific signal strength/quality indicators as well (RSRP/RSRQ/SINR) between the two units. If the M2000 does not provide detailed technical outputs it may be hard to pin down the connected cell differences between the two units and then moving the LBR20 about to try and get it attached in the same way as the M2000 would be your only next option I think.
Hello, I am having an issue. I had it all worked out and it has been working fine for a while but, now, I cannot modify the files I created (e.g. TTL mangling). For example, if I want to modify my TTLs, I normally use this command:
nano mnt/circle/overlay/opt/scripts/firewall-start.sh
I am not sure what is going on, but I get this error:
[ Directory 'mnt/circle/overlay/opt/script' does not exist ]
I also cannot Cd to it as I used to as well.
I did try a total reset and the voxel firmware sticks and the commands work but I seems that I cannot create any directories and edit files.
I do not know what happened and thus would like to know what I need to do? Do I need to reflash voxel?
Just curious. I thought this was a problem with an orbi satellite RBS40V that should also ping at 192.168.1.1, but even when turned off and connected to the LBR20, I still get the same issue. So, I might have reset for nothing.
hydrocynus wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:51 am
Hello, I am having an issue. I had it all worked out and it has been working fine for a while but, now, I cannot modify the files I created (e.g. TTL mangling). For example, if I want to modify my TTLs, I normally use this command:
nano mnt/circle/overlay/opt/scripts/firewall-start.sh
I am not sure what is going on, but I get this error:
[ Directory 'mnt/circle/overlay/opt/script' does not exist ]
I also cannot Cd to it as I used to as well.
I did try a total reset and the voxel firmware sticks and the commands work but I seems that I cannot create any directories and edit files.
I do not know what happened and thus would like to know what I need to do? Do I need to reflash voxel?
Just curious. I thought this was a problem with an orbi satellite RBS40V that should also ping at 192.168.1.1, but even when turned off and connected to the LBR20, I still get the same issue. So, I might have reset for nothing.
Thanks for your help.
Hydro.
This appears to be related to possible typos made when entering your command. Not sure what directory you’re in when you’re issuing that command but if it’s not the root path (‘/‘) then that missing the ‘/‘ before ‘mnt’ could be your issue. Also, at least in this thread the folder ‘scripts’ should be plural not singular (needs an ‘s’ at the end). You have an ‘s’ in your first example but your error shows it was not entered.
excellent instructions, I am very grateful for the help in modifying the router, I succeeded on the first attempt, but I have only one question left - how can I return the router to the factory state if I need it, or is it just enough to press the reset button?
karlzone wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 3:09 pm
excellent instructions, I am very grateful for the help in modifying the router, I succeeded on the first attempt, but I have only one question left - how can I return the router to the factory state if I need it, or is it just enough to press the reset button?
You can use the factory reset option to reset it to the base configuration. If you're on Voxel and wish to go back to true Netgear factory defaults, you must install Netgear's latest available firmware update for the unit.
