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WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 2:06 pm
by ChrisTork
Thought I would just post this out there for people having issues with the WE826 WiFi always dropping out. Apparently in the openwrt versions < 19.07.2. There is a issue with the WiFi drivers that cause it to hang when high bandwidth devices are being used. This would require a hard reboot of the device to get it back on.
I was able to custom build the goldenorb firmware with this newer version of openwrt and I fixed the disconnect issues on the connection monitoring. Apparently the ping test after a disconnect would lose the tracked IPs and go into a loop of rebooting the modem on this version.
So far running connection monitoring with power toggle and modem reconnect. Works flawlessly. I can even go into the modem section and issues a AT!RESET and it will bring the connection back without rebooting.
Here is a link to the firmware. Much improved WiFi performance.
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 5:44 pm
by BillA
ChrisTork wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2020 2:06 pm
Thought I would just post this out there for people having issues with the WE826 WiFi always dropping out. Apparently in the openwrt versions < 19.07.2. There is a issue with the WiFi drivers that cause it to hang when high bandwidth devices are being used. This would require a hard reboot of the device to get it back on.
I was able to custom build the goldenorb firmware with this newer version of openwrt and I fixed the disconnect issues on the connection monitoring. Apparently the ping test after a disconnect would lose the tracked IPs and go into a loop of rebooting the modem on this version.
So far running connection monitoring with power toggle and modem reconnect. Works flawlessly. I can even go into the modem section and issues a AT!RESET and it will bring the connection back without rebooting.
Here is a link to the firmware. Much improved WiFi performance.
Nice job! Could you possibly build one for the WG3526 too?
Mind listing what you have done to fix the tracked IP's causing the looping?
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:03 pm
by ChrisTork
Basically just modified the conmon.sh file located at /usr/lib/rooter/connect
Set the default track_ips="8.8.8.8" so it always has a value incase it gets cleared during the pings.
A few lines below that was this check
f [ -f "/tmp/connstat$CURRMODEM" ]; then <--- this would always be true, every time a connection would go down
do_down " from Modem" <------ I just removed this line since the ping check is happening anyways. This line would cause a infinte loop. The connection would come back up, then when conmon started back up it would run this line do_down and repeat.
Let me try a build for the wg3526.
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:17 pm
by ChrisTork
Give this a try for the WG3526.
admin is the default pass
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:19 pm
by BillA
ChrisTork wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:17 pm
Give this a try for the WG3526.
admin is the default pass
Thanks, I'll live it a try in the next couple of days, and will let you know the results.
This is based on the latest GodenOrb v2020-03-01 with no other mods other than the looping issue, right?
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 9:32 pm
by ChrisTork
It's based on the goldenorb 19.07.2 rooter build packages.
https://www.ofmodemsandmen.com/buildpkg.html
Correct, No mods other than fixing the loop. I did set default ttl and settings etc. As I got tired of having to set them up everytime I flashed.
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2020 6:57 pm
by rawtashk
Am I missing something, or is this firmware INCREDIBLY slow? It takes minutes just to load a config page.
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:44 am
by ChrisTork
Seems ok here. What browser are you using? I found IE to work the best on this version.
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:47 pm
by Didneywhorl
rawtashk wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 6:57 pm
Am I missing something, or is this firmware INCREDIBLY slow? It takes minutes just to load a config page.
Its usually the GUI that's slow. Using command line commands respond immediately. I don't know why it does it sometimes and not others. It tends to do it to me when the router is running a load of work.
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 12:15 pm
by ChrisTork
Which firmware are you running the 826 or 3526? I haven't tried the 3526 to test it but 826 has been pretty stable for me, wifi hasn't dropped at all in weeks and the connection is always up with the default monitoring on.
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2020 12:56 pm
by Didneywhorl
I run both, not sure about the OP
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 8:15 am
by realmobile
I have the ZBT WE826-T and I did the 19.07.2 update and now I am not seeing the LAN port lights when a device is plugged into one of the LAN ports. I tried the update from ChrisTork on this posting and still the same thing.
Anyone having this issue?
Any ideas what this can be?
Thanks!
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 11:06 am
by Didneywhorl
What is the firmware full filename?
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 11:28 am
by realmobile
I initially download from the GoldenOrb site
openwrt-we826-GO2020-03-01-upgrade.bin
Then I saw a post for a FIX (for a WIFI issue) on this site and I thought it might take care of other issues like mine, the download is
openwrt-we826-GO2020-04-02-C_ATT-upgrade.bin
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 12:58 pm
by Didneywhorl
Odd issue. Does the device work fine otherwise? LAN and wifi internet passing through?
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 3:59 pm
by realmobile
The router/device seems to work fine. I did not thoroughly test WIFI, however. I had to revert to previous fw (18.xxx) , but, I can load up again if you need for me to check something.
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 7:13 pm
by Didneywhorl
Nah, if you solved it with a fw backup, the no issues
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 7:26 pm
by BillA
ChrisTork wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 12:15 pm
Which firmware are you running the 826 or 3526? I haven't tried the 3526 to test it but 826 has been pretty stable for me, wifi hasn't dropped at all in weeks and the connection is always up with the default monitoring on.
Finally I got a chance to try the WG3526 version, unfortunately 2G WiFi is missing (light's off, no signal) and the modem doesn't get recognized either. Course I've tried reflashing it twice via the bootloader method plus regular, no dice. As soon as I flashed it with the WiFix version, everything started working. Would it possible to compile a new one based on the latest 19.07.3 kernel from the OpenWRT site?
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 6:35 am
by realmobile
Hello, I am running the WE826-T. The previous fw GoldenOrb_2019-03-10 ( OpenWrt 18.06.1 ) has been very stable.
Where is the WiFix version that has worked for you?
Thanks!
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 2:49 am
by ChrisTork
realmobile wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 6:35 am
Hello, I am running the WE826-T. The previous fw GoldenOrb_2019-03-10 ( OpenWrt 18.06.1 ) has been very stable.
Where is the WiFix version that has worked for you?
Thanks!
I updated my initial post with a newly built version of 19.07.2 for the WE826-T2
I recommend loading this by doing the recovery method, hold reset while powering on, then continuing holding reset for 5 seconds and release. The wifi led will blink rapidly. This ensures a clean load of the firmware.
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 2:52 am
by ChrisTork
BillA wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 7:26 pm
Finally I got a chance to try the WG3526 version, unfortunately 2G WiFi is missing (light's off, no signal) and the modem doesn't get recognized either. Course I've tried reflashing it twice via the bootloader method plus regular, no dice. As soon as I flashed it with the WiFix version, everything started working. Would it possible to compile a new one based on the latest 19.07.3 kernel from the OpenWRT site?
There must be some config options I'm missing for the 3526. I can take a look at another build again. For 19.07.3 I could see if the Rooter build system will work should be a easy test.
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 2:56 am
by ChrisTork
realmobile wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 8:15 am
I have the ZBT WE826-T and I did the 19.07.2 update and now I am not seeing the LAN port lights when a device is plugged into one of the LAN ports. I tried the update from ChrisTork on this posting and still the same thing.
Anyone having this issue?
Any ideas what this can be?
Thanks!
I posted a new build on my first post, also wanted to say once its flashed give it a good 5 minutes or so to do a first boot. The leds will eventually load up as normal.
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:49 pm
by sebastian05000
Thanks for the build i don't have the wifi issues anymore also that weird issue where i had to reboot the router when the modem like loosed the ip address anyhow i sometimes have this issue where the GUI loads very slow and some instability issues that sometimes my internet wired or wifi gets very slow for a few mins later it fixes itself
Re: WE826 with MC7455 updated firmware / wifi fixed
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 2:27 am
by ChrisTork
sebastian05000 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:49 pm
Thanks for the build i don't have the wifi issues anymore also that weird issue where i had to reboot the router when the modem like loosed the ip address anyhow i sometimes have this issue where the GUI loads very slow and some instability issues that sometimes my internet wired or wifi gets very slow for a few mins later it fixes itself
Yes it seems to be a browser flavor for slow gui loading its something to do with ssl. If you use IE it loads fairly quick. Yes ive noticed the slowness on the T2s, thats why I switched to the Q model. Wifi is full speed now.