MOFI4500 Keeps renewing DHCP and dropping

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MOFI4500 Keeps renewing DHCP and dropping

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Im having a weird issue with my MOFI. at least 3 times a day if not more its dropping connection. Its running goldenorb 3-1-2020. It will be connected running fine through t-mobile, but then drop off line. If I go into the interface and disconnect WWAN wait 20 and reconnect, it seems to sometimes fix it. Other times I have to reboot it.

I don't notice this when running the visible SIM in it, only T-Mobile. I also had to switch it to QMI to get the T-Mobile SIM to activate.

When I look in the logs, I am seeing it renewing the DHCP with T-Mobile almost every hour. Is this normal?
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Re: MOFI4500 Keeps renewing DHCP and dropping

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Is it truly disconnecting the link? Or are you losing your modem? Or are you over your data limit and just getting throttled into the shadow realm?
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Didneywhorl wrote: Fri Jun 19, 2020 1:09 pm Is it truly disconnecting the link? Or are you losing your modem? Or are you over your data limit and just getting throttled into the shadow realm?
I am over my data limit, and the signal strength sits at about 45-50%. When its working, I get good speed still, but the DHCP renews are like clock work. Its almost exactly every hour. Modem looks like It stays connected. I can see it, and talk to it. Usually I can fix it by disconnecting wwan0 for 20 seconds and then restart it.
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Check your system log and see if you have a modem monitor message that is rebooting your modem.
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I don't see anything like that, its usually just what I posted above. It only happens on t-mobile. If I have my visible sim in, it works just fine (just slow, which is why I prefer the t-mobile)
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Re: MOFI4500 Keeps renewing DHCP and dropping

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Did you ever figure this out? I am having the same issue. Can't find any useful information on how to address it, short of changing carriers.

Also, what T-Mobile plan are you on, out of curiosity?
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