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Here's another update. Nothing has improved since last week. I called T-Mobile back for an update just now. The guy started asking what I was doing that made me think I had a speed issue as opposed to phone hardware issue. Couldn't get him to answer what the update was to being told the last time ...

Hello,
I don't have it. This is the person that sent me firmware for the EM12. wade.zhang@quectel.com
Maybe could try him.

I bought some connectors to do this but looked to hard to Solder them on.
This is what I did do which helped getting better connection on the two normal ports. Only issue is solder is very weak if you put pressure on it. So over time they start to get loose. Don't know if I would recommend doing ...

You can connect it to a "real" router with antennas.

Got this new email today from Travel Data.
Can anyone guess what they might be reselling this time?
Look at the line I marked in red

Mon, Aug 24 at 8:21 PM

Beginning September 5
New Red Plan Available
Great News! Now you can choose from two of the nations fastest LTE networks!

TravelData is ...

Post pay TMobile is cheaper than that if you have that service in your area.

#start TTL rules
iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -o usb0 -j TTL --ttl-set 117
iptables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -i usb0 -j TTL --ttl-set 117
ip6tables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -o usb0 -j HL --hl-set 117
ip6tables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -i usb0 -j HL --hl-set 117
#end TTL rules

This worked for me ...

Try my solution. https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1289&p=10593#p10327

Yipzy helped me to get my EP06 and EM12 to work on Visible.
This is what I did. Should be same process for EC25-AF

Before you start this might want to set back to OEM state if you been putting other commands in ...

AaronReaperr wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2020 12:48 am -117 dBm is that bad?

Do you know what band that is?
Here is the guide chart for signal.

Hello,
Might want to read thru this post.
https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=1499

BigMac79 wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2020 5:19 pm I know how to select the bands I want but how do you tell it to pick one before the other (a primary and a CA one)?

Sorry don't think you can. And in your case with them being the same frequency and same band not sure it it matters or not. That kind of was my question to every one.

Been doing it for over two years. Just set two other people up with it. T-Mobile issues are prepay and resellers from what I heard.

Hello,
My tower quite doing Carrier Aggregation after maintenance upgrade. To make up for that decided to try parabolic antenna. So my flat panel 15 dbi antenna is fresh off the tower.
Would sell it for $135 all in.
https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1613

Could need custom firewall rules.
Some one helped me to get mine going on verizon with sim in router like this below.

#start TTL rules
iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -o wwan0 -j TTL --ttl-set 117
iptables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -i wwan0 -j TTL --ttl-set 117
ip6tables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -o ...

Band 2 & 66 both say 10M down

Appreciate the calculations.

I'll get up early and do some more testing tomorrow morning.

Don't have to get up early can use this to set it up to run with out being awake. Set it up to run once an hour like 8 times or what ever. Give you like a chart with the ...

Check to see if you got water and moisture in the connection. That would cause this..

Hello,
Currently using this set up. Like the Quectel modems. No the modem is not an upgrade from the MC7455. The router is due to it has better lan port and can get downloads out of the lan ports exceeding 100 down. But if you are not getting connection that is exceeding 100 down then no there would ...

Think you are talking about this.

4x4 Mimo 2.PNG

So the two sets are actually 45 degrees are apart not 90 degrees.

we826 and a mc7455 is a mofi sim 4
we826 and a ec25-af is a mofi sim 7

are you referring to calyxinstitute.org?

Yes there are other members on here that use it and says it works great if you are in a sprint area. The rumors currently are that these sprint plans will carry over to T-mobile at some point. If I had sprint in my area I would do it. It is cheap ...

thanks all for your replies. i signed up for calyx today. the only hardware they had in stock was the LinkZone 2 so i may be trying a different device soon.

for those researching it looks like calyx gets this service from mobilecitizen.org

From what I heard people have removed sim card from ...

If you open it up and look at the modem. The wire going to the M on the modem is the main.

Hello,
Been wondering this myself haven't found an answer for it. Was wanting to know since thought maybe WiFi wold would work better on these routers with openwrt. If you don't get an answer depending on the router that is coming could flash it to Rooter or WifiX. Kind of the same thing.

Is it possible to edit the outbound packet data going through a router running OpenWrt? My router is in the mail and I am coming up to speed on all this.

Still don't know how to do this. Got this info from someone.

To set TTL is easy, can use below command. Also you can find more details on ...

Hello,
One good thing about a Mofi is they have resell value on ebay since allot of newbies start off with them. Allot of youtube videos claiming they are so awesome. So if you decide to upgrade could sell it and get whole new and not update modem. I always keeps an extra just encase something goes ...

RockyinNM wrote: Sat Sep 26, 2020 10:25 am I did not build this router, and really did not want to open it up--that said, I guess I have a 50-50 chance of getting it right. lol

They are typically on the left side in this photo.

IMG_20200929_215246763.jpg

https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=233

Boosters are great for cell phones. If you want good 4G modem speeds need mimo antenna right to the modem. No boosters they just not good for that.

T-Mobile post pay phone sim works great.
Hear at&t post pay tablet plan works.
Hear prepay Verizon phone sim works.
If you don't t mind high ping visible works.
Why pay over $100 per month to these resellers?

I did say a little sketchy :?

Yes you did.
Wen I first started this would only use resellers. Thought it was the "right" thing to do. Was ran thru the ringer with them. Their membership fees and what not. Pay a member ship fee get a T-Mobile plan and then it got slowed down allot. More than ...

Yep you are correct. I would add they are ALL shady. Just need to pick the less shady out of the bunch.

With OTR had to pay "Membership" used them for one month then they dropped T-Mobile which is the network I need! And they switched to AT&T, they are good, but just not at my location. In the ...

Ok, I am all good on the two EM7455's. I sat down and ran through both modems using my ole standby method which Jim wrote up some time back in a Google doc. Thanks to all who gave me tips.

Hello terryjett,
Know you have experience with EM7455 modems connecting to Visible. We could use your help ...

Sorry know you are getting overloaded with this. Just remembered this post. Should have sent earlier. Might help.
https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=37 ... 8621&hilit

Agree would focus on modem first get it going before you move. Assuming more than likely have good coverage now if have good internet now.
How it works people that have "real" internet have the best cell towers too.

You can still de-prioritized or data managed on plan data. Don't mean a hard throttle but data managed. Verizon is famous for it. They all do it but Verizon does it more in my experience where I live. Try running these speed test is the off hours and see what you get.
Can use this link to run it ...

Hello,
Try this on custom firewall.

#start TTL rules
iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -j TTL --ttl-set 117
iptables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -j TTL --ttl-set 117
ip6tables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -o wwan0 -j HL --hl-set 117
ip6tables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -i wwan0 -j HL --hl-set 117
#end TTL ...

Yes Verizon can be rough for sure.

Would go with something other than Mofi. Mofi cost more and can have issues with out them supporting you.
For example this on ebay is less money more modem power and has wires and outdoor antenna.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/WE826-T2-4G-LTE-MODEM-ROUTER-MIMO-ANTENNA-COMBO-RURAL-RV-INTERNET-EP06-A ...

Hello again,
Like I said never got mine too work. But this is a thread I found that seemed related if you wanted to try it.
https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=16 ... 5922&hilit

Believe that is a MC7455 thing. It always wants a power cycle. Noticed have to do power cycle after changes like band configuration for example.

How fast is your verizon phone? Like a speed test is it fast enough for you? If so could tether a verizon phone with one of these routers. Personally doing this some just for couple of my devices. Rest of the house using T-Mobile in a lte router. Do you have tmobile in your area? The easy to use and ...

Hello,

Would use this or something like it to see if you can get a path shot at it.
link.ui.com
If you can't get a direct shot to it is there anther tower to point to/

Hello,
Yes need a splitter. Looked at the one you linked. Believe it said 1.5 amps. Not enough power to run the modem. Your modem will fail and disconnect without enough power. Look at this one.
https://thewirelesshaven.com/shop/poe-splitters/48v-to-5v-3a-poe-gigabit-splitter/

For reference on POE ...

Hello,
Might as well give the Visible a try. Like you say it is cheap enough. If you keep and want party pay let me know need to get my uncle on a party pay save $.
Far as antenna just put it in front of the glass near that 3rd story patio to test it out. See how it goes. If not good enough then ...

I use TTL 64 for T-Mobile

Currently Tethering a Verizon phone using WG3526 using rooter/WiFix. It isn't my main source of data. Just supplemental data. Don't know about AT&T.

If you have good T-Mobile coverage they are easier to get going in my opinion.
If you don't care about ping or video throttling visible could be a cheaper choice.

Hello,
Don't know what kind of speeds you where getting before? Don't believe what you had before will do carrier aggregation on band 2 & 4 at the same time.
A quectel em12 will though.
https://thewirelesshaven.com/shop/modems/quectel- ... m-2-modem/

Didneywhorl wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 6:28 pm Changing to ECM mode sometimes requires you to SSH in and run AT commands manually, especially to change it back to QMI or MBIM. Try that one as a last ditch effort.

Agree be careful about that ecm mode. Can be a pain to get out of. I try to avoid that all together personally.

Could also try custom firewall rules.
#start TTL rules
iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -j TTL --ttl-set 117
iptables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -j TTL --ttl-set 117
ip6tables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -o wwan0 -j HL --hl-set 117
ip6tables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -i wwan0 -j HL --hl-set 117
#end TTL ...

Hello,
Look at this post, it might help.
http://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1289&p=10327#p10327

wisenet wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 8:28 pm Where would I go to change them?

Hello,
Assuming you are using this router for wifi?
Here is a link to change DNS in rooter.
https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=19 ... =10#p10732

Hello,
Visible uses TTL of 64

Here is a link about Quectel visible setup

https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=32 ... lit#p11658

Hello,

Here is a link on how to set up Visible on Quectel modems
https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=32 ... lit#p11658

Also include a messy file of mine that I use as reference on the Quectel AT commands.

Quectel AT Commands.txt

Hello again,
With this set up are you getting capped at the 5 down? I finally ported my number from Verizon to Visible to try it out. On Verizon was tether my phone on a WG3526 at full capable speeds of the phone. Now with Visible it is capping me at that 5 down. Not sure what I am doing wrong ...

Hello
On post pay T-Mobile use an embarrassing amount of data.

My MoFi showed I had 2,4, maybe 5, maybe 13 and 66. I think 2 and 4 worked best at my house.

How do you check? I guess I have to be connected to LTE to test that though right?

Only way I know how to do it is lock it to one band at a time and see what you get. And right it down on a piece of ...

kzaudio wrote: Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:24 pm Someone said the APN might be wrong but not sure what it's supposed to be

would think if the apn was wrong you would get nothing no data thru.

@Didneywhorl I've been reading through posts and it seems several people are having issues with Quectel and Visible. Have you noticed this? I spoke to sales at The Wireless Haven before I purchased the setup and the rep said this was a good setup so I ordered it. I guess I'm doing something wrong ...

"I am not against anything you said. Against what visible said. On website says no throttling on device itself. And mine starting doing it for some reason."

All cool man, just did not want you to think I saying total internet replacement option :) Right now I am streaming homeland on hulu and ...

Did you use this tutorial to set up the WiFiX firmware on the router?
https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=233

This needs to be done.

Also when you do the TTL settings on the turtorial to the left on that tab there is "custom rules". Put this in the custom rules below and hit the reset ...

Once all that is done need to do AT commands to get this going.
In the firmware go to "Modem" "Miscellaneous "AT-Command Terminal" "AT Command"
In that space there will put these command one at a time waiting for response of ok each time.
Once this is done will want to insert the sim card then power ...

As a point of clarification, I put my sim card in the adapter for the modem. There is, however, a sim card adapter on the motherboard as well. Should my SIM card have gone there?

Put it in adapter that goes on the side of the router. Put it this way. Shouldn't have to use a screw driver to ...

hayedid wrote: Thu Dec 17, 2020 10:12 pm I changed the SIM card location and it is now connecting; however, it is so slow that fast.com only shows 0, and speedtest.net can't even load. googling "test" took over 10 seconds to get a reply.

Ok do the AT!GSTATUS? and post results

AT!GSTATUS?
!GSTATUS:
Current Time: 568 Temperature: 36
Reset Counter: 1 Mode: ONLINE
System mode: WCDMA PS state: Not attached
WCDMA band: WCDMA 1900
WCDMA channel: 562
GMM (PS) state:DEREGISTERED ATTEMPTING ATT
MM (CS) state: IDLE UPDATING

WCDMA L1 state:L1M_PCH_SLEEP LAC: 0381 (897)
RRC ...

OK
Are you sure that the apn is set correctly?
Never did understand the difference between the sim card places?
Said one place it would connect and another it wouldn't?

Could try setting it to ipv6 only.
This is how I got my quectel modems set up.

Latin167 wrote: Fri Dec 18, 2020 10:31 pm WE826-T2 and EM-12G LTE not working with visible please help. Just got EM-12 because wanted to used band 66. If put in T-mobile sim card in works just fine.

https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=32 ... lit#p11658

Thought would put in my streaming experience with VISIBLE. Works perfect with Netflix, Hulu and CBS all access. Have issues with amazon prime video. Gets pixelated most of the time. Then every once in awhile works fine.
A vpn would work. Honestly never had good luck with VPN on my fire cube. Works ...

Hello again update,
OK so went and hooked up my visible phone to this and was getting the 5 up and down on it. Then in the GL.INET firmware went to "more settings" "advanced"
Then it opened another window to log into. Some kind of open wrt firmware. User name auto filled with root. The password is ...

phspman wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:50 pm Also, how do you change the TTL settings on the WE826 rooter

Hello,
Check out this link.
https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=233

On my Verizon phone needed TTL 117.
Recently switched to Visible for my phone. Like it allot, super cheap, same coverage, just high ping.
Just recently got one of these routers as well. Seems good deal for tethering a phone too.
https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2064

Also might want to try putting this into the custom rules.

#start TTL rules
iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -o usb0 -j TTL --ttl-set 117
iptables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -i usb0 -j TTL --ttl-set 117
ip6tables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -o usb0 -j HL --hl-set 117
ip6tables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -i ...

Typically if going to do phone plan use imei of phone. Activate in phone then switch sim to router.

Hello,
Sounds like Verizon is throttling your speeds. Honestly wouldn't upgrade router for better WiFi. Since your speeds are below 100 the WE826 would be just fine with WiFi disables and another router plugged into it.
Personally have set up a couple of Quectel Em12 modems to Visible which is ...

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