I've been having ongoing issues with my network, which seems to be related to the invisagig or the cell network. If you scroll to the last few posts in the following forum thread it appears that the modem is handing out DHCP leases when the modem loses it signal causing my LAN devices to lose ...

Thank you for the detailed post.

For clarity, "The first I would suggest would be to set the IPPT MAC address of the PFSense WAN port manually" I assume means copy the IPPT MAC from the IG ui, then paste it into the "MAC Address" setting of the pfSense WAN interface configuration? (The subtext ...

For the WAN interface the IG is connected to, you may also need to uncheck the option for blocking private networks since the 192.168.225.1 is in the RFC 1918 space.



Your post prompted me to read the RFC 1918/Private Network Addressing Wiki, which made me realize that the private address ...

Thank you for the detailed post.

For clarity, "The first I would suggest would be to set the IPPT MAC address of the PFSense WAN port manually" I assume means copy the IPPT MAC from the IG ui, then paste it into the "MAC Address" setting of the pfSense WAN interface configuration? (The subtext of ...

Sure. I'm going to give it a few days, at least through the weekend. Previously I've thought I'd solved it only to have the issue start back up a few days later. This time though, I'm a lot more optimistic.

The issue was sorted out by https://github.com/4IceG He found that this module has a custom firmware and was taken from a laptop and suggested to use MBIM mode and it worked on OpenWRT

Didneywhorl wrote: Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:26 pm closest you can do is: AT+QCFG="lte/bandprior",30,12

I believe that's the one

Run the commands AT+QCFG=?
and AT+QNWCFG=?
and AT+QNWPREFCFG=?


to get a list of all the possible commands.

Just to say thank you

An update: I had to go out of town, so I wrote a sh script in pfSense router to ping LAN IPs of several devices that should be online. If no response, reboot. If OK, then ping internet servers. If no reponse, cycle the WAN gateway on/off. The evening before I was leaving, the network went down, the ...

Played around with putting the SC card inside on the PCIE card and couldn't get a stable card initialization in either mode USB/PCIE
Something weird with that card working in only certain scenarios even with the new cables

Slab is working fine with the SC card and the same software issues trigger ...

Interesting....

The Fibocom works well as a backup but, it's SLOW
In MBIM mode / PCIE mode the modem seems to be using hotspot data and when doing a traceroute it shows the hops across TMO's network vs the IPv6 generic 192.0.0.1 in USB mode w the SIMcom

The HS data brought back to mind the TTL 65 ...

Best explanation I've seen: https://www.maroonmed.com/ttl-modification-for-outgoing-traffic-with-openwrt-22-03-and-firewall4/



F*ckin' ayy! They always have to mess with stuff which ain't broken.
No more nice Custom Rules GUI, but silly command line config. :(
Seriously, what were they thinking ...

Thanks

Okay. I'm still learning about the hardware. I keep having problems with my pings, until I've realise that the factory 4 antennas is garbage.... So, I've found two worthy antenna upgrades. I can keep it sleek and discrete or I can just simply upgrade from these crappy ones. So these are two of the ...

Didneywhorl wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2024 10:15 am Typically those modems aren't carrier locked, but usually a simple firmware flash can clear any special settings or custom firmware restrictions.

Head over to the Quectel forums and ask a moderator there for a latest firmware update: https://forums.quectel.com/

Thanks, will try it.

Problem solved, the DNS in my computer for some reason was wrong. I went to the router settings and changed “custom DNS” to “override all client’s DNS”. Now internet is working again.

It's usually a simple solution to an elusive problem.
I always disable IPv6 both on the router's modem and LAN/WiFi interfaces, and the pc (just don't like IPv6 for some reason lol).
Then I set the DNS to 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8 on both the router and pc's LAN/WiFi interfaces for better performance.
In ...

Didneywhorl wrote: Tue Oct 22, 2024 10:11 am Use Google Gemini, or similar service, to find at least a relatively close list pretty quickly: https://g.co/gemini/share/58834f80b096

I've notices that AI's are basically nothing more than web-scrapers pulling info from Wikipedia verbatim and even the Wireless Joint. lol

Greetings.

I am trying to set up a home made LTE router, since I have one laying around, and need something to use my time on ;)
The only roadblock I am facing, is that I am considering buying a Huawei Brovi E3372-325 4G usb stick, but it seems that this has the HiLink firmware on it. For the ...

Alright, I downloaded the latest firmware 4.9.5-5500-std and manually flashed without saving any configurations. Then i reset factory defaults and then reset modules just for good measure. System log never shows the IMEI of the 2nd module anywhere throughout. It's really making me think the USB port ...

If the router was working fine and would recognize both modems "prior" to the upgrade, then the new firmware seems to be the contributing factor. And, while I am not very familiar with their firmware and/or update process:

1. "if" the new firmware is of a different kernel, and
2. "if" the firmware ...

That's a good idea! I will pursue that avenue and report back when I have a resolution. Thanks for the help!

anywhere to still download this old firmware?

Didneywhorl wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 1:43 pm Sure, I'll link it up here for a little bit: https://random-sharing.b-cdn.net/EM20-G ... 07_A08.zip

thank you!!

yeah, i see i didn't mention in my post that I set the modem to text mode with CMGF=1 before doing the rest of it, my mistake.

thanks for replying.

I've gotten this to work on the fibocom 850gl but still not with the novatel =/

So, as an avid user of Linux (and Mac of course :P ), i was feeling bored and created this native app that will integrate with your OpenWRT router and connected modem, and allow you to control it and get status and notifications directly inside Linux. Currently working on the companion quick toggle ...

jpeeze wrote: Tue Mar 25, 2025 6:05 pm Network up and working. Don’t know if it had anything to do with it but I added serial number and rebooted.

Just guessing but it was probably the reboot.

10-4.
I seen the schedule reboot but didn’t think about setting it up. I’m pretty sure you are definitely right about AT&T old service. That’s the main reason I purchased the Nexpro. I thought I was having problems with the old modem and I figured it was time for a replacement. Now it all makes ...

What grandfathered plan are you on?
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I can’t remember. It’s a plan I’ve been on for about 12 years. It started off at $10 then went up to $20 a month few years ago. It just says unlimited wireless plan. I tried to see if I could upgrade my sims card to 5g and the AT&T rep said that plan was ...