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I thought I would just post my experience here as I've been working on my setup for about 9 months now and have a stable connection. I'm using a MediaTek MT7620A with GoldenOrb_2020-05-16 firmware on ATT. My plan is AT&T unlimited. I ordered the enclosure from amazon that included the Quectel EM...

Actually it does list the gain... 20-25dbi if you were to believe the description... DO NOT BELIEVE THE DESCRIPTION. There's not an lpda on the market with anywhere near that much gain. Most are 9-11dbi.

Your Note 8 has a category 16 4x4 MIMO 4xCA 256QAM modem in it, and the phones quad antennas are amped and tuned. The EM7565 is 2x2 MIMO with 3xCA and is using cheap spike antennas. Your comparing very different hardware. According to your signal stats you have lots of noise on your signal, though ...

I posted there already, I guess the guy you're talking about it's me :-) I really would need someone with vendor access to the sierra wireless source site. Or, patiently wait for them to post a firmware there which may mean one year waiting or so. I have this gem of a modem and can't use it. I guess...

Didneywhorl wrote: ↑Sat Nov 28, 2020 11:36 am Ive not seen this. Might just be dead. Your modem is likely fine though. Did you try a different power cord/supply, just for giggles?

Certainly tried a different power supply. But I appreciate the suggestion, thanks.

Telit LM940 and LM960 modems have multiple carrier images as well.

I have not tried to set it to LTE only. I'm pretty sure if I do it wont even connect but at this point it's worth a shot. I'll have to research how to do that. My signal is normally 60+% but thats when it was connected to LTE. I haven't changed a thing with my router, modem or antennas for a year an...

You know what? Could it be that I gave AT&T the IMEI of my old iPad that has limited LTE bands? I know for a fact I was on band 2 when I had the prepaid iPad plan. I never had to provide an IMEI with that plan but I did have to give one for the new Postpaid plan. I see the IMEI I provided doesn'...

I take it back. I can't leave it at that as I think I see the issue. Putting everything aside and looking at your screenshot, first thing I seen was your signal strength. I know you said your signal strength was better at some point but 29% is pretty low. It's possible for whatever reason, the new s...

Was going to sell this but just turned it on to find that I now am getting tmo bands with it on the Link Zone. I may as well fool around with it.

Thanks for the info!
I will check out those options. I went with the NEXR5GO router and an EP06 modem.

I shared above. You need to feed 1.8v to PCIE_DIS to enable USB, and 3v to VBUS_SENSE. If you don't it will be PCIE only. This is clearly stated in the documentation. I did not do the modification myself because to solder such tiny terminals special equipment and skills are required, so I had a frie...

So, I finally scheduled a script via cron on the router using WGET to Cloudflare DNS on port 80 every minute and if it failed just power toggle the modem and not bounce the box. This is very clever idea, this is how the connection monitor is implemented in MOFI, you have a choice of pinging or send...

I would like to add a little caution about the Netgear Orbi LBR20, it looks awesome but lacks ability to change the TTL settings. You need to change the TTL settings to trick the modem, so it looks like an iPad, on network. I was concerned about the TTL as well with the LBR20 and I didn't have to d...

The latest update says the special antenna pigtails from IPEX will take 6-8 weeks to be made and shipped. Mid to late January is what is being quoted. This is a brand new product line and is going to take much longer than other items to get manufactured and procured. Thanks for the update. I been c...

There's apparently a 12/02 goldenorb up now... Anyone done any analysis on the differences? Changelogs sure would be nice, but with all the routers they're supporting I suppose that would be far too much to ask. Works perfectly for the WG3526 but still no 5Ghz radio for WG1608 - so, far. I have both.

Thanks for the answers :-) Actually I came to the same conclusion, the tower simply does not support B2,B4 aggregation although it has no problem with using them individually. At some point I noticed that when the band lock is not set then my MC7455 can have CA enabled for B7 (20Mhz)+B7(20Mhz)(this ...

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.

Have you seen the one in the LTE store??

https://thewirelesshaven.com/shop/router-enclosur ... enclosure/

Sure no problem at all... I have it cron'd to run every minute and I usually just ssh to router and tail the log.out to see how long it's been between disconnects. As I mentioned, I rarely even notice if it's triggered. This my cron entry. */1 * * * * /bin/ash /root/test.sh >> /root/log.out 2>&1...

Thanks - the router I currently have won't support USB modems, unfortunately. There's probably another router in my future, I was just hoping that there might be a way around it! Thanks!

Thanks for the answers :-) Actually I came to the same conclusion, the tower simply does not support B2,B4 aggregation although it has no problem with using them individually. At some point I noticed that when the band lock is not set then my MC7455 can have CA enabled for B7 (20Mhz)+B7(20Mhz)(this...

Hello,
Visible uses TTL of 64

Here is a link about Quectel visible setup

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

Thanks for the responses. R1250GSA, Yes, from what I understand the LHG LTE 6 is the dish/Modem/router combo. The dish has been pointed correctly to the azimuth of the tower. The US version of the LHG is, according to MikroTek, supposed to support the bands that t-mobile uses (2,4,12). But none of t...

Sure no problem at all... Thanks! The script is great but I am not sure about DNS check though. The following post can be of interest to someone curious about the difference between ping vs DNS check. https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1403&p=13297&hilit=MOFI+DNS+check#p13297...

I would flash the latest WG1608-GO2020-12-02.zip via the bootloader method (https://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?p=6007#p6007) and do a full factory reset right after (System > Backup / Flash Firmware > PERFORM RESET), ... https://www.ofmodemsandmen.com/upload/WG1608-GO2020-12-02.zip I grabbed t...

So odd that MBIM can clear it up for Verizon users so often. It shouldn't matter really, but that's above my paygrade. Try changing DNS servers to another. including the ipv6 ones. I use Cloudfare DNS sometimes. Hmmm... let's see who might have said "that's above my paygrade"?! Oh, oh, I ...

I helped two other users set up their router/service, and it worked perfectly with two separate EP06-A modems.
Not sure which modem firmware version they had, nonetheless it worked without a hitch.
I'll report back in case I encounter a bad apple.

Didneywhorl wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 9:57 pm Check above, it may not be needed.

Thanks for this. I was all set to apply your fix, as I ordered two NEXR5GO's and EP06A's. But the first set I assembled worked out of the box with the 6-9 release. THe build quality on this thing is top notch. I can't wait to see how it peforms.

Awesome ! thank you.

I put it back the simcard onto the phone so verizon would reactivate it. They didn't like SIM in the Quectel modem.

I’m terribly late here, but I have a question. I purchased a SimpleMobile SIM to use with a ZTE MF288 (that I’d previously used with the AT&T iPad plan), activated it and everything worked just fine for the first couple hours. Didn’t need to edit any settings. However, my internet connection se...

Didneywhorl wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 6:41 pm Stuff that cant be posted publicly?

Not necessarily but would be quite a long one with several back and forth tests to get to the bottom of it. I'll post it once I know the underlying issue,

So I am an avid user of Band 71, and have tested Shurecall, Bolton, RSRF for this band. I then noticed that The Wireless Haven had these in stock: https://thewirelesshaven.com/shop/antennas/4g-lte-antennas/yagi/600-3800mhz-yagi-radome-9dbi-11dbi-4g-lte-directional-antenna/ A 600Mhz antenna that goes...

Interesting read.

https://www.wired.com/story/huawei-5g-p ... akthrough/

He said he put the SIM card back in the phone so verizon reactivates his sim

From what I've been reading, the transparent proxy problem seems to have been resolved. Personally, I haven't had to reboot in over a week, and I had attributed that to setting up dnscrypt, but it appears to be just a coincidence since the problem has apparently disappeared for everyone else..

I think I have a workable solution for this. It's probably device dependent but, at least on my Moto G Power phone, there is a current level where the battery stops charging but the data still works. charge-limiter.png I will of course put some tape around it. I got a one of these https://www.amazon...

Didneywhorl wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 5:57 pm The latest version fw for the EM160R-GL is version A04. (EM160RGLAUR02A04M4G)

Though I do not yet have a copy, I only have A03 on file. The newest modems received already have A04 on them.

Thank Didney! I will try to keep emailing them to see if they will send me the new firmware

Didneywhorl wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 9:17 am Wonder what you get

I will update tonight when that happens

Just a post to give an update as to where I am on this journey. I've learned that if I combine bands (like 4 and 5), and get carrier aggregation, the thing disconnects more often. I don't know if it's a heat thing or voltage thing with my setup or what. I've also learned that tower congestion has so...

Ok now that you know you using the correct band let me ask you this.... are you using the built in wifi on the NEQ6GO? As you may have read the built in wifi can be very substandard. I didnt believe it either when I read about it as I could stream 3 movies at once so how could that be bad. Well once...

I'm gutting mine and as it turns out the holes inside that hold in the PCB happen to exactly line up with two of the holes on the WE826-T2. I have a EM7511 in it for band 41. Waiting on a POE bulkhead ethernet and 2.1mm splitter to get her from The Wireless Haven as well as a 2.1mm right angle adapt...

I can confirm as well. Band 41, 25, and 26 in some areas are straight GONE, or neutered. It may come back, but Tmobile is wreaking havoc on the Sprint networks. You should get on Sprints online chat feature for tech support and ask for the status of your tower. I can confirm that today when I locke...

Quick question-- Has anyone attempted to run a VPN or proxy at the VPS site to further obfuscate/secure connection and bypass blocking done for having a datacenter IP address? Have some time off and may attempt this, but I'm honestly not sure if possible. Considering Pihole can be run from VPS site,...

I did the exact same thing The M1 looks awesome on paper but it lacked B71, my only hope for a signal at the house. I was going to sell it, but I use it when I travel. Some hotels still have an ethernet cable in the room. My last trip with my family I was able to put the M1 into bridge mode and tap ...

Everything I've read says rain storms do not drastically affect performance. I've also read that current kits have a heating element inside to prevent snow accumulation (within reason I'd imagine). The good news... Upon looking at the pictures in the article posted by R1250GSA (https://www.inverse....

topbilling wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:44 pm Just to confirm. The home internet plan is really unlimited? No soft caps, throttling video, etc?

Only thing its de-prioritized from the get go, but I haven't noticed too much of slowdowns and I'm hitting well over 700 GB a month. No throttling on streaming services either!

Here is what I see so far. I haven't deciphered it yet tho. AT+QENG="servingcell" +QENG: "servingcell","NOCONN","LTE","FDD",310,410,36D1408,33,1100,2,5,5,3C89,-102,-15,-66,16,- OK AT+QENG="neighbourcell" +QENG: "neighbourcell intra&qu...

Update, It seems to be doing the same thing as the EP06-A. So I assume it will be something with the router or the carrier at this point. I can do alot on it but some websites and speedtest.net will not work on my PC but will work on my phone. Seems to be some kind of APN/DNS issue. Delete the APN ...

This is great! Thank you for putting that link together. Very helpful.

Sorry for the delay guys. I have this all setup in an Enclosure and did before posting the question via POE (same setup as Didneywhorl posted). My questions is should the POE lose power the modem will not power up and I would have to open the enclosure to power on the modem, the MF275R has a battery...

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

You have T-mo, Starlink and ATT Cell??.....WoW

What are you using this setup for?

Hello again. Bonding has been working perfectly for a while now but I'm having issues getting OMR bypass working. I'm pretty sure I'm doing something wrong and not understanding routing functions thoroughly. Here's a screenshot of my current status: OMR cap.png I'm trying to get my streaming device ...

Thank you. I ended up buying a SIM8200EA-M2 and Quectel RM500Q. I'll let everyone know what I'm able to figure out. There seems to be some confusion about the band capabilities of the new 5G RM500Q-xx and SIM8200xx-M2 modems. Note that the Quectel RM500Q-"AE" must be version "AE"...

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. Jus...

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

Do you have to call AT&T to find this unlimited iPad plan? Does it have to be an iPad, or can you use an Android tablet? I have heard many people talk about these AT&T tablet plans, but have yet to find any reference to them on an AT&T website. I also don't have an iPad... https://wirel...

Thanks for replying. I posted this in the FB group as well. And after some discussion, someone pointed out that there are some driver/software glitches in the EM7565 were it will subtract 1 from the band. It is supposedly doing 3xCA but since it doesn't support Band65 it reports the SSC2 as Band 0, ...

Switching to MBIM did the trick. Can confirm latency is generally higher on Verizon with MBIM.

I am now able to access the router via wi-fi and my Android tablet. Not sure why it started allowing me to again access it. As soon as I was able to get in, I set a static address for my tablet. I am still unable to get in using ethernet. I have tried setting the IP address statically on the PC ethe...

Didneywhorl wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 5:16 pm It should be fine to use an adapter, but I would get a usb to m.2 direct adapter.

I finally got it to work, for some reason it did not like usb 3 ports.
Again thank you so much for your help

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Very informative video from a Starlink Beta tester.
PoE power via a fixed 100ft cable, 2ft motorized dish.
$499 + $99/mos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igtN49I1CtM

Hmm, yeah, I feel like a complete asshole. Hooked it up to the Panorama. Connected immediately. Without even touching the antenna or bands it was pulling 25 down / 3.5 up. If that is as good as it ever gets I could live with that but I'll play with tower aiming and band locking when I have some down...

That looks awesome. And like what I likely need. I'm still trying to wrap my head around all this stuff. There's just so many options out there. And I want it to be as future proof as possible, but it doesn't need to be bleeding edge. Honestly I was very happy with the 25 mbps I was getting. But I w...

@Didneywhorl when I get them in if I can’t get it going I’ll make sure and hit you up brother. Thanks for all the help so far

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 o...

Instead of: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IPV4V6",vsblinternet" AT+CGDCONT=2,"IPV4V6",vsblinternet" AT+CGDCONT=3,"IPV4V6",vsblinternet" it should be double quotes (") around the vsblinternet portion like: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IPV4V6","vsblinternet" AT+C...

Just FYI TTL 65 fixed it. For anyone that runs into something similar after lots of data use on 64 with a setup like mine with router/modem pass to better router.

Accidental post

I am up and running! Thank you all so much for your help!

I believe these were my problems along the way: I had initially followed the instructions correct; however, I did not have the extra custom TTL Rules in there. When I did put them in there, I replaced what was already in there instead of adding to it, so I was still down. Then, in trying to diagnose...

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