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That's actually the normal behavior of any LTE modem.What I'm seeing is that it will connect to either band 12, 17 or 2 primarily, and only sometimes if the primary is band 2, it will show 2CA with band 5 but then drop right back up.
and my ISP in Poland (Cyfrowy Polsat) give me a ca-band to non-stop even if I don't any traffic at lte1.Artis M.03/01/20 16:21:46
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Modem should follow handshake/commands from eNB (base station), so we can't write firmware that permanently enables CA. For instance in Latvia, major cellular providers have a different view for CA, one activates CA at connection, and keeps it active for some time, even without significant traffic, other enables CA only when it is needed. By the way second even offers as service TV reception using Andriod/iOS app using its cellular network (same content as DVB-T).
Best regards,
Try "at+reset" / usb power-reset / reboot.With the LTE6 modem, even if I ran a speedtest or large download, it wouldn't connect CA.
In separe post the MikroTik team say they plan create new version but I think we must wait for MUM Prague to anonce the new info about new hardware. But for sure someting will be in future.Is a US version of the R11e-LTE6 coming out? Wasn't aware of that or I would have waited for that. Is there a way to get r22 firmware for this one? I'd like to try it out.
[admin@MikroTik-LTE] > interface lte cell-monitor
number: 0
PHY-CELLID BAND PSC EAR.. RSRP RSRQ RSSI SINR RSCP
171 B3 1392 -91dBm -19.5dB
387 B20 6175 -78dBm -9.5dB
-- [Q quit|D dump|C-z pause]
[admin@MikroTik-LTE] > interface lte cell-monitor
number: 0
PHY-CELLID BAND PSC EAR.. RSRP RSRQ RSSI SINR RSCP
14 B20 6175 -95dBm -15.5dB
387 B20 6175 -79dBm -11.5dB
-- [Q quit|D dump|C-z pause]
/system logging action add name=support target=memory memory-lines=16384
/system logging remove [find where topics~"lte"]
/system logging add action=support topics=lte
/import filename.rsc
At https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Interface/LTE we have that info about Cell Lock @ r11e-lte6:I applied the cell-lock as suggested by placing it in modem-init. Ive not tried this yet so thanks for putting the exact string needed. I will report back results.
For R11e-LTE6 modem cell lock information will not be lost after reboot or modem reset. To remove cell lock use at-chat command:
/interface lte at-chat lte1 input="AT*Cell=0"
Use lteLogger2 - this is perfect to track parameters who you see at Cellular tab of lte1.It is connected now with CA so I will monitor to see if it stays. I should know by the morning.
RouterOS v6
:do {:set lteInfo [/interface lte info lte1 once as-value]} on-error={}
RouterOS v7
:do {:set lteInfo [/interface lte monitor lte1 once as-value]} on-error={}
no, you can just create a Point-Of-Time log to see from where you have fixed it. Example:Thanks SiB for the update. I updated the script and killed it from the jobs tab. Then reran the script.
There is data now in the lte log. Should I clear the log and collect data with the fixed script?
We not have internal logs... and reason of that behavior... you have a separate "lte" logs and probably here can be some clue.The CA was dropped and the following entries were logged...
@Ferrograph - so sorry, I not see your answer and I not Give additional help.The device is LHG-LTE6 and way out of reach so SIM cant be changed. Operator is Three UK, roaming is not enabled.
What more can be done? Its al very weird, what do you think of my theory that one of the modems receivers is becoming non functional?
I'm still having issues even on v27 cell card firmware
Have you gotten the v28 ? I would need it as well. It seems this problem is pretty common and its absolutely unacceptable that it not has been fixed. I am starting to get disappointed at mikrotik. I have wrote to support 7 days ago and still no answer.russelld Are you able to make v28 available to me?
I bough mikrotik rather then any ISP provided modem that i would have gotten it cheaply specifically because i believed it would perform better then them or at least in the same level. But its not as it seems, especially with performance and stability. Perhaps it will be fixed and will perform well. As i don't see a reason in terms of hardware on how it could under perform.I am very very disappointed with such LTE 6 modem.
I can not understand why any crappy Huawey or ZTE provided almost for free by local TelCo performs far better than these MikroTIk
I can forget for a moment perfomances and look at stability: it is a nightmare
I confirm what you say. For me, R11-LTE6 "pulls out" 30-40 MB, and the old HUAWEI B525 connected to the same antennas 60-90 MB. It is a pity the money spent on the R11-gadget.I just decided to try a couple of test at the office setup to confirm suspicions that R11e-LTE6 is the problem so I checked which cell tower it was connecting to and it was the expected tower locally with bands 1,3 & 20. A speed test shows 5Mbps download.
I put the sim card in my phone and checked with cell mapper that my phone was connecting to the same tower (eNB 13364) and I noticed straight away that phone says 4G+, did a speed test and got 70+MBps.
This isnt a new story. Ive read here and in other forums of similar experiences. What more proof do we need that this product isnt fit for purpose? Its very frustrating that MT are blaming towers when clearly something is wrong with the card.