Hi!
I recently bought a RT-AC68U to use with a ZTE MF 190 Modem USB Stick. With the original firmware I had much trouble getting it to connect. During the hours I tried, it did connect once or twice but it mostly failed. I didn't care much about it since I planned to install TomatoUSB anyway. I then upgraded to TomatoUSB (Shibby 1.28.0000 -121 K26ARM USB AIO-64K) and I cannot get it to connect.
The modem works fine when connected directly to the computer.
I've tried:
Two different SIM-cards (different operators, Telenor and Fogg in Sweden).
Double checked the APN settings
Tried two different routers with Shibby (RT-N16 and RT-AC68U)
All available TTY/USB options
Logfile and connect.chat:
Jan 1 01:02:34 unknown daemon.notice pppd[1876]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0
Jan 1 01:02:34 unknown user.info redial[1878]: Started. Time: 10
Jan 1 01:02:34 unknown user.notice root: 3G MODEM already found - using option module
Jan 1 01:02:36 unknown user.notice root: 3G MODEM Signal Strength: -113 dBm
Jan 1 01:02:54 unknown user.info redial[1878]: WAN down. Reconnecting…
Jan 1 01:02:54 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq[1811]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM
Jan 1 01:02:54 unknown user.debug preinit[1]: 182: pptp peerdns disabled
Jan 1 01:02:54 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq[2077]: started, version 2.71 cachesize 1500
Jan 1 01:02:54 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq[2077]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-RTC no-DBus no-i18n no-IDN DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP no-conntrack ipset Tomato-helper auth DNSSEC
Jan 1 01:02:54 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq[2077]: asynchronous logging enabled, queue limit is 5 messages
Jan 1 01:02:54 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2077]: DHCP, IP range 192.168.1.2 — 192.168.1.51, lease time 1d
Jan 1 01:02:54 unknown daemon.warn dnsmasq[2077]: no servers found in /etc/resolv.dnsmasq, will retry
Jan 1 01:02:54 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq[2077]: read /etc/hosts - 2 addresses
Jan 1 01:02:54 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq[2077]: read /etc/dnsmasq/hosts/hosts - 3 addresses
Jan 1 01:02:54 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2077]: read /etc/dnsmasq/dhcp/dhcp-hosts
Jan 1 01:02:54 unknown local2.err chat[1930]: SIGTERM
Jan 1 01:02:54 unknown daemon.warn pppd[1876]: Child process /usr/sbin/chat -V -t 60 -f /tmp/ppp/connect.chat (pid 1929) terminated with signal 15
Jan 1 01:02:54 unknown daemon.err pppd[1876]: Connect script failed
Jan 1 01:02:55 unknown daemon.info pppd[1876]: Exit.
Jan 1 01:02:56 unknown daemon.notice pppd[2130]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0
Jan 1 01:02:56 unknown user.info redial[2132]: Started. Time: 10
Jan 1 01:02:56 unknown user.notice root: 3G MODEM already found - using option module
Jan 1 01:02:58 unknown user.notice root: 3G MODEM Signal Strength: -113 dBm
Jan 1 01:03:08 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2077]: DHCPDISCOVER(br0) f0:25:b7:ca:ea:23
Jan 1 01:03:08 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2077]: DHCPOFFER(br0) 192.168.1.19 f0:25:b7:ca:ea:23
Jan 1 01:03:08 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2077]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.1.19 f0:25:b7:ca:xx:xx
Jan 1 01:03:08 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2077]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.19 f0:25:b7:ca:ea:23 android-77ccf4f819fdxxxx
Jan 1 01:03:14 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2077]: DHCPDISCOVER(br0) f0:25:b7:ca:ea:23
Jan 1 01:03:14 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2077]: DHCPOFFER(br0) 192.168.1.19 f0:25:b7:ca:ea:23
Jan 1 01:03:14 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2077]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.1.19 f0:25:b7:ca:xx:xx
Jan 1 01:03:14 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2077]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.19 f0:25:b7:ca:ea:23 android-77ccf4f819fdxxxx
Jan 1 01:03:16 unknown user.info redial[2132]: WAN down. Reconnecting…
Jan 1 01:03:16 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq[2077]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM
Jan 1 01:03:16 unknown user.debug preinit[1]: 182: pptp peerdns disabled
Jan 1 01:03:16 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq[2283]: started, version 2.71 cachesize 1500
Jan 1 01:03:16 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq[2283]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-RTC no-DBus no-i18n no-IDN DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP no-conntrack ipset Tomato-helper auth DNSSEC
Jan 1 01:03:16 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq[2283]: asynchronous logging enabled, queue limit is 5 messages
Jan 1 01:03:16 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2283]: DHCP, IP range 192.168.1.2 — 192.168.1.51, lease time 1d
Jan 1 01:03:16 unknown daemon.warn dnsmasq[2283]: no servers found in /etc/resolv.dnsmasq, will retry
Jan 1 01:03:16 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq[2283]: read /etc/hosts - 2 addresses
Jan 1 01:03:16 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq[2283]: read /etc/dnsmasq/hosts/hosts - 3 addresses
Jan 1 01:03:16 unknown daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2283]: read /etc/dnsmasq/dhcp/dhcp-hosts
Jan 1 01:03:16 unknown local2.err chat[2173]: SIGTERM
Jan 1 01:03:16 unknown daemon.warn pppd[2130]: Child process /usr/sbin/chat -V -t 60 -f /tmp/ppp/connect.chat (pid 2172) terminated with signal 15
Jan 1 01:03:16 unknown daemon.err pppd[2130]: Connect script failed
Jan 1 01:03:17 unknown daemon.info pppd[2130]: Exit.
Jan 1 01:03:18 unknown daemon.notice pppd[2338]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0
Jan 1 01:03:18 unknown user.info redial[2340]: Started. Time: 10
Jan 1 01:03:18 unknown user.notice root: 3G MODEM already found - using option module
Jan 1 01:03:20 unknown user.notice root: 3G MODEM Signal Strength: -113 dBm
root@unknown:/tmp/ppp# cat connect.chat
ABORT "NO CARRIER"
ABORT "NO DIALTONE"
ABORT "NO ERROR"
ABORT "NO ANSWER"
ABORT "BUSY"
REPORT CONNECT
"" "AT"
OK "AT&FE0V1X1&D2&C1S0=0"
OK "AT"
OK "ATS0=0"
OK "AT"
OK "AT&FE0V1X1&D2&C1S0=0"
OK "AT"
OK 'AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","data.tre.se"'
OK "ATDT*99#"
CONNECT \c
Anyone got any ideas on how to troubleshoot / solve this?
Best Regards,
Tobias