On closer examination, it actually looks like the error originates from the router, but I don't get it, because I have changed the firmware. The router seems to send scrambled up data where it's supposed to send AT+F to Orange. I'll schedule nightly reboots as a temporary measure. Thanks On 11 December 2015 at 12:34, George Irungu <g.irungu@logicalcrest.co.ke> wrote:
I would first test with a different sim card – e.g. safcom/airtel and check if that normalizes. If it does you will know it’s a problem with Orange. If you continue to get the same, it’s the router (software, port maybe?)
*From:* Simon Mbuthia via skunkworks [mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke] *Sent:* Friday, December 11, 2015 12:07 PM *To:* Skunkworks forum <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> *Subject:* [Skunkworks] Weird error connecting to Orange 3G (pppd)
Hi people,
I get occasional disconnections on my 3G router (TP-Link MR3040) to Orange. I had to install OpenWRT which can log to a syslog server (as opposed to the stock formware) and this is what I get...
12/10/2015 11:11 PM,Notice,10.49.176.201,Interface 'wan' is setting up now 12/10/2015 11:11 PM,Notice,10.49.176.201,pppd 2.4.7 started by root, uid 0 12/10/2015 11:11 PM,Info,10.49.176.201,abort on (BUSY) 12/10/2015 11:11 PM,Info,10.49.176.201,abort on (NO CARRIER) 12/10/2015 11:11 PM,Info,10.49.176.201,abort on (ERROR) 12/10/2015 11:11 PM,Info,10.49.176.201,report (CONNECT) 12/10/2015 11:11 PM,Info,10.49.176.201,timeout set to 10 seconds 12/10/2015 11:11 PM,Info,10.49.176.201,send (AT&F^M) 12/10/2015 11:11 PM,Info,10.49.176.201,expect (OK) 12/10/2015 11:11 PM,Info,10.49.176.201,~^?^C^@!E^@^@}^^C_@ ^@,^F#t^Q,hG^Zz^Q9^A;I3r4q')9v=^@^X^@^^*E^@^@^A^A^H 12/10/2015 11:11 PM,Info,10.49.176.201,T^LnmD-R6^W^C^A^@ ^_^QR^A^\^P|n*aQ<T^MbfK^E=^X^CqS^^y^?^G^S'^[^])^W^C^A^@ +y^L8p^H""-l+^Rxj^Mfd2^S^aJ+dZ7Z^M/&& 12/10/2015 11:12 PM,Info,10.49.176.201,alarm 12/10/2015 11:12 PM,Info,10.49.176.201,Failed 12/10/2015 11:12 PM,Error,10.49.176.201,Connect script failed 12/10/2015 11:12 PM,Info,10.49.176.201,Exit.
Why would I get this kind of response? Anyone else who's ever experienced this? A clean connect would look as below:
12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Notice,10.49.176.201,Interface 'wan' is setting up now 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Notice,10.49.176.201,pppd 2.4.7 started by root, uid 0 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,abort on (BUSY) 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,abort on (NO CARRIER) 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,abort on (ERROR) 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,report (CONNECT) 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,timeout set to 10 seconds 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,send (AT&F^M) 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,expect (OK) 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,AT&F^M^M 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,OK 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,-- got it 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,send (ATE1^M) 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,expect (OK) 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,^M 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,ATE1^M^M 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,OK 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,-- got it 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,send (AT+CGDCONT=1,""IP"","" bew.orange.co.ke""^M) 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,timeout set to 30 seconds 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,expect (OK) 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,^M 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,AT+CGDCONT=1,""IP"","" bew.orange.co.ke""^M^M 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,OK 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,-- got it 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,send (ATD*99***1#^M) 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,expect (CONNECT) 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,^M 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,ATD*99***1#^M^M 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,CONNECT 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,-- got it 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,send ( ^M) 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,Serial connection established. 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Info,10.49.176.201,Using interface 3g-wan 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Notice,10.49.176.201,Connect: 3g-wan <--> /dev/ttyUSB2 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Warning,10.49.176.201,Could not determine remote IP address: defaulting to 10.64.64.64 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Notice,10.49.176.201,local IP address X.X.X.X 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Notice,10.49.176.201,remote IP address 10.64.64.64 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Notice,10.49.176.201,primary DNS address 212.49.70.22 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Notice,10.49.176.201,secondary DNS address 196.202.198.45 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Notice,10.49.176.201,Network device '3g-wan' link is up 12/11/2015 12:38 AM,Notice,10.49.176.201,Interface 'wan' is now up
Rgds,
Me