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