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LB1120 Bridge Mode - No Connectivity
Hello, Trying out an LB1120 before installing across three locations as failover devices. Using AT&T and testing behind a consumer Linksys E2500 with default settings. The LB1120 works fine using...
A new firmware has been posted on the update servers that fixes the LB bridge mode issue. To update LB1120, LB1121 or LB2120 to latest Firmware log into the LB web ui and go to Settings àGeneral à Software and Reset once there select check for update and wait then simply follow onscreen instructions to update the Firmware. See below for example of how the LB2120 Firmware Info screen looks like after update. For other device just need to make sure that you are using App Version: NTG9X07C_12.09.05.27
You'll have seen my solution just above yours on this third page - have you tried this method..... E X A C T L Y ?
Concerning alternatives, there are several, mainly from the marine environment (for yatchts and so forth). Simple internet search will flush them out. The trouble is they are really expensive compared to this product, here in the UK, they start at x3 the cost and rapidly go up above £700GBP. This is because they are designed for a scalable business market and thus have lots of extra capability. I just don't need that capability despite having a decent home network (big home NAS, 4 access points on a UniFi mesh, an internet connected house alarm, multiroom HiFi, home automation (Nest etc), a modest CCTV system with 8 cameras).
Lastly, if you can postpone your purchase (I could not.....), then at the higher prices of other LTE modems, give serious consideration to the 1Gig enhanced LTE standard. There are already a few devices with the new standard and it would get your system ready for next year (or today if you live in Australia).
PS: On the latter point, Samsung's S8 mobile, but not Apple's iPhone X, already have this 1 Gig standard built in to them....
PPS: No apologies for going on and on..... NetGear are giving us loads of time to waste whilst they scale the mighty task of changing one line of code in the firmware........
Similar situation for me, so at least now I don't feel so alone. Today I received a Netgear LB2120 from Amazon. I live in rural SC, have crappy DSL (<4Mb, losing sync frequently), but reasonable 4G LTE (AT&T). So the plan was to use the Netgear to give me DSL when it can, and switch to my limited bandwidth 4G as failsafe. I've spent the day trying to get this working 100%. I am ready to settle for 75%.
I am good at IT, but (regretably) networking remains my main area of ignorance, so for me it's a lot of trial and error (and patience). My naive plan was to connect my old Motorola Netopia 2210-02 DSL modem in bridge mode to my new Netgear LB2120 in bridge mode, and connect that to my Ubiquiti EdgeRouter PoE (firmware 1.80) to handle NAT, DHCP, some local static IPs, and provide WiFi via my two Unifi access points. I wasted half the day trying to get the router to see the LB2120 in bridge mode, came across a post by someone who had it in router mode (which didn't seem right to me), tried that and BAM, the router sees the LB2120. So that sort of works, but not how I thought it should.
What does not work is my DSL with the Netgear. The LB2120 sees the connection, but won't use DSL even though the DSL modem status looks fine. So basically I have an LTE modem working with my EdgeRouter and Unifi access points, but no DSL. For me, the speed of my LTE connection is amazing compared to my substandard unreliable but unlimited DSL, but then there's the LTE bandwidth limitation and threat of throttling. I have a 25Gb shared plan right now (AT&T). I'll probably switch to unlimited, which will most of what I read and hear CAN but rarely throttles after 22Gb unless there's major congestion or TOS abuse (bit torrent, hosting, etc)..
The real solution for me would be AT&T's fixed wireless plan, but it's not yet available to me, despite begging more than once.
I doubt this adds much to the conversation, but just so you know ... no connectivity in bridge mode also occurs with the LB2120 modem.
Thanks to everyone here. It's the little tidbits of information that often make all the difference to me.
Ron
Ron,
I have the same setup - crappy DSL, full bars ATT LTE (I use cricket $55/month, no capping yet) and an edgerouter.
Both the DSL modem (or routing in bridge modem) and the LB1120 are connected as a individual WAN connections to the edgerouter directly, in a loadbalancing set up (you can reset your edgerouter to factory and start off with a loadbalancing or failover config template and go from there).
The loadbalancing is nice, especially for uploads (DSL upload speed is non-existent), but you could set it up for failover with the DSL as primary as well...
The latest version of edgeMax on my er-X seems to handle the netmask issue...
pwherman73, thanks for the suggestion. I considered setting up the edgerouter for load balancing my DSL with LTE, but went with the LB2120 modem to avoid that for a few reasons. First, I am not network savvy and feared (even with the template/wizard) falling into the rabbit hole of router configuration for load balancing setup. Second, I hoped the LB2120 would make this the failover setup a no-brainer for a non-network expert like me, and that would have been great. Third, I would lose my last open eth port on the router, Currently, eth0 is from the Netgear LB2120, eth1 is from my desktop pc, and eth3 and eth4 are to unifi ap-lrs. My plan (if ever I could get a stable, usable internet connection) was to use the empty eth2 to begin a ubiquiti mesh network to cover my outdoor area - porch, dock, etc.
As of today (LB2120 day #2), I'm leaning toward ditching DSL altogether because the LTE is working so well on its own. It's just the fear of throttling at 22Gb that stops me. In a pinch, I'd still have 10Gb more bandwidth for tethering from each of our two phones.
For now, I'd just like to see the LB2120 use my DSL as it should, rather than showing a connection, yet reporting "wireline unavailable" even though the modem status lights are okay. Maybe my DSL modem should not be in bridge mode? I haven't tried that yet, but what ultimately works sometimes makes no sense to me, so I guess it'll be worth a try.
In the meantime, I am LOVING the speed of LTE throughout my house, especially (as you pointed out) a respectable upload speed. I've learned to live with 4mbps down, and 0.4 up, so having 10-15mbps up/down is (to me) awesome. Darn that data cap.
By the way, the Cricket plan (I checked their site) sounds the same as the AT&T plan. Both unlimited plans say "After 22 GB of data usage ...may slow speeds." But you seem to also indicate that in reality, they don't enforce the cap. Still makes me nervous to contemplate ditching dsl entirely.
Ron
pwherman73, I now have the LB2120 working with DSL as primary, LTE as failover. Both the LB2120 and the old DSL modem need to be in router mode, not bridged. Now my problem is that I hate the DSL speeds (see prior post) and I may pursue the load balanced approach to get better overall performance without hitting the throttling threshold for LTE. Should I anticipate anything tricky about setting up edgerouter for load balancing, beyond the template/wizard? I may give it a go this weekend. Thanks again (to all) for the help here.