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LM1200 repeatedly dropping link
I recently purchased an LM1200-100NAS to serve as an LTE failover connection for my homelab and noticed a strange issue while setting up my pfSense-based router to use the LM1200 as a secondary WAN c...
Just bought my LM1200 yesterday and just noticed this issue. It happens just about every 2 hours (T-Mobile DHCP lease time?). I've attached a screenshot of the log entries from my router.
1. Bridge Mode
2. T-Mobile
3. T Mobile (fast.t-mobile.com)
4. IPv4
5. Is LM1200 connecting to WAN backhaul - No
6. Mikrotik RB5009
7. N/A
I've been observing my device and I've notice something interesting.
I put the device in router mode like alot of people. While this does keep the link from going down, the LTE connection continues to cycle every 2 hours or so. This can be observed on the dashboard in the "Session" box, as the Elapsed Time resets to 0m every time the connection drops and re-establishes. I can't be sure if the session drops because of the hotspot or the carrier, but my gut tells me its the carrier, as this issue isn't unique to this device.
In bridge mode, this behavior results in the link being dropped, as the device has to cope with the session drop. In bridge mode, the IP address is assigned by the carrier, and if the carrier drops the session, the IP address assignment goes with it.
So the ask to Netgear, from my perspective, would be for the hotspot to better handle the dropping of session by the carrier, resulting in the link NOT going down even if the session has to drop and be re-established.
I'll call my carrier for assistance on the session dropping when I have some time.
zelthian wrote:
I've been observing my device and I've notice something interesting.
I put the device in router mode like alot of people. While this does keep the link from going down, the LTE connection continues to cycle every 2 hours or so. This can be observed on the dashboard in the "Session" box, as the Elapsed Time resets to 0m every time the connection drops and re-establishes. I can't be sure if the session drops because of the hotspot or the carrier, but my gut tells me its the carrier, as this issue isn't unique to this device.
In bridge mode, this behavior results in the link being dropped, as the device has to cope with the session drop. In bridge mode, the IP address is assigned by the carrier, and if the carrier drops the session, the IP address assignment goes with it.
So the ask to Netgear, from my perspective, would be for the hotspot to better handle the dropping of session by the carrier, resulting in the link NOT going down even if the session has to drop and be re-established.
I'll call my carrier for assistance on the session dropping when I have some time.
Please confirm you are also using Verizon?
Thanks
