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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...
I just purchased the LM1200 as a backup WAN link for my TL-R600VPN router. I have Verizon and have experience the same issues as everyone else -- the link is only up for about 5 seconds, then the link drops and this cycle repeats itself. I should have went to this support page instead of wasting several hours of my time trying to figure this out! Very frustrating. My LM1200 works fine if I connect it to a PC ethernet jack, but it exhibits this behavior if I connect it to one of the WAN ports on my router. I have tried both Bridge and Router mode, with the same results. Has anybody found a solution to this? Does anyone know if I ditch this LM1200 for another verizon hotspot like the Verizon 5G M1000 (it has an ethernet jack) will I just have the same problems?
Thanks!
I finally had to give up on this one. I have to stay with Verizon (their cell tower to the east of my location is the only reliable signal source) so after trying several other options I wound up shifting to a verizon business account with a static IP provisioned and a demo unit of an Inseego Skyus 160. Once it arrived it took me under an hour to get everything configured and running, and most of my various problems (stability, UDP packets reaching my IoT devices via my local WAP fed by the LTE gateway) went away.
I understand that with no resolution between Verizon and Netgear there is very little that might be possible to fix this. Ultimately it doesn't matter who is in the wrong here though if the LM1200 can't be made to work with a Verizon consumer LTE signal and a working solution is needed.
bbatty66 wrote:
I understand that with no resolution between Verizon and Netgear there is very little that might be possible to fix this. Ultimately it doesn't matter who is in the wrong here though if the LM1200 can't be made to work with a Verizon consumer LTE signal and a working solution is needed.Given that this issue was originally reported in August of 2021 and Netgear has yet to take any meaningful steps to resolve it, all references to Verizon support should be removed from the product. As-is Netgear could be subject to litigation for false advertising under Section 43 of the Lanham Act...
Posting on this thread to say that I too have a client using the LM1200 (Firmware EC25AFFDR07A09M4G) and experiencing connectivity issues as described on this thread on the Verizon network. JohnPeng the last we heard from you on this thread was on March 19, 2022 -- any updates since then?
Thanks!
