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LB2120 4G Modem on Visible prepaid cellular
Have been using this modem with T-Mobile for several months and it works great! I just purchased the budget Android phone, the Visible R2, and activated this new phone from Visible, a Verizon prepai...
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This appears to be an artifact of PREPAID plans.In my case the modem displayed the LED pattern for NO SIM. Looking into the modem at 192.168.5.1 for ABOUT, I could see that the modem had acquired the SIM card details yet could not complete the connection as viewed by the Network Status without an IP address.
After much examination, I determined that the LB1120/LB2120 does not support this connection, most likely due to this account type.
Hi caprock ,
Please check APN profile settings as it may not have automatically setup the APN profile for your new ISP SIM. You can manually set it up via the WebUI and re-check connection.
Regards,
Arodi
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ArodiD, thanks for this. In my situation I have three accounts, with the T-Mobile as my primary: APN fast.t-mobile.com, IPV4, IPV4. This is my working device profile.
I have tried two other device accounts: Verizon (post paid) and Visible (prepaid Verizon). The Verizon account works and Visible does not. In both cases, the ABOUT and APN are the same: APN Name: Verizon (vzwinternet); APN: vzwinternet; Authintication: None; PDP: IPV4; PDP Roaming: IPV4.
Drats, this was a good idea to check. I had posted this but apparently not succesfull.
Thanks for this heads-up!
You are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! It was in fact, the APN setting that was wrong. This took me a while to locate the phone setting and then to spell the APN name correctly.
Thanks for your assist!
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I'm about to attempt this with the M1. Just to be clear, what settings, exactly, did you use to get your LB2120 up and running? Has it been successful so far? Thanks so much for this thread!
- APN Name: Verizon Visible; APN: vsblinteret; Authentication: None; PDP: IPV4; Roaming:IPV4
Note: APN is case sensitive. The APN name is not significant. I now have 2 mobile phone accounts but have not switched the modem yet from T-Mobile to Visible. TM seems tolerant with monthly usage of 50-75gb, fear Vis may not. Plan is to start Vis for the modem soon. 3 things to consider: (1) modem is serviced as a Hot Spot, limited to 5mbits up/down (2) international travel is not supported, cases where Sim card is back in phone. (3) if you have an iPhone 6 or later good to go. Android support is meager. For me, I chose the $99 Visible R2.
