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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...
Well the Verizon conspiracy and default settings kinda sidetracked me. But, I got the LM1200 working well:
Login to LM1200
Settings > LAN > Operation Modes > Router
Settings > LAN > DHCP Server > Disabled
IP Address > 192.168.5.1/24 > Submit
(Default but use whatever non-routable IP address you wish.)
Settings > Software and Reset > Restart > OK
Login to your router
WAN IP Address set to Static
WAN IP Address set to same subnet as LM1200
Reboot
Fast, smooth, reliable failover and fallback. Nairy a bobble.
Good deal and Good Night.
ilektranik
This actually worked for me, thanks for this.
- Turn off DHCP on the LM1200 in router mode and let your home router handle DHCP for your LAN
- Use the LM1200 IP as your default route on the home router
- LM1200 LAN port -> "WAN" port on home router
alannn ilektranik Thanks for the new information.
We are working on a new product for Verizon and facing the similar disconnection issue as LM1200. Working with Verizon on this now and hope the finding will help us to understand and fix the issue on LM1200.
Regards
Has there been update to this? I'm still facing this issue of not working in bridge mode which I need.
The easy workaround is to set it to router mode with DHCP off. Set the routers you connect to it to static and assign 192.168.5.x IPs to them, with netmask 255.255.255.0 and gateway 192.168.5.1. You'll need to assign DNS addresses, as well. I use 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare) and 4.4.4.4 (Level 3).