4G LTE Configuration

[TJ81]

I'm having trouble on configuring 4G LTE connection following are the config. I'm not getting an IP Address

Current configuration : 1778 bytes
!
! Last configuration change at 11:53:25 UTC Wed Jun 12 2019
!
version 15.7
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
no service password-encryption
!
hostname Router
!
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
!
!
!
no aaa new-model
!
!
!
!
!

*Jun 12 12:01:01.555: TTY0: pause timer t! )
!
!
!
!
!
!
ip cef
no ipv6 cef
!
multilink bundle-name authenticated
!
chat-script lte "" "ATDT*99#" TIMEOUT 60 "CONNECT"
!
!
license udi pid CISCO1941/K9 sn FGL192624RA
!
!
!
redundancy
!
!
!
!
!
controller Cellular 0/0
lte sim data-profile 1 attach-profile 1
lte modem link-recovery disable
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
interface Embedded-Service-Engine0/0
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
ip address 192.168.100.254 255.255.255.0
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly in
duplex auto
speed auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
no ip address
shutdown
duplex auto
speed auto
!
interface Cellular0/0/0
ip address negotiated
ip nat outside
ip virtual-reassembly in
encapsulation slip
dialer in-band
dialer idle-timeout 0
dialer string lte
dialer-group 1
ipv6 address autoconfig
!
interface Cellular0/0/1
no ip address
encapsulation slip
!
ip forward-protocol nd
!
no ip http server
no ip http secure-server
!
ip nat source list NAT interface Cellular0/0/0 overload
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Cellular0/0/0
!
ip access-list extended NAT
permit ip 192.168.100.0 0.0.0.255 any
!
dialer-list 1 protocol ip permit
dialer-list 1 protocol ipv6 permit
!
!
!
control-plane
!
!
line con 0
line aux 0
line 2
no activation-character
no exec
transport preferred none
transport output pad telnet rlogin lapb-ta mop udptn v120 ssh
stopbits 1
line 0/0/0
script dialer lte
no exec
line 0/0/1
no exec
line vty 0 4
login
transport input none
!
scheduler allocate 20000 1000
!
end

Router#ping 8.8.8.8
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 8.8.8.8, timeout is 2 seconds:

*Jun 12 11:53:59.295: TTY0: resume timer type 1 (OK)
*Jun 12 11:53:59.311: TTY0: pause timer type 1 (OK)
*Jun 12 11:53:59.311: TTY0: resume timer type 1 (OK)
*Jun 12 11:53:59.327: TTY0: pause timer type 1 (OK)...
*Jun 12 11:54:05.083: Ce0/0/0 DDR: re-enable timeout
*Jun 12 11:54:05.327: Ce0/0/0 DDR: place call
*Jun 12 11:54:05.327: Ce0/0/0 DDR: Dialing cause ip (s=192.168.100.254, d=8.8.8.8)
*Jun 12 11:54:05.327: Ce0/0/0 DDR: Attempting to dial lte
*Jun 12 11:54:05.327: CHAT0/0/0: Attempting async line dialer script
*Jun 12 11:54:05.327: CHAT0/0/0: Dialing using Modem script: lte & System script: none
*Jun 12 11:54:05.327: CHAT0/0/0: process started
*Jun 12 11:54:05.327: CHAT0/0/0: Asserting DTR
*Jun 12 11:54:05.327: CHAT0/0/0: Chat script lte started
*Jun 12 11:54:05.327: CHAT0/0/0: Sending string: ATDT*99#
*Jun 12 11:54:05.327: CHAT0/0/0: Expecting string: CONNECT
*Jun 12 11:54:05.335: CHAT0/0/0: Completed match for expect: CONNECT
*Jun 12 11:54:05.335: CHAT0/0/0: Chat script lte finished, status = Success
*Jun 12 11:54:05.335: TTY0/0/0: no timer type 1 to destroy
*Jun 12 11:54:05.335: TTY0/0/0: no timer type 0 to destroy
*Jun 12 11:54:05.335: TTY0/0/0: no timer type 2 to destroy.
*Jun 12 11:54:07.335: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Cellular0/0/0, changed state to up
*Jun 12 11:54:07.335: Ce0/0/0 DDR: Dialer statechange to up
*Jun 12 11:54:07.335: Ce0/0/0 DDR: Dialer call has been placed
*Jun 12 11:54:07.335: Ce0/0/0 DDR: dialer protocol up
*Jun 12 11:54:08.335: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Cellular0/0/0, changed state to up.
Success rate is 0 percent (0/5)
Router#
*Jun 12 11:54:09.327: TTY0: resume timer type 1 (OK)
Router#
Router#
Router#sh ip int br
Router#sh ip int brief
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol
Embedded-Service-Engine0/0 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
GigabitEthernet0/0 192.168.100.254 YES manual up up
GigabitEthernet0/1 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
Cellular0/0/0 unassigned YES TFTP up up
Cellular0/0/1 unassigned YES unset down down
NVI0 unassigned YES unset up up
Router#

[TJ81]

adding sh cel0/0/0 all

Router#sh cell 0/0/0 all
Hardware Information
====================
Modem Firmware Version = SWI9X15C_05.05.58.00
Modem Firmware built = 2015/03/04 21:30:23
Hardware Version = 1.0
Device Model ID: MC7304
Package Identifier ID: 1102029_9903299_MC7304_05.05.58.00_00_Cisco_005.014_000
International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) = 505038314355128
International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) = 352761062849352
Integrated Circuit Card ID (ICCID) = 89610300003148755268
Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services
Digital Network-Number (MSISDN) =
Modem Status = Online
Current Modem Temperature = 17 deg C
PRI SKU ID = 1102029, PRI version = 005.026_000, Carrier = Generic
OEM PRI version = 05.14

Profile Information
====================

Profile 1 = INACTIVE* **
--------
PDP Type = IPv4
Access Point Name (APN) = live.vodafone.com
Authentication = PAP
Username:
Password:

Profile 16 = INACTIVE
--------
PDP Type = IPv4
Access Point Name (APN) = live.vodafone.com
Authentication = PAP
Username:
Password:

* - Default profile
** - LTE attach profile

Data Connection Information
===========================
Profile 1, Packet Session Status = INACTIVE
Profile 2, Packet Session Status = INACTIVE
Profile 3, Packet Session Status = INACTIVE
Profile 4, Packet Session Status = INACTIVE
Profile 5, Packet Session Status = INACTIVE
Profile 6, Packet Session Status = INACTIVE
Profile 7, Packet Session Status = INACTIVE
Profile 8, Packet Session Status = INACTIVE
Profile 9, Packet Session Status = INACTIVE
Profile 10, Packet Session Status = INACTIVE
Profile 11, Packet Session Status = INACTIVE
Profile 12, Packet Session Status = INACTIVE
Profile 13, Packet Session Status = INACTIVE
Profile 14, Packet Session Status = INACTIVE
Profile 15, Packet Session Status = INACTIVE
Profile 16, Packet Session Status = INACTIVE

Network Information
===================
Current System Time = Fri Jun 21 0:57:33 2019
Current Service Status = No service
Current Service = Unknown
Current Roaming Status = Home
Network Selection Mode = Automatic
Network = vodafone AU
Mobile Country Code (MCC) = 505
Mobile Network Code (MNC) = 3
Packet switch domain(PS) state = Not attached
Location Area Code (LAC) = 0
Cell ID = 0
Network MTU is not Available

Radio Information
=================
Radio power mode = online
Channel Number = 0
Current Band = Unknown
Current RSSI(RSCP) = -78 dBm
Current ECIO = -9 dBm
Primary Scrambling Code = 0x0
Radio Access Technology(RAT) Preference = AUTO
Radio Access Technology(RAT) Selected = UMTS

Modem Security Information
==========================
Card Holder Verification (CHV1) = Disabled
SIM Status = OK
SIM User Operation Required = None
Number of CHV1 Retries remaining = 3

GPS Information
==========================

GPS Info
-------------
GPS Feature: enabled
GPS Port Selected: Dedicated GPS port
GPS Status: GPS location cannot be acquired
GPS auto tracking status: disabled (Mode is not set)
GPS auto tracking config: disabled
GPS Mode Configured: not configured/unknown
Last Location Fix Error: Not Available [0x0]

SMS Information
===============
Incoming Message Information
----------------------------
SMS stored in modem = 0
SMS archived since booting up = 0
Total SMS deleted since booting up = 0
Storage records allocated = 25
Storage records used = 0
Number of callbacks triggered by SMS = 0
Number of successful archive since booting up = 0
Number of failed archive since booting up = 0

Outgoing Message Information
----------------------------
Total SMS sent successfully = 0
Total SMS send failure = 0
Number of outgoing SMS pending = 0
Number of successful archive since booting up = 0
Number of failed archive since booting up = 0
Last Outgoing SMS Status = SUCCESS
Copy-to-SIM Status = 0x0
Send-to-Network Status = 0x0
Report-Outgoing-Message-Number:
Reference Number = 0
Result Code = 0x0
Diag Code = 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0

SMS Archive URL =

Error Information
=================

This command is not supported on this platform.

Modem Crashdump Information
===========================
WIC type is C00
Cellular0/0/0 is MC73xx based
Modem crashdump logging: off
Router#$

[Giuseppe Larosa]

Hello TJ81,

all profiles are inactive and the following line say

>> Current Service Status = No service

I would say that LTE is not currently available in your area.

You should try to configure the device to use a slower/older technology like 3G or even GSM.

There was a similar thread in the last days and the original poster of that thread solved in this way.

Hope to help

Giuseppe

[TJ81]

Hi Giuseppe,
Thank you for the information. But the area was covered under 4G. Also I was check on mobile phone on same carrier and i'm getting 4G on the same place where the router was placed.

[Giuseppe Larosa]

Hello TJ81,

ok there is 4G service.

The next step I would check is the chat script LTE you are using.

Check in the mobile provider support web pages what chat script they would expect to receive from an LTE modem.

Edit:

I have checked the configuration I had done for a customer using a C819 few years ago.

I report on the following lines the most meaningful sections:

chat-script hspa-R7 "" "AT!SCACT=1,1" TIMEOUT 60 "OK"

interface Cellular0
ip address negotiated
ip access-group 125 in
ip nat outside
ip inspect CLASSIC_FW out
ip virtual-reassembly in
encapsulation slip
dialer in-band
dialer string hspa-R7
dialer-group 1
>>async mode interactive
!

And the async line config:

line 3
exec-timeout 10 10
script dialer hspa-R7
modem InOut
no exec
transport input all
rxspeed 21600000
txspeed 5760000

Hope to help

Giuseppe

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

I have added a few things from a working configuration to yours (marked in bold). The chat script is different from yours and the one Giuseppe posted:

Current configuration : 1778 bytes
!
! Last configuration change at 11:53:25 UTC Wed Jun 12 2019
!
version 15.7
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
no service password-encryption
!
hostname Router
!
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
!
no aaa new-model
!
ip cef
no ipv6 cef
!
multilink bundle-name authenticated
!
chat-script lte "" "AT!CALL" TIMEOUT 60 "OK"

or

chat-script lte "" "AT!CALL1" TIMEOUT 20 "OK"
!
license udi pid CISCO1941/K9 sn FGL192624RA
!
redundancy
!
controller Cellular 0/0
lte sim data-profile 1 attach-profile 1
lte modem link-recovery disable
!
interface Embedded-Service-Engine0/0
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
ip address 192.168.100.254 255.255.255.0
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly in
duplex auto
speed auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
no ip address
shutdown
duplex auto
speed auto
!
interface Cellular0/0/0
ip address negotiated
ip nat outside
ip virtual-reassembly in
encapsulation slip
dialer in-band
dialer idle-timeout 0
dialer string lte
dialer-group 1
async mode interactive
ipv6 address autoconfig
!
interface Cellular0/0/1
no ip address
encapsulation slip
!
ip forward-protocol nd
!
no ip http server
no ip http secure-server
!
ip nat source list NAT interface Cellular0/0/0 overload
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Cellular0/0/0
!
ip access-list extended NAT
permit ip 192.168.100.0 0.0.0.255 any
!
dialer-list 1 protocol ip permit
dialer-list 1 protocol ipv6 permit
!
control-plane
!
line con 0
line aux 0
line 2
no activation-character
no exec
transport preferred none
transport output pad telnet rlogin lapb-ta mop udptn v120 ssh
stopbits 1
line 0/0/0
script dialer lte
modem InOut
no exec
line 0/0/1
no exec
line vty 0 4
login
transport input none
!
scheduler allocate 20000 1000
!
end

[TJ81]

Hi George & Larosa 

Thank you for  the suggestions. Still no luck I'm getting following on debugging   

Router#debug dialer

Dial on demand events debugging is on

Router#

Router#

Router#ping 8.8.8.8

Type escape sequence to abort.

Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 8.8.8.8, timeout is 2 seconds:

.....

Success rate is 0 percent (0/5)

Router#

*Jun 24 13:40:23.047: Ce0/0/0 DDR: re-enable timeout

*Jun 24 13:40:23.047: Ce0/0/0 DDR: place call

*Jun 24 13:40:23.047: Ce0/0/0 DDR: Dialing cause ipv6 (s=::, d=FF02::16)

*Jun 24 13:40:23.047: Ce0/0/0 DDR: Attempting to dial lte

*Jun 24 13:40:23.047: CHAT0/0/0: Attempting async line dialer script

*Jun 24 13:40:23.047: CHAT0/0/0: Dialing using Modem script: lte & System script: none

*Jun 24 13:40:23.047: CHAT0/0/0: process started

*Jun 24 13:40:23.047: CHAT0/0/0: Asserting DTR

*Jun 24 13:40:23.047: CHAT0/0/0: Chat script lte started

*Jun 24 13:40:43.047: CHAT0/0/0: Chat script lte finished, status = Connection timed out; remote host not responding

*Jun 24 13:40:43.047: Ce0/0/0 DDR: disconnecting call

Router#

another think I noted is 

Router#sh ip int brief

Interface                  IP-Address      OK? Method Status                Protocol

Embedded-Service-Engine0/0 unassigned      YES unset  administratively down down

GigabitEthernet0/0         192.168.100.254 YES manual administratively down down

GigabitEthernet0/1         unassigned      YES unset  administratively down down

Cellular0/0/0              unassigned      YES TFTP   up                    up

Cellular0/0/1              unassigned      YES unset  down                  down

NVI0                       unassigned      YES unset  up                    up

TFTP on cel 0/0/0  interface

[Giuseppe Larosa]

Hello TJ81,

I would go back to your original LTE chat script as now the debug shows a worse scenario it simply time out and the cell interface does not get any IP address.

keep the async mode interactive command in cell interface and the other commands under the corresponding line.

Edit:

I have seen in the other thread that you have solved and the issue was the SIM taken from a vodafone CPE.

Nice to know that it is not possible to re-use those SIMs in other routers.

Hope to help

Giuseppe