01-27-2023 09:40 AM - last edited on 03-17-2023 02:13 AM by Translator
Hello,
I'm currently trying to configure an IR829GW for use as a mobile hotspot on a company vehicle, but am having an issue where I can not reach the internet through either the WiFi AP, or any of the ethernet ports.
*Cellular is configured with an AT&T sim, and appears to be functional, as I can ping out to 8.8.8.8 with 100% success rate, and the rest of the cellular setting appear correct.
*WiFi AP is currently configured with active SSID's for 2.4 and 5GHz bands, and I can connect to these SSID's, albeit with no internet access through the cellular link.
*Ethernet ports are configured and appear to be functional, as I can connect my company's business internet modem with a patch cable to any of the ethernet ports, and then I have access to the internet over the 2.4 and 5GHz WiFi AP through the GigabitEthernet ports. I can also connect other ethernet devices to any of the 4 ethernet ports and have normal connectivity/switching/routing.
Note: the cellular 0 interface appears to go down (sleep?) when I'm not trying to ping an IP, then once I enter "ping 8.8.8.8" the cellular 0 interface comes back up momentarily to complete the ping, then seemingly goes back down. Here is the cellular startup/shutdown scenario as seen on the console:
IR829#
IR829#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:
*Jan 27 18:00:58.011: %CELLWAN-2-BEARER_UP: Instance id=0, Default bearer (beare r_id=5) in Cellular0 is now UP.
*Jan 27 18:01:00.113: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Cellular0, changed state to up
*Jan 27 18:01:01.113: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Cellular0, changed state to up.!!!
Success rate is 60 percent (3/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 140/185/256 ms
IR829#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 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 152/163/174 ms
IR829#
*Jan 27 18:01:42.227: %CELLWAN-2-BEARER_DELETED: Instance id=0, Default bearer (bearer_id=5) in Cellular0 is no w deleted.
*Jan 27 18:01:44.227: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Cellular0, changed state to reset
*Jan 27 18:01:45.227: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Cellular0, changed state to down
*Jan 27 18:01:49.227: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Cellular0, changed state to down
Here is my current configuration:
IR829#sh config
Using 3328 out of 262144 bytes
!
! Last configuration change at 17:50:56 UTC Fri Jan 27 2023
!
version 15.6
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
service password-encryption
!
hostname IR829
!
boot-start-marker
boot system flash:/ir800-universalk9-mz.SPA.156-3.M1b
boot-end-marker
!
!
enable secret xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
enable password xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
!
no aaa new-model
service-module wlan-ap 0 bootimage autonomous
!
ignition off-timer 900
!
ignition undervoltage threshold 9
!
no ignition enable
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
ip cef
no ipv6 cef
!
multilink bundle-name authenticated
!
!
!
chat-script lte "" "AT!CALL" TIMEOUT 20 "OK"
!
!
license udi pid IR829GW-LTE-NA-AK9 sn FTX2108Z072
!
!
!
redundancy
!
!
!
!
!
controller Cellular 0
lte sim data-profile 1 attach-profile 1 slot 0
no lte gps enable
lte modem link-recovery rssi onset-threshold -110
lte modem link-recovery monitor-timer 20
lte modem link-recovery wait-timer 10
lte modem link-recovery debounce-count 6
description AT&T
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
interface GigabitEthernet0
ip address 10.1.10.6 255.255.255.0
no mop enabled
!
interface GigabitEthernet1
no ip address
no mop enabled
!
interface GigabitEthernet2
no ip address
no mop enabled
!
interface GigabitEthernet3
no ip address
no mop enabled
!
interface GigabitEthernet4
no ip address
no mop enabled
!
interface Wlan-GigabitEthernet0
no ip address
no mop enabled
!
interface GigabitEthernet5
no ip address
duplex auto
speed auto
no mop enabled
!
interface Cellular0
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
!
interface Cellular1
no ip address
encapsulation slip
!
interface wlan-ap0
no ip address
!
interface Vlan1
ip address 192.168.0.2 255.255.255.0
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly in
no mop enabled
!
interface Async0
no ip address
encapsulation scada
!
interface Async1
no ip address
encapsulation scada
!
!
ip forward-protocol nd
!
no ip http server
no ip http secure-server
!
ip nat inside source list 1 interface Cellular0 overload
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Cellular0
ip ssh server algorithm encryption aes128-ctr aes192-ctr aes256-ctr
ip ssh client algorithm encryption aes128-ctr aes192-ctr aes256-ctr
!
dialer-list 1 protocol ip permit
dialer-list 1 protocol ipv6 permit
ipv6 ioam timestamp
!
!
access-list 1 permit 192.168.0.0
access-list 1 permit 192.168.0.2
!
control-plane
!
!
!
!
line con 0
stopbits 1
line 1 2
stopbits 1
line 3
script dialer lte
no exec
transport preferred lat pad telnet rlogin lapb-ta mop udptn v120 ssh
transport output lat pad telnet rlogin lapb-ta mop udptn v120 ssh
rxspeed 100000000
txspeed 50000000
line 4
no activation-character
no exec
transport preferred none
transport input all
transport output lat pad telnet rlogin lapb-ta mop udptn v120 ssh
line 8
no exec
transport preferred lat pad telnet rlogin lapb-ta mop udptn v120 ssh
transport output lat pad telnet rlogin lapb-ta mop udptn v120 ssh
rxspeed 100000000
txspeed 50000000
line 1/3 1/6
transport preferred none
transport output none
stopbits 1
line vty 0 4
password xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
login
transport input none
!
no scheduler max-task-time
iox hypervisor password xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
!
!
!
!
!
!
end
IR829#
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02-06-2023 04:39 PM - last edited on 03-17-2023 02:21 AM by Translator
Ok, I connected a PC via GE1 and configured the PC with IP 192.168.0.10, mask 255.255.255.0, and gateway 192.168.0.2, and now I am able to reach the internet. Excellent news. I feel like a dummy for forgetting to change the IP on the connected PC's
Looks like I also made the mistake of configuring the WiFi AP with the incorrect IP, so I corrected that and now I can reach the internet over the WiFi AP as well.
Only problem now is that the cellular interface seems to go down after a short period of no activity:
*Feb 7 01:42:38.107: %CELLWAN-2-BEARER_DELETED: Instance id=0, Default bearer (bearer_id=5) in Cellular0 is now deleted.
*Feb 7 01:42:40.107: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Cellular0, changed state to reset
*Feb 7 01:42:41.107: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Cellular0, changed state to down
*Feb 7 01:42:45.107: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Cellular0, changed state to down
Then the only way to get the cellular interface back up is to connect a PC to a GE port, and try and load a webpage:
*Feb 7 01:51:46.457: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface GigabitEthernet1, changed state to up
*Feb 7 01:51:47.457: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet1, changed state to up
*Feb 7 01:52:15.125: %CELLWAN-2-BEARER_UP: Instance id=0, Default bearer (bearer_id=5) in Cellular0 is now UP
*Feb 7 01:52:17.227: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Cellular0, changed state to up
*Feb 7 01:52:18.227: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Cellular0, changed state to up
Is there a way to always keep the cellular interface "always on"?
02-06-2023 04:49 PM - last edited on 03-17-2023 02:22 AM by Translator
that good news....but glad you were able to make all work well..our effort is paid off.
gig port (which is lan ports) you can make it switchport (so that become as Lan ports) - if I recall correctly on this models.
config t
interface giig 1
shutdown
switchport
no shut
!
if all good mark as resolved.
02-07-2023 11:11 AM
Ok I added that to the config. All seems to be working great now!
Thank you very, very much for all of your help sir, I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge!
02-07-2023 01:04 AM - last edited on 03-17-2023 02:23 AM by Translator
Hello,
add the below to your configuration:
ip sla 1
icmp-echo 8.8.8.8 source-interface cellular 0
!
ip sla schedule 1 life forever start-time now
This will make sure that there is always 'interesting' traffic that keeps the cellular interface up and connected.
02-07-2023 11:09 AM
Much appreciated, thank you.
02-07-2023 02:06 PM
Thank you again to you as well sir, I really appreciate you sharing your time and knowledge!
01-27-2023 12:31 PM - edited 01-27-2023 12:34 PM
double post deleted
01-27-2023 12:34 PM - last edited on 03-17-2023 02:23 AM by Translator
Hello,
the access list does not look right. Make sure it looks like this:
access-list 1 permit 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.255
01-27-2023 12:38 PM
Got it, much appreciated sir.
Do I need to make that change under a particular controller/interface, or just under global config?
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