RB411 MC8705 Issues

RouterOS General
1

Hi,

Im having some issues trying to get an RB411U working with my Sierra card MC8705.

The RB411U appears to detect the card but if i try to access the info i get “modem did not respond” i cant change the data or info channels because it errors and says they dont exist. i have tried 2 differant MC8705 cards and 3 differant RB411U. Am i missing something here or are the MC8705’s faulty?

System > resource > USB shows the Sierra wireless MC8705 but nothing i do will get it going.

Any help would be appreciated.

2

Anyone able to offer some assistance here? it looks to me like both my modems are dead but id rather not order new ones if its just a config issue.

Would really appreciate some help.

3

You haven’t actually given a lot to go on.

What are the settings you have?

4

Heres the settings i have used previously on these setups.

/port
set 1 name=usb2
/interface ppp-client
add apn=telstra.internet data-channel=3 dial-on-demand=no disabled=no \
    info-channel=6 name=ppp-out1 port=usb2

However when i use that now on a blank config i get errors that the channels do not exist. If i leave the channels on on 0 and set my apn it doesnt do anything, doesnt try to connect or anything. If i hit the info button i get an error that the modem did not respond.

5

You can find the correct data and info channels for the MC8705 with Telstra here http://www.wisp.net.au/mc8705-telstra-mikrotik-setup-n-15.html or here http://shop.duxtel.com.au/article_info.php?articles_id=39