In the (QuickSet) menu, set up the following: Choose your country, to apply country regulation settings;
Set up your wireless network password in the left field;
Set up your router password in the bottom field.
I don’t see any LTE-settings in the QuickSet window, so there is no country setting.
The device is default as Router/Firewall.
There it has Internet as static with IP 192.168.88.1, as well Local network IP is the same 192.168.88.1.
Is that not buggy? Do I need to set it to automatic instead of static?
Wireless and wired LAN are ok, but Internet access via the SIM card from my provider (Congstar HomeSpot, Germany) in the router isn’t working yet.
Also DNS resolving isn’t working, as there is no DNS defined. I was thinking this will be set automatically from the mobile provider, not?
Could a kind soul please help me to get this working? Thx.
I don’t know but can you set the sim card wrong, backwards?
So the LTE interface will not appear if there is not any working sim card detected.
And with Mikrotik devices you need to upgrade two things.
But with LTE you have to upgrade also the LTE modem.
LTE on the QuickSet window I was meaning.
I think the SIM card is already inserted correctly.
An LTE interface under interfaces is present. But is there any country setting? Maybe I missed it. Will check again.
In APN settings you need to make sure to use the correct settings for your provider.
Other then that, there is little to be done.
That device is pretty much working out of the box.
If you already changed some settings, best to reset to default and then start again.
Use Quickset ONCE, then never again.
It can really mess with your settings if you changed things using webfig/winbox.
Where are the APN seetings?
Under the LTE interface it seems to have recognized the provider as “Telekom.de”.
But where can I find the WAN IP that gets assigned from the provider?
APN settings
Open Interfaces and then LTE tab.
There you have a button with LTE APNs
At least one should be defined and on lte interface itself you specify which one is to be used (I usually keep default as-is and make a new one for my purpose).
WAN IP
IP Addresses
Should be linked to lte1 interface
Now I finally have found the country setting on the QuickSet window, unexpectly under the wireless settings,
as I was thinking wireless means local wireless stuff, not mobile stuff.
It was by default set to the first in the country list: Afghanistan
But now I have unfortunately to reset the device again b/c I also had fiddled with the IPs there, can no longer access the IP…
And you were right, the country is related to local wireless (the wifi radio) as different countries allow different frequencies and transmitting power on them, nothing related to LTE, AFAICT.
Thx. I now have found all of them and it seems ok.
Under IP addresses I see the local IP (192.168.88.1) as well an IP (10.16.105.xx) for the lte1 interface.
So, as next step I tried to ping a public IP address from the MikroTik CLI, but it gives timeout
Hmm. what to do now?
Btw, where can I find the country setting in the CLI or the WebFig, as the QuickSet is a dangerous location?
Yes, pinging a public IP like 8.8.8.8 gives error “timeout”.
/ip route print shows something like this (I cannot do copy-paste, rather have to read from the screen):
So it is not a missing route the issue (otherwise you would have “no route to host”).
Have you configured (properly) the APN?
It depends on the ISP that issued the SIM, some work just nicely with the automatic APN (that the SIM provides) some need to have it set manually,
AND, if you need to set it manually, you MUST disable the “use network APN” otherwise the one you typed in will be ignored.
The ISP says the SIM can be used with any LTE router, it has even the PIN deactivated by default.
I would of course prefer an auto-setup over a manual one.
So, when I call the SIM provider, what should I ask them?
In WebFig:
Interfaces / LTE / LTE APNs :
Enabled yes
Comment
GeneraL:
Name lte1
Type LTE
MTU 1500
Actual MTU 1500
L2 MTU
Network mode: 3g lte
LTE Bands 1
PIN (nothing)
Operator (nothing)
Modem Init (nothing)
APN profile default
Allow roaming (nothing)
Cellular:
Current operator: Telekom.de
Current Cell ID: ...
...
Those values need to be filled in in APN settings.
And that APN record needs to be applied to your lte interface. Remember the above remark about “Use network APN settings” !
Usually you should be able to find that info on their website.
