unfortunately, there is a bug in 04-30 version where the Keep Connection Alive script is pointing to a private IP address to check the WAN connection. If you've set "Enabled with Restart", it will continue to reboot every time the scheduled task run due to the private IP address is unreachable.

Here's a quick workaround until the bug has been rectified in the next release:
- Change the settings for Keep Connection Alive in Modem tab to Enabled or Disabled
- Add the this command without the double quotes in Scheduled Tasks under System tab. "*/5 * * * * /bin/ping -c 10 openwrt.org || reboot"



Latest update:
Please redownload the 04-30 version from the website, it has been replaced with a working firmware.

This post has been edited by maxcheam: Apr 30 2013, 10:46 AM

Yup, just leave it alone.
I won't say there's no more disconnection. There will be as for any 3G connection you might come across, but the firmware will automatically reconnect it for you if it happens. It's either by restarting the network service or rebooting the router.

May I know if you use any specific APN? Thanks in advance!

good to know. Looks like to get connected to LTE, APN doesn't matter.

New Huntsman version available now - Huntsman 2013-05-21



This post has been edited by maxcheam: May 21 2013, 11:20 AM

If you're using the vanilla version of OpenWRT, go to Network tab and click on the 'Connect' button for your WAN/3G connection
If you're using ROOTer version of OpenWRT, i'd usually reboot the router. I'm not sure if the 'Connect' button will work or not, haven't really try it.

This post has been edited by maxcheam: May 21 2013, 01:45 PM

Vanilla version of OpenWRT means no customization which usually downloaded from www.openwrt.org
ROOter version of OpenWRT are the ones have customization and optimization specifically for 3G/4G connection, usually downloaded from http://rfactory.org/OpenWRT/

Since you mentioned that you're using Blackwidow version of firmware, it's one of the ROOter firmware. For ROOter firmwares, I won't say that it will establish 3G connection faster after boot up compared to the vanilla version of OpenWRT. The reason behind is ROOter runs some scripts to detect what is the best protocol your modem can support and connect using that protocol. This process will take up additional time. If you want to establish 3G connection fast after boot up, you should go for the vanilla version. But do note that the vanilla version will require a few extra steps before it will work with your 3G modem after you've just flashed it. Steps to do it should be in the first few posts or in earlier threads.

unfortunately, no as this is one of the most wanted features for ROOter firmwares.

from what I've experienced so far, I can either get 8Mbps DL/UL or nothing shown in the ROOter firmwares. It is just informational and it doesn't impact my connection speed. What do you need it for?

Wahroonga Farm mentioned this before that latest HM might experience crashes of LuCI. They're figuring out what went wrong.

In the meantime, you can SSH to the router and run this command to start back LuCI:

is it a significant amount of space? It might be the Bandwidth Monitoring feature where it logs the usage. However, it shouldn't take up a lot of space. Perhaps others can shed some light on this.

This post has been edited by maxcheam: Jun 14 2013, 03:26 PM

just a few KB, i guess it's normal. as long as it doesn't go to zero, it should be fine. Even if it goes to zero, your router will still be working. I've notice that these few items don't work if it happens:
- New firewall rules can't be saved
- New MAC filter can't be saved
- New scheduled tasks can't be saved
Basically all the configs you want to add that need >0kb extra won't be saved.

Anyhow, ROOter firmwares already pre-loaded with all the modules that you might need. Average users will not need the extra space. If you do need the extra space, upgrade to routers that have more memory like 1043ND.

Huntsman firmware dated 2013-06-18 is available now. I can send SMS from MR3020 with E398 but I can't seem to view any SMS received. Anyone manage to get it work?

I believe I've waited for more than that. It manage to show the total of SMS it's capable to handle and the number of used slots. I'm supposed this is reading from the SIM card. Unfortunately, nothing show in the message box.

This post has been edited by maxcheam: Jun 21 2013, 10:24 AM

Looking forward to test it tonight!!

Upgraded to the latest version. SMS working fine and the rest seem okay so far. We'll see if there is any modem lock-up issue with modem toggle option turned on.


Added on 28 June 2013:
Is there anyway to input our own Scheduled Task? seems like the addition options for Modem Connection Settings is overwriting any additional jobs that i tried to schedule.

This post has been edited by maxcheam: Jun 28 2013, 08:33 AM

Thanks for helping to ask on the task scheduling!

As for SMS, yup, it's working as expected. But I'm experiencing some crashing issue. I have over 40 SMS in the SIM card to be deleted. While I understand that we need to wait long enough for the delete and refresh commands to work, repeatedly deleting SMS one by one will cause the modem to go haywire, connection dropped and it won't be restored even though I have modem toggle enabled. Need to do a manual reboot from LuCI.

Anyhow, this is not that critical since the SMS feature is just a supplementary feature. I shall move the SIM card to a mobile phone and delete those SMS.

This post has been edited by maxcheam: Jun 28 2013, 11:03 AM

thanks for the update! I'll try to change the firmware scripts for now then. By the way, the reason why I needed to add additional Scheduled Tasks is to add a ping and reboot command if it couldn't reach local LAN IP. I'm not sure if anyone experience this but the WiFi on two of my MR3020 will intermittently die. I'll have to manually power cycle the router if I don't have the schedule job.

If you're using ROOter Hunstman version, it has the Bandwidth Monitoring feature. I'm using it to track my monthly data usage.

how long is your very very long? My average time is between 1-5 minutes.