GL-MT1300 (Beryl) Easy Tether Config Issues

alzhao · 2021-03-27T04:04:10.110Z

As the UI is not compatible to work with easytethering, so it does not show the correct info.

Can you give a little more details of the luci config for reference?

Fernando · 2021-03-27T14:41:49.178Z

Hi,

Of course see below

Once you log in to Luci go to Network and select Interfaces, that will send you this first screenshot.
I notice that you can select either WAN or Tethering or probably create a new Interface, once decided which one click on edit and go to the second screenshot below to se next step.

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Once on Edit go to Physical Settings Tab, open the Interface select menu and select the adapter marked on the screenshot ( Ethernet Adapter: “tap-easytether” (wan)), then click save, go to the next screenshot below.

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Now click Save & Apply, the router will reboot and you should have now internet connection with no issues at all, just don’t touch your phone leave it there connected. the GL-MT1300 (Beryl) wifi signal is surprisingly big enough to cover a full home. This device so far works amazing.

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alzhao · 2021-03-28T14:17:26.177Z

Thanks for the infomation. Seems just need to add “tap-easytether” to interface name so that it can be discovered as tethering.

Fernando · 2021-03-28T16:24:11.302Z

Hi,

I already try that but still is seeing the phone connected as a 3g 4g Modem.

Still trying to figure that out in order to see the LED solid white as internet connected.

Fernando · 2021-03-28T17:09:05.910Z

Hi,

I just installed a Micro SD Card 32GB but is not being recognize at all in the network discovery.

Is there any special instructions to access it?

Exile1975 · 2021-03-28T18:39:19.074Z

You need to download and install the file sharing. Log in to the router, go to applications, file sharing and install from there.

Fernando · 2021-03-29T01:48:36.878Z

Nice, already got it to work, last thing missing is to make Beryl recognize Easy Tether as Tethering in the Admin Panel instead of recognizing the phone as 3G 4G Modem.

Fernando · 2021-03-29T23:45:22.304Z

HI,

I just notice something i do see the GL-MT1300 on my network but once i connect the drive via the network drive it doesn’t see the Micro SD card of 32Gb I formated it to NTFS still dont see it

Exile1975 · 2021-03-30T00:12:49.684Z

Are you using a version of the firmware from the stable release, or the snapshot? I was having problems with internal sd card reader and some cards but that was fixed in the beta 4 snapshot. If you haven’t already updated to snapshot beta 4 or 5 you should try one of them. Also make sure that ntfs-3g is installed to be able to write to it. See this link

OpenWrt Wiki – 27 Feb 11

Writable NTFS

Writable NTFS Once you have obtained Basic USB support, you now want to connect a storage (USB stick, USB harddisk, etc) device to your router. Using kmod-fs-ntfs only provides read support. This HowTo will show you how to obtain read/write support...

Fernando · 2021-03-30T00:18:50.398Z

Hi,

I’m using the last stable one. Can you share the link on where to look for them? I kind of lost it.

Thanks

Exile1975 · 2021-03-30T00:23:20.439Z

https://dl.gl-inet.com/firmware/snapshots/

alzhao · 2021-03-31T02:46:50.361Z

Fernando:

Nice, already got it to work, last thing missing is to make Beryl recognize Easy Tether as Tethering in the Admin Panel instead of recognizing the phone as 3G 4G Modem.

Submitted an internal requirement to add this.

johnnyfly123 · 2021-04-04T01:20:00.512Z

Fernando how many devices can connect to your network with easytether ?

Fernando · 2021-04-04T04:40:40.988Z

I haven’t try to connect my whole house but I figure I shouldn’t have any issues the beryl can hold more than I need. I ll do the test to connect a couple of devices to see what happen, so far is working great, I dont regret having the beryl with easytether

johnnyfly123 · 2021-04-04T08:41:45.240Z

I’m having issues with 10+ low bandwidth devices. Just curious if you have similar probs. I’m trying to figure out if it’s easytether bottleneck or the AR150 I have and I’ll get a better model.

johnnyfly123 · 2021-04-19T03:02:27.116Z

I’ve got the beryl. Setup was very easy, but works no better than the AR150.

I wish I knew how to troubleshoot.

I’ve got 2 wired devices: a camera hub station that does not actively use bandwidth (only on motion), and a door lock module that doesn’t use much bandwidth.

On 2G I have 7 low bandwidth devices: led lights mostly.

On 5G I have 3 devices: two desktop computers and a laptop.

When trying to use the desktop computers the network completely fails, and I have to restart everything. I’ll open a game, like fortnite and it takes 5-15 minutes to start, and when it does the connection is SOLID for hours.

So something is happening. The setup works, but it’s fickle and I’m not sure what sets it off.

alzhao · 2021-04-19T04:39:28.421Z

Seems that it is easytether driver limitation

johnnyfly123 · 2021-04-19T05:46:59.134Z

You’re probably right. I will test with native tethering. Wish there was another way to use native without blowing through data so fast. Paying 400$ for three cell phones you should get unlimited tethering

Fernando · 2021-04-19T23:22:40.008Z

My apologies I still haven’t try my whole house I haven’t had the time I usually use it when I’m not at home. But still mine is working great. Yes at the beginning I had to factory reset everything until I got it to work. Once I got it I did a final factory reset and did a clean set up. And so far no issues at all. Have you try a factory reset and a new clean set up?

johnnyfly123 · 2021-04-21T17:51:44.162Z

Fernando- no worries, but yes I am very interested in hearing your experience. I am not sure what is happening. When I use easytether when all of my devices are connected, and I go on a desktop to launch a game (fortnite), or open a web browser and search, everything just keeps loading until I am met with the error: This site can’t be reached ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT- after a few minutes it refreshed the page about half way, and then it happens again. As far as fortnite, the game just is stuck on the server connection screen, just keeps loading. If I leave it for about 15 minutes it eventually connects, THEN I can play completely uninterrupted and at great speed for however long I need. It’s really weird. During this time, I may see my camera hub attached the the network disconnect, but with whatever is getting direct bandwidth I am solid. Not sure where to look for logs to show this. I will say, there was improvement when I used native tethering instead of ET, but obviously that defeats what I am trying to do here.