I have both GL-MiFi and Amarok. I have two sims that have static IP accounts associated with them. I have been given a specific APN to use with these static IPs. I also have a couple DHCP sims.
The GL-Mifi behaves as I expected. With a DHCP account sim it gets a random IP and works like expected. With the Static IP sim if the proper APN is entered it pulls the assigned IP and again works as expected.
The the X1200 behaves differently. With the DHCP sims it pulls a random address and works as expected. But with the static sims it pulls a random IP and has no connectivity. I’ve entered the APN over and over but it still behaves as if the APN was not assigned.
On my GL-Mifi I verified that if I enter the incorrect APN it will pull a random IP and give no connectivity. Could the Amarok be somehow be failing to apply the APN setting?
The other difference I notice is even if the incorrect APN is set on the GL-MiFi, it will send a text message eventually. But the Amarok doesn’t show the text message envelope icon.
I’ve reset the modem, repowered, reverted firmware, etc.
Proper IP shows in settings with 06 unit, not with 08 unit. No data passes with 08 model, data passes with 06 model, every time, every unit … (GL-MiFi, Spitz, Amrok)
I have contacted T-Mobile to see if they can give insight from logs or what they have. Waiting response as we asked Saturday.
Seems like one should be able to see these differences in a data sheet but I have not found any doc that shows what those particular numbers represent. Your examples show '04 and '06, perhaps it is a release version?
This is big deal for us, I sold several units with Static IP and now might have to replace units. Need to fix this :[
I just noticed that my units with “08” modems have firmware 3.027 and the units with “06” modems have 3.1 firmware.
I recall being on Goodcloud and receiving a message to upgrade the GL-MiFi and Mango to 3.1 for certain functionality. I can’t seem to make this happen on the Amarok or Spitz.
Had to revert the X1200 to 3.027 - with 3.100 I was unable to access the GL gui, only the lucy interface … I know I saw that issue somewhere but can’t find it again.
Because I just proved 5 times I could flash 3.027 and get the initial config and all the menus just fine, but the 3.1 will never go to #internet … I can force 192.168.8.1/welcome-guide.html, it lets create password, but only can log into Luci.
I have updated to the firmware you referenced and the unit boots and browses into the GUI nicely.
Tomorrow I will have the static sim to test and will report back again.
@wellnw Spitz does not pull the static ip with either B2B.static or fast.t-mobile.com APN :[
Updated to current 3.1 in download section. Still no static.
It pulls a DHCP address and registers the system, but no data can pass since the IP pulled is not the one assigned to the sim.
