MT1300 setup

elorimer · 2021-09-01T07:03:58.437Z

We’re all a little confused because it sounded like you connected with a laptop, and a tablet, and a w8.1 PC and a phone, and a firestick. And it isn’t clear what cables, plugged into what ports, you’re talking about. And then you added in a VPN, so you should go back to basics first. You can go about this one of two ways.
First way:

Plug in the Beryl. Wait a minute.
Hold in the reset button on the right side for 10 seconds. The front light will flash rapidly. This resets the Beryl. Unplug the Beryl, wait a few seconds, plug it back in and wait a minute. The front light should be solid blue.
Now, move to a device that uses wifi to connect to your Nighthawk: Laptop, tablet or phone. With that device, search for available wifi networks. You want to be in the same room with the Beryl. You should see one or two, depending on the device, with the names “MT1300-xxx” or “MT1300-5G-xxx”, with the xxx being a string of numbers and letters unique to your Beryl. If you don’t see one of those two wifi networks, the Beryl isn’t working and you should return it.
If you see one of those networks, connect to it with the password “goodlife”.
Using a browser on your device, go to http://192.168.8.1. That should bring up the admin panel and you can proceed from there. If you don’t get the panel asking for a choice of language, go back to step 1.

Second way, using a device that uses an ethernet connection, plug in that devices ethernet cable into one of the two LAN ports. Not the WAN port, the farthest of the tree away from the power plug!! Then do steps 1, 2 and 5. If 5 doesn’t succeed, then make sure your device has a new IP address by resetting its network connection. It will be in the range of 192.168.8.xxx, and it sounds like you’ve done it before.

Note: I’m posting this on a laptop connected wirelessly to my Beryl which is repeating a hotel wifi signal. We’ve got a Windows laptop, a chromebook, a chromecast, two phones and an ipad. Place to place, all we have to do is plug in the Beryl and scan for the hotel wifi signal and connect.

67corvette · 2021-09-01T15:07:53.547Z

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Plug in the Beryl. Wait a minute.
Hold in the reset button on the right side for 10 seconds. The front light will flash rapidly. This resets the Beryl. Unplug the Beryl, wait a few seconds, plug it back in and wait a minute. The front light should be solid blue.
Now, move to a device that uses wifi to connect to your Nighthawk: Laptop, tablet or phone. With that device, search for available wifi networks. You want to be in the same room with the Beryl. You should see one or two, depending on the device, with the names “MT1300-xxx” or “MT1300-5G-xxx”, with the xxx being a string of numbers and letters unique to your Beryl. If you don’t see one of those two wifi networks, the Beryl isn’t working and you should return it.Got to this point
If you see one of those networks, connect to it with the password “goodlife”.didn’t ask for goodlife but asked for new password which I did
Using a browser on your device, go to http://192.168.8.1. That should bring up the admin panel and you can proceed from there. If you don’t get the panel asking for a choice of language, go back to step 1.
Admin Panel came up. It shows cable not connected. on laptop is GL-MT1300 strong but on Beryl slow blinkng blue light not white which tells me not connected to internet

Second way, using a device that uses an ethernet connection, plug in that devices ethernet cable into one of the two LAN ports. Not the WAN port, the farthest of the tree away from the power plug!! Then do steps 1, 2 and 5. If 5 doesn’t succeed, then make sure your device has a new IP address by resetting its network connection. It will be in the range of 192.168.8.xxx, and it sounds like you’ve done it before.
**Tried second way. Reset Beryl plugged ethernet from my router to port next to WAN reset ip address on laptop to 192,168.8.150 selected MT 1300 then went 192.168.8.1 **admin panel is up , shows 2 WLAN clients and 1 LAN client. I have white light. Went to wireless to scan for networks and it only showed a repeater that is on the outside of the house furthest away from main router but I was able to connect my phone BUT it did not work unless I had a cable plugged into my Nighthawk. At the hotel I will not have that ability.
I do appreciate your help, thank you.

67corvette · 2021-09-01T15:26:35.029Z

**Update: I really don’t understand but frustrated I went for a cup of coffee, if it was 4pm I would have had bourbon but when I came back Ethernet plug was disconnected so I went on my desktop chose Gl-MT1300 went to the panel clicked on wireless got to the Extender and then clicked on arrow and all the networks appeared chose Netgear 32 and it worked so went to phone and was able to connect to Beryl.
Guess I am good to go. I’ll write you from Mexico when it doesn’t work. HA! Thanks again.

Happi · 2021-09-01T16:07:29.517Z

I’ll have a go, as you seem to be confusing what to put where etc…
1.connect laptop to Beryl (MT 1300) using wifi (eg. something like “MT1300-xxx” or “MT1300-5G-xxx”).
2. using browser go to 192.168.8.1 - on 1st boot you will be prompted to set language and change admin password (remember this!)
3. in the admin panel click on “wireless” and set-up your 2.4G and 5G wireless (you probably only need the 2.4G, so you can optionally turn off the 5G). Enter your preferred SSID (eg. corvette or corvette2 and corvette5 if you wish to setup both 2.4G and 5G), select WPA2-PSK (security), enter a new wifi key (eg. goodlife2), 802.11 b/g/n (mode), and leave everything else as is. Click “apply”.
4. Now your laptop will be disconnected from the Beryl and you have to reconnect to the new SSID you just entered (eg. corvette). WIndows will ask for the key you entered (goodlife2).
5. reconnect to the admin panel, 192.168.8.1, using the new admin password you set up in step2.
5. Now you are ready to connect to the internet (Captive Portal). Click internet then “scan” in the repeater box (this is clearly explained in the above video 3:50-4:25). When you test at home, the network you are looking for iis your Netgear Nighthawk.

elorimer · 2021-09-01T17:16:45.525Z

67corvette:

**Update: I really don’t understand but frustrated I went for a cup of coffee, if it was 4pm I would have had bourbon but when I came back Ethernet plug was disconnected so I went on my desktop chose Gl-MT1300 went to the panel clicked on wireless got to the Extender and then clicked on arrow and all the networks appeared chose Netgear 32 and it worked so went to phone and was able to connect to Beryl.
Guess I am good to go. I’ll write you from Mexico when it doesn’t work. HA! Thanks again.

yay!
I find that it can take sometimes 5 minutes for all the repeater bits to settle into place. The wireless network resets itself when it is passing on the internet from another wireless network this way.

Before you go, search here for the threads about hotel captive portals and print one out to take with you. You sometimes have to tease them into triggering.

67corvette · 2022-01-19T13:22:38.102Z

It now January and in Mexico. Hotel modem has no ports only where connected to wall cable. Strange modem has no power cord only ethernet cable. Tried to setup Beryl but can’t access 192.168.8.1. I don’t have a laptop only samsung tablet or iPhone 13. Neither one works. I can see the Beryl but no internet.

elorimer · 2022-01-19T14:20:17.388Z

Let’s start with some basics. I’m guessing the hotel modem is not a modem, but a wireless access point with power-over-ethernet. Did the hotel give you instructions on how to connect to it? Can you connect to the hotel’s device with either the Samsung tablet or the iPhone? If you can’t, then getting the Beryl functioning correctly won’t solve the problem completely.

On to the Beryl. I’m unclear what you mean by “I can see the Beryl” “but can’t access 192.168.8.1”. Does that mean you can make the wireless connection to the Beryl? The Beryl is plugged in, lights up, broadcasting the SSIN you normally see, you can connect with the Samsung tablet to that SSIN using the password you normally use? You aren’t connecting to some other device?

If in a browser you can’t access 192.168.8.1, then I would start by finding out what IP address your tablet is getting. You can find out in your tablet’s settings. If it is 192.168.8.xx, good. If it is 169.254.xx.xx, that’s bad, because it means the Beryl isn’t connecting correctly and you will have to reset it to defaults. If it is something else, like 192.168.1.xx, then you need to see what your default gateway is. It may be that you are connected to a different AP, perhaps one that is open and doesn’t require a password.

Start with that.

67corvette · 2022-01-19T16:52:32.314Z

Yes you are right it is then an access point and YES I can connect to internet. IP is 172.20.13.7. I can connect also with my iPhone.

Yes I can connect to Beryl and when connected it says connected but no internet. IP is 192.168.8.185

I had done a reset but could not get to admin panel because I can’t access 192.168.8.1. I am really in a quandary.

I do appreciate your help. Thanks

elorimer · 2022-01-19T18:09:36.857Z

I’m stumped. The Beryl is giving you an address in its range, so I don’t understand why .8.1 isn’t responding. A reset should have come up with that as the right place to reach the interface, no matter what.

Maybe try clearing the tablets browser cache.

There is a new stable firmware–3.211–as of a week ago with a new wifi driver. But if you can’t get to the interface it will be hard for you to load with the tools at hand.

wcs2228 · 2022-01-19T21:57:04.047Z

Are you able to ping 192.168.8.1 from the LAN to confirm it is the correct IP address of the router?

If so and you have a Windows PC, open a Command Prompt window and run the command:

telnet 192.168.8.1 80

It should connect and you can just close the Command Prompt afterwards, so httpd is at least running. If you get a message that it could not open connection, then the Admin GUI is not running.

elorimer · 2022-01-20T00:55:33.707Z

@67corvette said he has a Samsung tablet and an iPhone, and that he had reset the router. So we don’t have a Windows PC to work with. I don’t have any familiarity with iphones, so maybe someone can leverage that for you.

Maybe we can try these things:

On the Samsung tablet, “forget” the Beryl network to be sure you get new IP settings from the Beryl.
This weeks New Yorker magazine has a cartoon showing a tech support guy with a headset, saying, “have you tried turning it off and taking a nap?” Sort of a joke, but maybe unplugging the Beryl and letting it sit for 5 minutes would also give a clean slate.
Then plug it in and use the tablet to rejoin the Beryl’s network. See if you get an .8.xx address and an .8.1 default gateway. Clear the browser cache and see if you can connect to .8.1.
If not, then join the hotel network and download from the Play store a terminal emulator. Then go back to the Beryl network and try with the emulator to ping .8.1.
If you can, and you still can’t reach the Beryl with the browser, then something is borked with the GUI. If you have the patience, join the hotel network and download Juice from the Play store. This is an SSH client. Use it to try to connect to .8.1 with the admin password as @wcs2228 suggests.
If you still can’t, take a nap. If, after the nap, you have the patience, reset the Beryl to defaults and start over. If it still doesn’t work, report back with the firmware you are using.

I hope others have better ideas for you.

wcs2228 · 2022-01-20T01:30:07.885Z

In general, it is good to keep a SSH app installed and handy. There are a number of apps with both Telnet and SSH capabilities on pretty much every platform.

I use the SSH/SFTP/FTP/TELNET Advanced Client - Admin Hands app on Android, which can work on Samsung tablets. There are similar apps on iOS (e.g., Termius: Terminal & SSH client), but it may be harder to use on a small iPhone screen.

67corvette · 2022-01-20T02:30:07.727Z

Just got off phone with tech for hotel wifi. A company called Gignet they said they block all ip addresses for routers because they don’t want travel routers on their network. Don’t know if I believe them but I will try the other suggestions. I have the patience.

wcs2228 · 2022-01-20T03:30:21.700Z

Although I understand that some hotels do not want routers on their network, the statement that “they block all ip addresses for routers” does not make sense because the only IP address they see is what they issue to the router via DHCP (i.e., 172.20.13.17)

Regardless, they cannot stop you from accessing your own router on the LAN side at IP 192.168.8.1. It remains a problem that you are not able to get to your router’s Admin GUI. At this point, our suggestions are to figure out that specific problem.

Once that problem is resolved, we may be able to work out how you may be able to bypass restrictions if your router gets blocked from their network. There are known methods that people have used, which require your patience to test which can work.

elorimer · 2022-01-21T12:17:05.410Z

How are you powering the router?

67corvette · 2022-01-22T16:23:40.478Z

It is an access point. It is powered by Ethernet cable. If it had a wan port I think it would solve the problem. I tried to connect to my net gear home router and same thing. I have patience but this is really trying mine.

elorimer · 2022-01-22T18:07:31.153Z

67corvette:

It is an access point. It is powered by Ethernet cable.

Sorry, I wasn’t clear. How are you powering the Beryl? With the original power brick? There was an indication in another thread that the GUI might not come up if there was insufficient power.

67corvette · 2022-01-22T18:54:26.660Z

Yes using the Beryl power adapter. I even tried to connect with Amazon Silk browser on my firestick but it won’t load. So if I can’t get to admin page and connect to hotel wifi I am out of luck.

wcs2228 · 2022-01-22T19:19:10.430Z

Are you able to ping 192.168.8.1. from the LAN?

If you temporarily disconnect your router from the hotel’s access point, can you ping the router and access the Admin login page?

elorimer · 2022-01-22T20:10:24.754Z

@wcs2228, I think the OP hasn’t been able to access the admin login page at 8.1 at all, never mind long enough to connect the router to the hotel’s access point. He’s only been able to connect wirelessly to the router’s wifi and its DHCP has given him an 8.xx address. So it is only functional to that very minimal point.

I don’t know that he has tried to either ping the router at 8.1, or SSH into the router.