MT1300 setup

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.

67corvette · 2022-01-22T20:11:37.412Z

No. The hotel wifi is called Gignet the Beryl is glm1300. On my tablet or iPhone I can see both networks. On tablet in Chrome I put in 192.168.8.1 and it times out. Tried different browsers same. Same on iPhone. If I click on 1300 network there is no internet so I can’t get to admin page. I have reset access point and 1300 router several times. With no luck.

wcs2228 · 2022-01-22T23:01:37.742Z

I hope you are enjoying the nice warm/hot weather and beautiful beaches in Mexico. It’s frigging cold where I am and there was about 1 foot of snow this past week.

I misinterpreted and thought your Beryl was already connected to the hotel’s access point (Gignet). If you are not able to access the Admin login page on the Beryl, then you will not be able to connect the WWAN to the hotel’s Internet.

To confirm:

Connect Samsung tablet or iPhone device to your Beryl’s wifi over SSID glm1300
You get IP address 192.168.8.185 on your device from Beryl’s DHCP server
Find out what is the “gateway” or *default gateway" IP address on your device, which may be available through the following methods:

iPhone: Go to Settings for the wifi connection “glm1300” and look for an IP address labelled “router” or “gateway” or “default gateway”
Samsung Tablet: Go to Settings → Connections → Wi-Fi for the wifi connection “glm1300” and look for an IP address labelled “gateway” or “default gateway”
Samsung Tablet: Install the Network Info II app on Samsung Tablet from Play Store. Open the app, go to the WIFI tab and look for an IP address labelled “Gateway” and an IP address labelled “DHCP Server”

The gateway IP address (and DHCP Server IP address) is the IP address of your Beryl, which should be 192.168.8.1.

If it is, then continue to step 5.
If not, then do a full reset on Beryl one more time and repeat. If it does not work the 2nd time, then Beryl may be borked.

Assuming the gateway IP address is 192.168.8.1, try accessing http://192.168.8.1. If that does not work, then try accessing http://192.168.8.1/cgi-bin/luci. If neither works, then the web server is borked.

67corvette · 2022-01-23T13:26:35.332Z

Today it’s beautiful here and so it’s off to the beach. It’s cold at my home also that’s why I am here. I will try your suggestions later. Thank you

elorimer · 2022-01-23T15:56:01.596Z

It’s very odd to me that the Beryl would boot to the point that the DHCP server is working and the web server isn’t, and even a reset to defaults doesn’t work.

I suppose an even more basic step after step 5 would be to reload the firmware via uboot.

wcs2228 · 2022-01-23T16:30:21.137Z

Yes, I agree that would be strange.

My suggestions are intended to be simple, without having to install more Samsung Tablet/iPhone apps and having to log into and run commands in Telnet/SSH.

I wanted to respect 67corvette’s waning patience becoming trying and allow him to enjoy Mexico’s sun and surf. I wish I was there also, but have cancelled by twice-per-year vacations to Cancun/Riviera Maya since 2019 due to Covid-19.