Something changed and I don't know what (Networking)

About 2 weeks ago I had some trouble trying to print (printer was unplugged for a few weeks prior to this attempt) (blank pages only came out) (Usually I don't have issues printing in B&W but that didn't work either) Tried an Epson software update, no change. The printer in question is an Epson xp6000.

About a day or so after that I noticed that the name of my Mobile Broadband connection had changed from T-Mobile (4G LTE GSM) to T-Mobile (4G LTE GSM) 2.

Yesterday when connecting to the printer in an attempt to try to print again, I noticed that I could no longer connect to the Broadband and the printer at the same time as I could before. (Only certain programs were blocked, now its the entirety of my internet connection)
Finally I noticed that I was actually able to download things via uTorrent. (Something previously impossible with my current network unless using my friends router connection.)


In conclusion, I have only vague ideas of what I think the problems are.
With the printer/network issue, it seems like there's some kind of port being blocked/conflict.


If I should be posting this somewhere else/better, let me know. Thank you.

 

The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it.

 

I am not sure what your network problem is. I'm curious how you send text messages to your phone. Google Voice?

 

Nice quote! who said that?

keep scrolling

Exactly like this!!
It's called SMS Express
https://www.spark.co.nz/help/mobile-data/manage/send-sms-message-sierra-wireless-aircard-320u-lte/

Disregard the image below.

 

The Lady Galadriel

 

Thanks Spirit, I had forgotten about that kind of texting. (My WWAN account on my laptop is inactive.)

Something worth trying is check your firewall settings. If one network thing works, but another does not, it may be you need to make firewall aware of non-working program.

To test this theory, just turn firewall off completely, and see if everything works. then turn it back on and fool with firewall permissions.

 

No luck after turning off all firewalls and after connecting to tmobile and printer, I get no connection available errors in my web browser.

 

Fixed the printing aspect of this problem with new ink.

Still having network conflict with printer connection and Tmobile when connected at the same time.

 

Something that would be helpful for me when reading posts since I’m on my phone via Tapatalk quite frequently while at work...
I do not know which operating system you are using let alone what machine you’re on when you ask these questions...
maybe at the beginning of your question you could just post a simple note of the operating system at the very least and possibly the machine you are using

 

W7 cf-31 in my signature

 

And your WiFi is a home network or are you getting it from a cell phone hotspot?
PS, when viewing posts in Tapatalk, signatures do Not show up.

 

Oh shoot, im sorry.
Im using WWAN SIM card on T mobile inside my toughbook.

CF-31XBHAB1M, MK4, i5 3380m 2.9GHz, ATI/AMD 7750m Discrete Graphics, Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM, Integrated Smart Card Reader, Fingerprint Reader, Webcam, USB 3.0, Gobi 5k Sierra EM7355 T-Mobile WWAN, Ublox GPS, Intel AC 7260. Running W7 Ultimate X64.

 

In my attempt to delete and reinstall all Sierra wireless drivers, I can't reconnect. Before it said "searching" it said "Device turned off"
Checked / refreshed device manager, nothing new / disabled.

 

Strange. looks like it updated. 2G? GPRS? Verizon? I have Tmobile.... I don't know what happened.

After checking the software version. guess it was actually a downgrade...

 

New GPS icon plus it added another profile for Verizon with PDP type of IPv4v6.
My Tmobile profile just says IP. Whats the significance behind the IP type change? Looks like GPS is workingish. also, it looks like it updated SMS express with some check boxes.

 

So I guess the skylight version I had which worked with the GPS monitor was an older version of skylight because I updated it and now nothing. Just sits waiting for fix.

 

Just wondering since you are using Windows 7 do you have a way to roll back your system to a previous Restore State and other words have you been making back ups of your system when things were working?


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I actually bought another SSD two days ago and used Apricorn to make an exact clone.
So yesterday when GPS was working but showing GPRS/EDGE/2G/slow connection, what i decided to do was put the clone in so i could get the system to run on the most recent version of Skylight. (the one showing 4G but no GPS). I did that because I would rather have a solid 4G connection rather than 2G w/ GPS.

My thinking was that if i plugged in the drive (via USB) with the working GPS config/version, i could copy those files and get it to work but I realized there was no way to do that since Skylight installs in entire builds, not necessarily individual parts that i can just copy over.
So I put the working GPS drive back in the laptop to see if I could find what device it was using in device manager and see where it stores the NMEA Port COM4 software/driver. (I honestly had no idea what i was trying to do, but trying something...) Once i started the computer, i saw in the lower right hand corner it said "Configuring SIM card" or something like that and that once sierra started, it looked exactly like it did on my other drive. No working GPS w/ 4G (picture below)

GPSOneXTRA is enabled in GPS monitor

EDIT Side note for the record, I got those 16 satellites the other day while sitting inside a building.

EDIT Is it possible to find AirPrime EM/MC Series Skylight Connection Manager (Build 4814) without needing an sierra account/email? I had no luck making an account...

I had installed Skylight Connection Manager Build 4585 but still had no GPS option/button

I have no idea how this works but would installing this AT command tester do me any good? Maybe I could check/configure some stuff?

 

Side question. Will a MC7455 work with windows 7? or do the drivers not exist?

 

Ok I feel silly but long story short, after i upgraded my hard drive i forgot to re enable GPS in the BIOS. I re enabled it and now i have another com port. (theres now 2 COM3 ports... possible conflict?) Would this be the reason GPS isn't working? My thought moving forward it to un install and delete all related sierra drivers then fresh install to alleviate this potential com port conflict. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks.

 

Change your Intel AMT port to another one directly in Windows.

 

Whats AMT? Isn't that something in BIOS?

SOL? ok, got it. Yeah nothing new...

 

Is "nothing new" good or bad news?

 

Bad. Nothing changed in the system.

 

Ok.

 

Oh, um, so is there anything else i should try or is there no solution? i guess ill see what happens when i install the 7455...

 

Ok attempting another test with GPS viewer yielded some awesome results. Obviously it's an issue with the sierra software not seeing the correct port. Any thoughts? is there a way to direct sierra to view a specific port?

 

Uninstalled and reinstalled everything. But this time i first installed this old version of connection manager and everything showed up but unfortunately only 2/3G though.
Then installed the latest 7355 drivers... which didn't help the 2/3G issue

 

Try swapping the aux/main antenna connections on the card over...

 

"You can’t finish the repair, you can only stop it"
It seems we have this situation )

 

lol took me a while to figure out what AMT stood for.