[arm-allstar] HamVoIP on T-Mobile home service

[Darrell Black]

So I have a allstar node in my truck, also two pi-start nodes. They are all
fed with a  T-Mobile hotspot. About a week ago the allstar stopped
connecting. I will check and see if it's the same issue.

On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 4:52 AM "Patrick Perdue via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Greetings:
>
> Today, I was helping someone who is using T-Mobile's 5G home internet
> service with a clear node. Everything was working fine until just a few
> days ago, but then they were suddenly unable to connect to most nodes. A
> few worked here and there, but mostly not. Everything was
> auto-congesting. Any DNS query, regardless of what server was used, took
> almost exactly 5 seconds. Interestingly, the clear node seems to have
> 1.1.1.1 set up as the default resolver. I tried quad 9, a couple of root
> nameservers, and 127.0.0.1. None of that made any difference.
>
> No ICMP, so couldn't ping out, either. I tried switching from DNS to
> flat file lookup, but that didn't help. I eventually solved the problem
> by routing his connection through a Wireguard VPN. They have the same
> problem when using their phone as a hotspot.
>
> I was doing all this remotely, so I have no idea about what hardware is
> being used as the gateway.
>
> Just wondering if anyone else has seen this specifically with T-Mobile.
> Naturally, their CSR's don't have a clue.
>
>
> 73
>
> N2DYI
>
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