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Re: Home internet service IPv6 traffic is all filtered even when using a Netgear LTE router. No port forwarding. Plz fix!
I've had nothing but problems with T-Mobile and the new cylindrical router since I got it. It works on most websites but for gaming services its really hit or miss. Sometimes it works sometimes it does not. I think it's due to lack of port forwarding. I keep T-Mobile because it is so fast in my area, 200-400mbps typical. But I just use it for uploads and downloads really. I have Verizon for any real internet use even though its limited to 50 Mbps. T-Mobile does not work with most set top boxes or streaming internet devices, it does not work for most gaming sites via pc or console most of the time. It's fast for uploads and downloads on sites that are compatible with it. I wish they would fix it to be a general purpose internet but I have no idea who to contact to get anything done. I have spoken to the advanced tech support people and they say limitations of the network mean it won't really work as general purpose home internet unless major changes are made to the T-Mobile network itself on their end, and that they have no plans to do it in the near future.11Visto2likes0ComentariosRe: Cannot Reliably Connect Devices Home Internet
They have to expose the router settings to the user so we can enable ipv4 in addition to ipv6. They are aware of the issue but they need to get authorization and figure out how / when they will do that. I suspect in the next few weeks they will address this in some manner. They are aware of the problem and it can be corrected in the Router settings but they have to get authorization from other depts to allow this, or figure out how they want to do it. It might be a couple of weeks or maybe a few months. It's all on their end.5Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: Cannot Reliably Connect Devices Home Internet
The router will not be able to connect to an ipv4 data socket. Windows thinks that it can use ipv4 or ip6 freely. many older devices are ipv4 only. If a router cannot open data sockets to sites requiring ipv4, then the application will hang. So even if the PC basically seems to work most of the time, the first time it encounters a site that wants to communicate using ipv4 the router will NOT pass any data, thus it hangs. So even if the PC basically works, it will open dead sockets from time to time. Even if the streaming box/tv etc basically connects, the first time an app tries to open an ipv4 data stream it will hang, and your streaming will say no longer connected to the internet. You see this a lot, it happens momentarily sometimes and corrects itself or other times the app just hangs waiting for data that will never come/go. The way devices and the internet works right now, in 2021, you need a router that can pass data via ipv4 and ipv6 connections for the apps to work reliably. I've noticed with a cellphone, or with an ipad websites and apps seems smart enough that they ONLY use ipv6. Or at least almost NEVER require ipv4. But with streaming devices, and with PCs this is NOT the case.5Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: Cannot Reliably Connect Devices Home Internet
I got a call from Tech Support today regarding this issue. The new 5G Cylinder routed is ipv6 ONLY, it does NOT have ipv4 enabled. The hardware allows it but they are not yet legally able to expose those settings to the users. So for now this is an ipv6 ONLY router, which means MOST devices will NOT connect reliably to the internet using this router. PC's work but are flakey as a PC can sometimes get ipv6 connnections to a certain site or operation and sometimes they get ipv4. So that is the source of these issues, they are working on allowing users to be able to change the settings or changing them on their end.5Visto1like0ComentariosRe: Cannot Reliably Connect Devices Home Internet
Well that didn't last long. For a while after I installed Firefox T-Mobile allowed me to upload video to facebook. Now Firefox is acting the same as Chrome or Edge. I can't upload video to facebook at all from any of the browsers. Not sure why T-Mobile allowed it from the newly installed firefox for a little while then shut it down. Uploading using Verizon Home internet works fine, as always, on all browsers. The connection / flakiness issues are all on the T-Mobile side only.6Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: Cannot Reliably Connect Devices Home Internet
I changed browsers to Mozilla Firefox and it allows me to upload video to facebook with T-Mobile. Neither Chrome nor Edge would allow video uploads to facebook over T-Mobile, although it all worked fine under Verizon Home Internet. I think this points to a greater issue with T-Mobile home internet. Apps that don't account for the fact that t-mobile acts more like a cellphone and a real internet service provider fail a lot. Steam for example. It's just not very reliable over T-Mobile saying you've lost connection frequently. But apps that are designed to work in a tablet or cellphone environment know to retry more or do things somewhat differently that accounts for T-Mobiles little momentary rejections. I see this on certain websites with Edge or Chrome on T-Mobile. The NOAA weather site for example. If you type a new zip code to look at the weather forecast in a different area, sometimes on T-Mobile it will briefly flash a "You are not connected to the internet page" before it refreshes and gives you the forecast. If you use Verizon Home internet this never happens. Hopefully they will address this but t-mobile home internet has to be more like real internet for it to work well with PC's/Macs. This rejection or just hanging and not opening data ports confuses a lot of PC programs/apps and they are not handling it well in general. Making T-Mobile home internet somewhat impractical for regular use on Macs/PCs.3Visto1like0ComentariosRe: Cannot Reliably Connect Devices Home Internet
I have both Verizon LTE home internet and T-Mobile Home Internet up now as well. Verizon is about 50-60Mbps download and about 6 Mbps upload. T-Mobile (4G)is about 140 Mbps download and 10-50 Mbps upload. But T-Mobile just doesn't work on a lot of websites, and is not at all reliable with any streaming boxes or Televisions. I am in a 5G area so once T-Mobile turns on 5G for home internet it's going to be even faster I think. So for now I'm keeping both and switching as I need to between them. I am hoping in the coming few weeks they fix this. Right now this new Router is fantastic in performance, but very flakey in actual practice. And not very compatible with devices or across all websites.4Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: Cannot Reliably Connect Devices Home Internet
I was on the phone all morning to tech support, nothing helped really. They reset my account/line and that made it work well for a half hour or so but it went back to its old ways soon after. Most things work fine, you can not usually upload any video to facebook from the PC's but you can from an iPad. You can upload to most video sites from the pcs. Using wired ethernet compared to wifi makes no difference. Most streaming boxes/devices cannot get to the internet from these routers. There is a major issue of compatibilty and web access with these new routers, but even with a 4G connection I am getting about 150mbps downloads and up to 50 mbps uploads. Its amazingly fast and stable on sites that work well. It's 4G because I logged into the device menu via the 192.. address and it shows its 4G, but its really fast regardless. I am in a 5G area so when they synch these to 5G its going to be fantastic. For now I have to keep Verizon, and I will probably keep this as well in the hopes it gets better. I will just switch between them as needed. Playing games on Steam does not work well either, you often cant login or when you can you lose internet while playing, and that makes you lose progress as well.3Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: Cannot Reliably Connect Devices Home Internet
I wonder if it's related to the fact that I have no phone plan. I do not have a phone from T-Mobile, only the Home Internet. It's pretty reproduceable, if you try and upload video to facebook it rarely works, it hangs at 0%. If you try and start steam about 3 out of 4 times it will say there is no internet. Sites like Youtube and Vimeo work flawlessly. They don't seem affected. Regardless of how many programs are running in the PC. If you are doing nothing with the internet other than facebook it won't upload video. Uploading photos to Facebook works fine all the time though. Trying to connect TV's Roku Boxes, Directv boxes etc doesn't work well at all. They usually wont get through the network setup process, but if they do the internet streaming services never work properly. Things like Amazon Prime and HBO Max generally do not work from TVs or Streaming boxes. Even if you can get the device to connect to the network.4Visto0likes0Comentarios