Right. Third day.
Found this helpful Forum Thread :
With the standard blue RJ-45 ethernet cable supplied in the Omnia box I set-up a LAN connection to my Router.Pluged one end of the cable in my Laptop RJ-45 port and the other end in the RJ-45 port on my Omnia Router next to the WAN Port.This port is marked on my Black Housing as LAN4 and it’s just left of the WAN RJ-45 port.
They are all RJ-45 ports.
Decided to factory reset so I connected to Omnia GUI reForis interface in my Brave browser in Debian GNU/Linux distribution by typing https://192.168.1.1 in the URL bar.Don’t forget to press ENTER/Return on the keyboard.The Browser needs an exception approval on the users part since this is not the best way to set-up https.Just follow the on-screen prompt and you’ll be taken to the page where you can choose between :
- reForis GUI ; needs non-root password
- LuCi GUI ; needs root password for admin
- or just one common password if you chose this option during your initial configuration.
On the left side of the page there is a list of GUI menu choices.
Left-Mouse-Click on Administration > Left-Mouse-Click on Maintenance > Left-Mouse-Click on the Red button that says ‘Reset’ on the right side of the screen > Confirm and wait.
My GUI does not alway update after Reset so after 15 minutes I exit the Browser program and then open it again and log back in.
Alternatively if you have root priviledges you can achieve the same from a CLI/Terminal Screen :
ssh -4 -vvv root@192.168.1.1
press ENTER/RETURN on the Keyboard then
type the password for the root account
press ENTER/RETURN
I do not recommend non-advanced-users to factory reset from the terminal ssh promp so to exit type exit then press enter.
After my Omnia Router successfully completed the Factory Reset I could see that the first LED on the left side is a steady green and the white one marked WAN in the middle sometimes blinks.This a good indication that the OS is back to factory settings and can be configured again.
Normally after each Factory Reset the user must retype a password for reForis/non-root-user and a separate one for LuCi/root-user or a single password for both can be selected in the first GUI wizzard after a factory reset.
The Turris GUI (reForis and/or LuCi) can only be accessed through a browser window and by visiting either :
http://192.168.1.1
or
https://192.168.1.1
or by simply typing 192.168.1.1 and confirming by pressing ENTER/RETURN on the keyboard
Both reForis and LuCi can be openened at the same time in the users prefered browser by opening a new tab (L-Ctrl+T) once the prefered GUI has been selected in the first.
Both interfaces can run in paralel in the Internet Browser program.
After my factory reset I re-introduced separate passwords for user and root.
The next GUI window prompted me to select a mode of operation for my Omnia OS 7.
I chose the Router mode since the other two are not clearly described in the GUI.
I chose the minimal mode the first time I configured my Omnia and that did not help setting up my GSM modem.
Next I set my time settings the way I wanted.
Next I selected a few non-experimental packages in reForis and Saved.
One of them is the first package for the GSM modem marked as deprecated in the GUI.
Next I enabled my Omnia Wify to connect as client to my mobile WiFy 2.4ghz GSM hotspot from the LuCi GUI > Interface > WiFy
Upon successfull connection to the internet I immediately updated the Omnia to the latest 7.0.2 version on the HBS branch.
A bunch of other packages and GUI options populated my screen after a reboot but the GSM interface in LuCi still reads as “Modem Disabled”.
I cannot enable this connection from LuCi.
Next I started a LAN SSH connection to my Omnia and :
mmcli -m 0
Prints a bunch of information on the screen such as path, device id, firmware revision (EP06ELAR03A08M4G),state=disabled,power=on,imei,primary sim path, etc.
My ISP is Orange and the SIM has a PIN lock set.
This is a brand new SIM that’s never been inserted into a phone.
Is there an interface in LuCi where SMS messages from the carrier are stored and can be interacted with similar to phone messages ?
Is there a way to send USSD codes from the Terminal once the GSM modem has been enabled ?
Is the Omnia Router supposed to be powered off only from the Command Line ? I see no way to do so from the GUI.
Next I’ll try to insert a piece o plastic on top of the SIM Card to see if it makes a difference.I understand others have had some positive results with that.
Later edit :
I used a small round piece of compressible foam type thingy the likes of which are used on furniture feet to keep it from scratching the floor surface.
It works for a number of other things including pressing down on a SIM Card to push it against the underling socket connectors so that the electrical contact is solid.
This was a little thick so I had to press down on the screws holding the modem card in place while simultaneously turning the screws.
It’s a tight fit.A little to tight for confort but it works.
I Factory reset the Omnia again but it does not connect to the internet through the GSM wwan0 interface out of the box.
To work it needs to connect to the internet through the ethernet rj-45 port or through some other Access Point like a portable GSM hot-spot for example.
In my case the GSM LTE wwan0 interface was setup and correctly configured immediately after the updates were installed and after a reboot.
An important point for other users expecting to establish an internet connection through Omnia OS 7.0.0 with the LTE kit through the wireless GSM WAN interface directly without updating first from another internet connection is that it is NOT going to happen.
At least not yet and not on os 7.0.0
At the moment i’m writing this, the Dashboard section from LuCi GUI is reporting a pleasing green light for the internet ipv4 connection.ipv6 is not active.
Protocol : ModemManager
The rest of the IPs are looking ok because they get auto-assigned during setup.
I did not have to enter the PIN for the SIM Card in the interface setting nor anything else.It’s all in there.
LibreSpeed Test from LibreSpeed plugin from Omnia 7.0.2 HBS Branch to a Serbian Server.
Orange ISP Clear IP no tunnel set-up just yet on the Router.
Benchmark test performed immediately after Reset to factory with nothing connected or anything using bandwidth in the background.
Speed
22.5 megabits/s down
2.5 megabits/s up
62 ms ping
3 PM.Close to peak hour.
As everyone can see using a VPN Tunnel or Tor installed on the router will not impact the speed perception significantly since the GSM WAN connection is already low enough.In other words users do not lose as much as they would on a wired WAN connection.
I will continue to update this thread from time to time when I can.For now I can say I’m reasonably satisfied with the Turris Omnia Router.I did not have to contact tech.support@turris.cz yet.
There is still much to configure but for now at least I got it in a place I can put it to work.
Cheers to everyone reading this!
Last edit : September 6th, 2024