Cradlepoint E300EU APN Settings

This guide outlines how to setup a Cradlepoint E300EU for OmniSIM

The article provides guidelines on how to configure APN for a Cradlepoint router for OmniSIM. This documentation applies to the following products:

• OmniSIM

• Cradlepoint E300EU Router

For all other products, please review their respective documentation

Cradlepoint E300EU

Advice

• To get OmniSIM working optimally with Cradlepoint routers, we have compiled the following guide, as there are some challenges in how SIMs are configured in the device. The following tasks should be undertaken:

• Ensuring that the correct APN is manually pre-configured in the connection manager prior to use. This is a basic task, but it prevents the device from being considered truly “plug and play”.

When the APN is configured for the device, we have found that OmniSIM attach performance improves (OmniSIM Reach first attach time within 2 minutes, in line with product design)

• When using the device in Dual-SIM Configuration (2 SIMs at once), IMSI switching for OmniSIM Reach may take longer than 90 seconds, which is not fast enough to cater for the reboot timer.

Therefore use of OmniSIM Reach in this Dual-SIM configuration is not recommended.

Super SIM and OmniSIM Rush however do successfully switch in time, so we may recommend these products for Dual-SIM use.

Connecting to router

• Connect your PC to Ethernet port of the router

• By default router will assign you the IP address in 192.168.0.0/24

$ ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Ethernet 3:
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : local.tld
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::edd7:bfa0:4515:fbea%16
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.138
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

• Open any modern browser and try to open http://192.168.0.1

• Finally login to console with the default username admin and the password stored on the sticker on the bottom of the device

Setting of OmniSIM APN for Cradlepoint

• In Connection Manager select the correct modem profile, and then the SIM card (notice how APN is wrongly set)

• Click on Edit, in the WAN Interface Profile screen that is displayed select SIM/APN/Auth on the left hand side.

• Set the following as shown in the image below.

• Authentication Protocol: PAP

• Access Point Name 01: data.apn.name (IPV4)

• Save the new settings (grey button on bottom of previous image)

• Below shows the router trying to connect with the correct APN settings (data.apn.name)

Connecting with the correct APN

• Successfully registered to the VPLMN

Successfully registered to the VPLMN

Test the Internet connectivity through the router

Verfiy your host routes to sure you are routed through the Cradlepoint Router

$ NETSTAT.EXE -nr
===========================================================================
Interface List
 16...d0 8e 79 fa 34 c4 ......Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (16) I219-LM
 21...00 a5 54 95 e8 78 ......Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
 24...02 a5 54 95 e8 77 ......Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #2
 11...00 09 0f fe 00 01 ......Fortinet Virtual Ethernet Adapter (NDIS 6.30)
  6...00 a5 54 95 e8 77 ......Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz
  1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
===========================================================================
IPv4 Route Table

===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface  Metric
          0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0      192.168.0.1     192.168.0.94     50
        127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
        127.0.0.1  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
  127.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
      192.168.0.0    255.255.255.0         On-link      192.168.0.94    306
     192.168.0.94  255.255.255.255         On-link      192.168.0.94    306
    192.168.0.255  255.255.255.255         On-link      192.168.0.94    306
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
        224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link      192.168.0.94    306
  255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    331
  255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link      192.168.0.94    306
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
  None
  
IPv6 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
 If Metric Network Destination      Gateway
  1    331 ::1/128                  On-link
  6    306 fe80::/64                On-link
  6    306 fe80::2ec7:9ca3:bf5c:6293/128
                                    On-link
  1    331 ff00::/8                 On-link
  6    306 ff00::/8                 On-link
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
  None

Check the internet connection with Ping

$ ping google.com

Pinging google.com [172.253.63.139] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 172.253.63.139: bytes=32 time=151ms TTL=54
Reply from 172.253.63.139: bytes=32 time=146ms TTL=54
Reply from 172.253.63.139: bytes=32 time=152ms TTL=54
Reply from 172.253.63.139: bytes=32 time=154ms TTL=54
Ping statistics for 172.253.63.139:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 146ms, Maximum = 154ms, Average = 150ms
    

$ ping 8.8.8.8
Pinging 8.8.8.8 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=96ms TTL=113
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=113
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=113
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=113
Ping statistics for 8.8.8.8:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 57ms, Maximum = 96ms, Average = 68ms