PC Engines APU3 with Quectel EC25-E speed
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Hi everyone,
I have an APU3 unit from PC engines and I've put there a quectel EC25-E PCI device for the LTE internet. The thing is, that if I check via command line, it shows only spd=FULL (12Mbps), which is actually very bad, because the (theoretical) speed should hit 480Mbps. So when I then check the internet speed, it is just something around 5Mbps in reality.
If I check it with the same SIM card inserted into mobile, it easily goes up to 50Mbps. Based on a thread I opened on a Quectel forum, it looks like this might be a software issue, because the card as such should be quick enough and as I understood even the connection to the APU3 unit should be fast enough.
Does anyone have any idea/hint/anything, that could help me to increase the speed of this LTE device, please?
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Check the full usbconfig output. So maybe:
usbconfig dump_all_descCheck the boot log.
Steve
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Hello, I did the usbconfig dump_all_desc and I would love to paste here the output, but the forum says: Post content was flagged as spam by Akismet.com
Any advice how could I put it here into a comment, please? It is true it is quite long.
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You can always just put it on pastebin or some equivalent site and link to it.
That output will include all the USB devices in the system, we only actually need the modem details.
Steve
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@stephenw10
Thank you. I've pasted the output here: https://pastebin.com/L3p0A2i1
I've copied all, as I was not sure which of the whole content is important.
The Quectel device should be ugen1.3. As already mentioned, it shows only spd=FULL (12Mbps), but I think it should be spd=HIGH (480Mbps).
Is there anything coming to your mind I could do to 'put' the speed to the correct level?
Marian -
For reference:
ugen1.3: <Android Android> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA) bLength = 0x0012 bDescriptorType = 0x0001 bcdUSB = 0x0200 bDeviceClass = 0x00ef <Miscellaneous device> bDeviceSubClass = 0x0002 bDeviceProtocol = 0x0001 bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 idVendor = 0x2c7c idProduct = 0x0125 bcdDevice = 0x0318 iManufacturer = 0x0001 <Android> iProduct = 0x0002 <Android> iSerialNumber = 0x0000 <no string> bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 Configuration index 0 bLength = 0x0009 bDescriptorType = 0x0002 wTotalLength = 0x00d1 bNumInterfaces = 0x0005 bConfigurationValue = 0x0001 iConfiguration = 0x0000 <no string> bmAttributes = 0x00a0 bMaxPower = 0x00fa Interface 0 bLength = 0x0009 bDescriptorType = 0x0004 bInterfaceNumber = 0x0000 bAlternateSetting = 0x0000 bNumEndpoints = 0x0002 bInterfaceClass = 0x00ff <Vendor specific> bInterfaceSubClass = 0x00ff bInterfaceProtocol = 0x00ff iInterface = 0x0000 <no string> Endpoint 0 bLength = 0x0007 bDescriptorType = 0x0005 bEndpointAddress = 0x0081 <IN> bmAttributes = 0x0002 <BULK> wMaxPacketSize = 0x0040 bInterval = 0x0000 bRefresh = 0x0000 bSynchAddress = 0x0000 Endpoint 1 bLength = 0x0007 bDescriptorType = 0x0005 bEndpointAddress = 0x0001 <OUT> bmAttributes = 0x0002 <BULK> wMaxPacketSize = 0x0040 bInterval = 0x0000 bRefresh = 0x0000 bSynchAddress = 0x0000 Interface 1 bLength = 0x0009 bDescriptorType = 0x0004 bInterfaceNumber = 0x0001 bAlternateSetting = 0x0000 bNumEndpoints = 0x0003 bInterfaceClass = 0x00ff <Vendor specific> bInterfaceSubClass = 0x0000 bInterfaceProtocol = 0x0000 iInterface = 0x0000 <no string> Additional Descriptor bLength = 0x05 bDescriptorType = 0x24 bDescriptorSubType = 0x00 RAW dump: 0x00 | 0x05, 0x24, 0x00, 0x10, 0x01 Additional Descriptor bLength = 0x05 bDescriptorType = 0x24 bDescriptorSubType = 0x01 RAW dump: 0x00 | 0x05, 0x24, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00 Additional Descriptor bLength = 0x04 bDescriptorType = 0x24 bDescriptorSubType = 0x02 RAW dump: 0x00 | 0x04, 0x24, 0x02, 0x02 Additional Descriptor bLength = 0x05 bDescriptorType = 0x24 bDescriptorSubType = 0x06 RAW dump: 0x00 | 0x05, 0x24, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00 Endpoint 0 bLength = 0x0007 bDescriptorType = 0x0005 bEndpointAddress = 0x0083 <IN> bmAttributes = 0x0003 <INTERRUPT> wMaxPacketSize = 0x000a bInterval = 0x0020 bRefresh = 0x0000 bSynchAddress = 0x0000 Endpoint 1 bLength = 0x0007 bDescriptorType = 0x0005 bEndpointAddress = 0x0082 <IN> bmAttributes = 0x0002 <BULK> wMaxPacketSize = 0x0040 bInterval = 0x0000 bRefresh = 0x0000 bSynchAddress = 0x0000 Endpoint 2 bLength = 0x0007 bDescriptorType = 0x0005 bEndpointAddress = 0x0002 <OUT> bmAttributes = 0x0002 <BULK> wMaxPacketSize = 0x0040 bInterval = 0x0000 bRefresh = 0x0000 bSynchAddress = 0x0000 Interface 2 bLength = 0x0009 bDescriptorType = 0x0004 bInterfaceNumber = 0x0002 bAlternateSetting = 0x0000 bNumEndpoints = 0x0003 bInterfaceClass = 0x00ff <Vendor specific> bInterfaceSubClass = 0x0000 bInterfaceProtocol = 0x0000 iInterface = 0x0000 <no string> Additional Descriptor bLength = 0x05 bDescriptorType = 0x24 bDescriptorSubType = 0x00 RAW dump: 0x00 | 0x05, 0x24, 0x00, 0x10, 0x01 Additional Descriptor bLength = 0x05 bDescriptorType = 0x24 bDescriptorSubType = 0x01 RAW dump: 0x00 | 0x05, 0x24, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00 Additional Descriptor bLength = 0x04 bDescriptorType = 0x24 bDescriptorSubType = 0x02 RAW dump: 0x00 | 0x04, 0x24, 0x02, 0x02 Additional Descriptor bLength = 0x05 bDescriptorType = 0x24 bDescriptorSubType = 0x06 RAW dump: 0x00 | 0x05, 0x24, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00 Endpoint 0 bLength = 0x0007 bDescriptorType = 0x0005 bEndpointAddress = 0x0085 <IN> bmAttributes = 0x0003 <INTERRUPT> wMaxPacketSize = 0x000a bInterval = 0x0020 bRefresh = 0x0000 bSynchAddress = 0x0000 Endpoint 1 bLength = 0x0007 bDescriptorType = 0x0005 bEndpointAddress = 0x0084 <IN> bmAttributes = 0x0002 <BULK> wMaxPacketSize = 0x0040 bInterval = 0x0000 bRefresh = 0x0000 bSynchAddress = 0x0000 Endpoint 2 bLength = 0x0007 bDescriptorType = 0x0005 bEndpointAddress = 0x0003 <OUT> bmAttributes = 0x0002 <BULK> wMaxPacketSize = 0x0040 bInterval = 0x0000 bRefresh = 0x0000 bSynchAddress = 0x0000 Interface 3 bLength = 0x0009 bDescriptorType = 0x0004 bInterfaceNumber = 0x0003 bAlternateSetting = 0x0000 bNumEndpoints = 0x0003 bInterfaceClass = 0x00ff <Vendor specific> bInterfaceSubClass = 0x0000 bInterfaceProtocol = 0x0000 iInterface = 0x0000 <no string> Additional Descriptor bLength = 0x05 bDescriptorType = 0x24 bDescriptorSubType = 0x00 RAW dump: 0x00 | 0x05, 0x24, 0x00, 0x10, 0x01 Additional Descriptor bLength = 0x05 bDescriptorType = 0x24 bDescriptorSubType = 0x01 RAW dump: 0x00 | 0x05, 0x24, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00 Additional Descriptor bLength = 0x04 bDescriptorType = 0x24 bDescriptorSubType = 0x02 RAW dump: 0x00 | 0x04, 0x24, 0x02, 0x02 Additional Descriptor bLength = 0x05 bDescriptorType = 0x24 bDescriptorSubType = 0x06 RAW dump: 0x00 | 0x05, 0x24, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00 Endpoint 0 bLength = 0x0007 bDescriptorType = 0x0005 bEndpointAddress = 0x0087 <IN> bmAttributes = 0x0003 <INTERRUPT> wMaxPacketSize = 0x000a bInterval = 0x0020 bRefresh = 0x0000 bSynchAddress = 0x0000 Endpoint 1 bLength = 0x0007 bDescriptorType = 0x0005 bEndpointAddress = 0x0086 <IN> bmAttributes = 0x0002 <BULK> wMaxPacketSize = 0x0040 bInterval = 0x0000 bRefresh = 0x0000 bSynchAddress = 0x0000 Endpoint 2 bLength = 0x0007 bDescriptorType = 0x0005 bEndpointAddress = 0x0004 <OUT> bmAttributes = 0x0002 <BULK> wMaxPacketSize = 0x0040 bInterval = 0x0000 bRefresh = 0x0000 bSynchAddress = 0x0000 Interface 4 bLength = 0x0009 bDescriptorType = 0x0004 bInterfaceNumber = 0x0004 bAlternateSetting = 0x0000 bNumEndpoints = 0x0003 bInterfaceClass = 0x00ff <Vendor specific> bInterfaceSubClass = 0x00ff bInterfaceProtocol = 0x00ff iInterface = 0x0000 <no string> Endpoint 0 bLength = 0x0007 bDescriptorType = 0x0005 bEndpointAddress = 0x0089 <IN> bmAttributes = 0x0003 <INTERRUPT> wMaxPacketSize = 0x0008 bInterval = 0x0020 bRefresh = 0x0000 bSynchAddress = 0x0000 Endpoint 1 bLength = 0x0007 bDescriptorType = 0x0005 bEndpointAddress = 0x0088 <IN> bmAttributes = 0x0002 <BULK> wMaxPacketSize = 0x0040 bInterval = 0x0000 bRefresh = 0x0000 bSynchAddress = 0x0000 Endpoint 2 bLength = 0x0007 bDescriptorType = 0x0005 bEndpointAddress = 0x0005 <OUT> bmAttributes = 0x0002 <BULK> wMaxPacketSize = 0x0040 bInterval = 0x0000 bRefresh = 0x0000 bSynchAddress = 0x0000It's running Android? That's fun!
How do you have it configured in pfSense currently? Is it a PPP connection or USB Ethernet?
Do you have a link to the discussion on the Quectel forum?
Steve
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Well ... truly I don't know if it is running Android. It seems so. I've just plugged in to the APU3 device, put the screw and turned on :)
The configuration is now via PPP connection.
And the Quectel forum discussion is here: https://forums.quectel.com/t/ec25-e-speed-after-connecting-to-apu3/4778/5 -
Hmm, interesting. Most of that discussion is about the LTE connection speed, not the USB side. The first thing I would do here is try moving the modem to the other mPCIe slot in the APU. If there is something fixing the USB speed it could be a physical connection issue.
What interfaces does the modem provide when it's present?
At least one com port, cuaU0, I assume. Maybe more USB com ports? USB Ethernet too?
Check the boot logs when it is initialised.Steve
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@stephenw10
In the other mPCIe slot, there is already a SATA drive. I have pretty much the same configuration as it is metioned here: https://teklager.se/en/knowledge-base/apu3-pfsense-lte-3g-modem-configuration/
Based on the above I cannot use the last 3rd slot as that one is intended for Wifi.
So the only thing I could do is to remove the drive, but then I would have to install the pfsense to a SDcard.
Related to the question about the interfaces ... how do I find that out, please? Do you mean the general boot logs or are there any other - LTE device specific?
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Hmm, yeah, that's unfortunate. If you can test the other slot using an SD boot it would be a good test.
If you reboot you will see that in the system log. Otherwise check /var/log/dmesg.boot.
Steve
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So I tried to remove the SATA drive and move the Quectel device there. I found out interesting things:
- If I move it to the mPCIe 3 slot (most right one), where the SATA disk was ... it is not detected at all. So seems in my APU device it was probably changed somehow and this slot is not dedicated to the LTE devices.
- If I move it to the mPCIe 2 slot - this is the one where it was originally and it is detected as ugen1.3: <Android Android> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)
- And if moved to the mPCIe 1 slot (the one on the left hand side), Quectel is detected as ugen1.3: <Android Android> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA), as in the previous case, HOWEVER it is not detecting the SIM card in either of the slots.
Based on the above it seems the only slot I can insert this is the mPCIe 2 (in the middle) as it was done originally. In that case, however, it leads me to the original question ... how can I speed up the device (if possible - drivers? some commands? Different init string? ...)?
