🔴Fixing CG-NAT & Double NAT Issues For T-Mobile Home Internet with Static IP Alternative 

Thanks. What task would you like to see the "Nuts and bolts"?

Yes, lucky for us this unit is 12V unit (4A and 48W) and I have even used in on the road using my Solar Power Generator. Be sure to use DC because it is way more efficient than turning on the AC rails. One of my units came with a 12V barrel connector to 12V barrel connector. Love it.

Just out of curiosity, why the Chester Cheetah? I have other outdoor modems that will support bridge mode and mitigate the need for a 4x4 mimo antenna purchase.

Thanks Jeff. While it is true that a phone (on a phone network) will be given greater priority and thus achieve different speed scores, yours speed decrease seem excessive! So that is one problem - I suspect a networking issue. How do you have this hooked up? Check your router, cables, hubs and makes sure that you are Cat 5e and Gigabit. The other issue you are talking about "lag" is called latency and is measured with PING. Ping to gaming servers can be slower because traffic needs to be routed to an IXP (internet exchange point) as most game servers are not on T-Mobile servers - we need to get from one internet to the other. Replacing the 5G gateway with a better one can be pricey but it is a one time cost that can then be amortized over years of use. I get much better scores now and can craft my signal!! Take a look at these comparisons ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SqJ5e8w8iio.html

Thank you! You too! Go 49ers!

Here is an update to the CG-NAT issue. It has been working *fantastically. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pWEe4B9rfZE.html

Glad you liked it. Is there anything that I missed?

Yes, the business plans even talk about BYOD (bring your own device). You can either contact TMobile and let them know all the device IDs of your new equipment or make your new equipment report the IDs it is expecting. To attach to TMobile, you need to have your SIM, expected IMEI and APN. Your IMEI is listed on the bottom of your device and your APN is different for consumer and business. You need to make sure you use the TMobie business APN if you have a static IP. Otherwise you can use fast.t-mobile.com

@@PeterC408 Oh that’s awesome! I had heard that the “Small Business” plan was not eligible to use your own router, and only the “Business” plan was. Thanks for this useful info!

Talking to T-Mobile can be frustrating in that what you hear depends on the agent that you fall upon. I have spent HOURS with them on line and have never heard of "small business" as opposed to "Business", that's a new one on me. All EULA agreements aside, "technically" it works on the home/consumer SIMs too.

Did you get that combination working? Keep us informed. Mine has worked for 4 months now without a hiccough.

Not familiar with this one but this might help.

Sorry for the delay, death in the family. Anyway, your IP address changes with T-Mobile. Your Access Point (WiFi) can keep track of the changes as long as it is not behind NAT wall, so bridge mode (only on some new gateways). So if you get a new gateway and put it in bridge mode, your access point can monitor IP changes from TMobile and report them to a 3rd party server (like No-IP) and it just works. You do not need InvisaGig but you need some modem that will replace your gateway with bridge mode. I have reviewed the Yeacomm (both work) and the a new one coming out. Soon.

Sorry I'm not familiar with that device.

TMobile offers a whole host of SIM plans with great service for a reasonable fee. Some people are willing to take out their SIM and insert it back in their phone every month to try and game the system and save $15/mo but I don't want to go there. The problem with Unlimited is that it means nothing. They have 5GB/mo unlimited plans, 10GB/mo unlimited the problem is once you hit the cap, they throttle you to 3G speeds and that isn't good for anyone. The ABSOLUTE BEST offer going for HotSpot data is offered for free with your Comcast subscription. They are called XFinity Hotspots and they are literally everywhere. I would take my GL-inet router and configure it to make my own network out of a public IP and it thing would set itself up in city after city and campsite after campsite. If you are already paying for cable, this is a great service.

The Waveform 4x4 MIMO is a very good antenna (you had me going with the "Mini"). It should definitely help you get a better signal but it is highly directional so you will have to chose one antenna or the other. Learn how to look at your signals (not bars) but SiNR and RSQR in addition to RSRP. Different bands have different capabilities. For faster speeds n71

This is a good video too ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4E7ogM9AVSY.html

Nope. I am not doing anything tricky. Are you using the same router? The same DDNS? I am happy to share what I know, buy you don't show up as a subscriber making me wonder... did you watch the whole video?

@@PeterC408 Thank you for the kind reply. Yes I have watched in full numerous times, same modem, same router, same software, same DDNS company. Everything is doing exactly as it is suppose to but I am unable to get through the router. Will not port forward. You can reach PLEX from the internet if you come in through a reverse proxy, then PLEX serves just fine, but not through Tmo directly. Thanks

@vaughnbay nope. Just directly. I have my kids and neighbors as viewers and they can access no problem. Just run Plex. Interested to understand what is different 🤔

@@PeterC408 OK, thx. When I get it doped out I will give you a "heads up".

@vaughnbay watch the previous video about No-Ip. That's my setup, but now it works with several servers and no special setup was done for them.

If you are on the network, going to 192.168.12.1 should get the Gateway Portal to show up.

Great. Yes, TMobile told me that this would not work, No-IP told me that this would not work and Yeacomm told me that it would not work. I had to interrupt them and say, "I'm not asking if it will work, I am telling you that it does!". I want to share everything that will enable others to duplicate this because IT IS WORKING 100%. I have made it work with both the InvisaGig and the Yeacomm, with a Business SIM and a Home SIM. I do have IPV6 turned on, on my Orbi but it is not passing that through. Looking for connection type...

Dynamic IP. I see nothing special that I have defined. My NO-IP is a real account but that shouldn't mattet

@@PeterC408Dyanmic Ip on my router means slacc/dhcpv6. Thanks Peter.

@@chuckhowland5146 which router do you have?

@@PeterC408 tp-link archer ax73 aka ax5400

Watch my newer videos. I have found a solid modem that allows the gateway to be replaced and it supports bridge mode (this is the key to fixing T-Mobile). ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hbt1ie2BA0s.html

I am not an expert but I believe that your DDNS watchdog app does not need to run on the AP. There is actually an app that will run a PC to do the same thing, so as long as your NAS support DDNS, I believe that it can report the change successfully.

@@PeterC408 So I would use the Static IP from my AP that is assigned to my NAS and the DNS watchdog app in my case DuckDNS would report the change so I would still able to access my NAS.

I think we are over complicating things. Your IP address is going to change with T-Mobile (unless you have a business account and are paying for a Static IP - I tried them, they suck). Any watchdog application running on your network can report the change of an IP address to No-IP (or others) and get this to work. TERMS : By "WatchDog App", I mean a program running on your NAS, PC or AP router to report your IP address change. By "WatchDog Service", I mean No-IP or DuckDNS (which I have not tried but should work). Give it a try, it should work.

Have you watched my videos? Have you subscribed to my channel?

@@PeterC408 been subscribed for about a month now, can you link the video that would answer my question?

That's strange, RU-vid is not reporting it correctly. Good news! The InvisaGig comes with some of the best support that I have seen to date! I've seen the wireless haven commenting on this video already. Reach to them and they can setup today. You can message them at @wirelesshaven or info@thewirelesshaven.com

Yes, I got a Static IP from Chicago and my latency was horrible and the speeds not very good either. This is better. I can still serve but don't really need a TMobile Static. TMobile can only issue Static IPs from Seattle and Chicago.

Thanks. Here is a newer video showing a showdown and a product from the same reseller ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SqJ5e8w8iio.html Take a look. This might even be better for you.

Step one: subscribe to my channel. Here we are mixing 3 different things: 1. Performance late at night is your best case. When there are more people using the network you get prioritized down, normally 30-50%. All the way to 40Mbps sounds like a big hit but that's still do able. 2. Going over 1.2TB/mo with a new $50/mo account will throttle you pretty hard, down to 3G speeds I would imagine (read as, barely usable). 3. Locking to a particular band, like band 2 vs band66 is a great feature of many modems but missing from the gateways that t-mobile provides - probably for support reasons. The modem that I am using here would allow you to craft your signal and get better scores. Do you need an antenna? Watch this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JkO29RJtTrQ.html which will prompt you to watch this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4E7ogM9AVSY.html This will help you understand if you will gain from an outdoor antenna. What do you mean by UltraWideBand? XR 600MHz, or UC 2.5GHz?

It’s UC idk what that means or if it’s good or bad I’ll learn tho 😂

Ohhh btw I’m not new to T-mobile home internet I was locked at 50$ for unlimited months ago I just thought if u went over 1.2 tb you still got slowed down

@TT_LIFTS nope. We should be at full speed still.

UC means Ultra-Capacity which means faster... XR is Extended Range and it is for Rural Area coverage, slower Believe it or not, the fastest home internet bands are called Mid-Band, like n77 It's a learning curve for sure but keep with it, you'll get it.

You would need to be able to set the Cheetah in bridge mode (modem only) and the No-IP watchdog would need to be on your access point. Does such a feature exist on the CCv2?

@@PeterC408 I was wondering the same. Seems that as of now you can only set a fixed IP on the cheetah for your router and then put the router into DMZ in security. There isn't a dedicated bridge mode. Not sure if that still causes a double NAT or not...

Interested to know your thoughts. What are your expectations for speed and latency?

@PeterC408 have to wait in few days or so when I get it at least got unlimited 5G not the lite version

Yes, location has been a problem for TMobile. Mine used to say that I was in Sacramento. That is 250Miles north of me. They have different traffic, weather, crime and sports. No one wants to see someone else's traffic! The trash can it not horrible. This fixed mine up really well ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wXSpbP8NuWw.html better signal equals better up and download speeds.

I was having terrible up speeds for a while. In the last few weeks, they had a two day tower maintenance. It seems to have solved the terrible up speeds. I am hoping this holds up. I was getting under 5mbps on my tests, and was ready to dump tmobile. Hopefully it stays above 10mbps up speeds.

@@pH7screwtube Not always, but many times it is the combinations of cell bands the gateway is choosing to use. With a modem like the InvisaGig you can choose the exact bands you use, and which to not use, and this can help optimize your connection for the bands that are available at your site. This also includes the ability to choose whether or not you use LTE only, 5G only, or LTE+5G. These are very handy tools to have to optimize your connection for YOUR needs, versus being stuck on whatever the provided gateway gives you based on its internal arbitrary metrics. Example: n41 is a fantastic download band, but is NOT engineered for upload at all. If you can add on the use of n25, if available, instead of aggregating n41 bands (if your modem can aggregate 5G) then you add on a MUCH better upload optimized band. There are many combinations that could work, all depending on what you have available at your specific site, and whether or not you have the controls to easily test the available bands. The InvisaGig is the most powerful AND most simple way to do this.

Great. Yes, I started out with 220Mbps and it only went up from there. I got all the way up 960Mbps but then gave up some download for more upload. I am pretty happy with 120Mbps UPLOAD!

@@PeterC408 120 for upload is insane! I get about 60 but upload doesn’t matter to me I just need download I’m so happy it’s perfect now!!

DSL? I haven't heard that from the 1990's! Yes, telco continues to use CG-NAT practices even with IPv6 but this is going to get most of us close enough to where we need to be. If you need a Static IPv6, you are a very rare individual and should pay for direct landline connection to the ISP.

@@PeterC408 Yes vDSL bonded lines are still all over the USA. Most carriers won't even offer static IP's etc. I can get about 120 mbps down and 30 mbps up. They run fiber to the end of the subdivision and copper to the home. I spoke with T-Mobile about a year ago for Business services with them being a wireless carrier and they said it was in the works but never produced a date.

I'm genuinely curious. What use case would require this?

Have you tried any efforts to get a better signal? Here's a video that gives a few tricks you might want to try. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JkO29RJtTrQ.html

Wow! Very well stated. Yes, you have understood this correctly. You must be pretty smart! Here is the deal with latency... There is no one internet... there are several large networks owned by T-Mobile, AT&T, Comcast and others. When you are on one provider and want to send traffic to another, your packets need to go to an IXP (internet exchange point) to be routed, just like if you were on United and wanted to take a South West connection flight you would need to go to a SouthWest HUB and change planes. No game manufacturers host games on T-Mobile, so all you traffic must go to an IXP. If you live near one, it is not a problem, but this is where additional latency can come from. That said, better signals can improve ping... Check out this new bridging modem that I found that fits inside of an external antenna!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gMRfklUD_E4.html

I am downloading Wuthering Waves and will try it. Will it tell me what Ping I am getting? That said, your ping will depend on your location but I will tell you if it works

I tried Wuthering Waves. It is a pretty cool game. Good graphics and the game play seemed pretty good. I found what I believe to be the PING in the upper right of the screen. It shows a 112ms but the game play was still solid.

@@PeterC408 if you're getting 112ms with tmobile cell tower internet, then I need to try what you've said so far. Would a modem/router all in one still work? I'm less than 2000ft from the tower with clear line of sight and have 5 bars already. Thank you for the information and videos on this CG NAT / double NAT thing!

That is the new offer. They will continue to honor agreements that were made previously.

Yes, but it fixes some very serious problems (if you want to serve), CG-NAT and Double NAT. Watch my latest video about Bridge Mode and look the sneak peek at a new Modem at the end. It will likely be up there as well ($$$) but it includes a 4x4 MIMO and blows everything out of the water. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hbt1ie2BA0s.html

@@PeterC408 at this point for people who can get fiber I recommend it I get you save more in long end with your method but better ping latency and none of this fiddling around

My neighbor has AT&T Fiber and I can't knock the speed or latency. It is awesome but it is also $100/mo!!!! For what? Fortnight?!?!?! No way! I would rather save $60/mo, $720/yr. I told my kids just to get better at playing the games they play and they did. If you need an 8ms ping to beat kids from other parts of the world, you just need to get better at the game. If you need low ping to get high score, it says something. 🙃

@@PeterC408 that's att it's all what's about in your area personally FiOS has a 300/300 for 50 a month he must have a gig plan

My feeling is that day is coming and sooner than we think. 5G is just rolling out. When we get to n77 at 3.7GHz we should have enough bandwidth to provide 1Gb down and up. The customers and the hardware are ready, the frequencies have been secured from the FCC and are beginning to rollout. The question is what is the limit of T-Mobile's backhaul. My feeling is that they will need to further separate the mobile and home Internet networks to account for differences in customer needs. Will it be $50??? I hope so.

take a look at Sonic fiber Internet. They offer 10Gb/s download and upload speed for $50 month. so they are the future !! Spectrum (Charter) needs to die !!@@PeterC408

Unlimited is a 4-letter word. It has been used so much it means nothing. "Unlimited" doesn't mean unlimited it means no limit to the amount of data but not the speed of data. Now we have 5GB unlimited plans, 10GB unlimited plans and 50GB unlimited plans. If you want Unlimited/unlimited that cost extra. Verizon is a great service but the chose poorly in the 5G spectrum. They planned on serving high speed but did not think about the size of our country. T-Mobile was much more forward thinking in their use of aggregation of mid-band frequencies. I think they will continue to grow... but if you have Verizon and are happy with it, go with that. I would not use Verizon for my phone. They are giving phones away to buy customers because they know they screwed up. Everyone knows that no one is going to use 3TB/mo on a phone, that's just silly (in 2024, I am sure this will come back to byte me in the future).

Peter covered it, and I just add that this is also because, other than tethering, they know you wont really use much data on a phone. It's just marketing.

How did you setup no ip to do this?

5G NSA Radios are much more complex than their 4G counterparts. These won't come close to meeting your price target until they are simplified by further advancement in transition to 5G SA way in the future. Still, this isn't a one band radio. It aggregates multiple bands. You can't guess your way to a pricepoint. I'm waiting for Ferrari to come down to sub $40K, same thing. 🙃

⁠This modem may never be that price TBH LoL

@@ProPayne84 This one specifically maybe not.. but remember what the price for 4G used to be. These will come down eventually.