ZTE MF286D losing connection to the modem

Installing and Using OpenWrt

kokroo May 22, 2024, 6:37pm 7

MF286D: How to bridge LTE-WAN to one of ETH ports to reproduce modem mode of stock firmware? Network and Wireless Configuration

I have ZTE MF286R, flashed Openwrt 23.05 instead of original ZTE firmware and spent some time to get this modem work as LTE BRIDGE. Personally I didn't like ZTE firmware regarding the LTE Bridge mode, it's slow, clumsy, no flexibility, so decide to go with Openwrt. I did this on Openwrt firmware from eko.one.pl but the stock Openwrt should work as well. The biggest problem is as mentioned in other threads that this ncm modem is not fully L2 compliant and modem does not work in bridge mode out …

ZTE MF286D TIM Locked (Telecom Italia S.p.A.) Installation Installing and Using OpenWrt

You could just put it in bridge mode, turn it basically into a modem, and use your other Openwrt router. Nobody has yet given a good example of how to use the MF286d flashed with Openwrt as a modem, so if you need bridge mode stay on the B11 Nordic which is the Unbranded Firmware.

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