Josh Garrett
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SonicWall losing internet when Cradlepoint resets.
We have been running into an issue where our SonicWall loses connectivity when the Cradlepoint drops and comes back up. We either have to drive 4 hours away or walk a user on site through logging into the SonicWall and releasing and renewing the WAN(which we really hate them doing). Is there a way in the SonicWall to have it automatically release/renew if connectivity is lost for more than 5 mins? I couldn't find anything in the GUI, but wasn't sure if there was a hidden section to insert scripts. Or if nothing like that, is there something we can run as a service on one of the PC's that would automatically run a script to send commands through SSH and release/renew the WAN?
What model Sonicwall do you have, and how up to date is the firmware? Have you checked the speed and duplex of the WAN port, along with the MTU, to be sure that everything is set properly?
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TZ215W, updated with latest firmware. How do I go about checking the speed and duplex of the WAN port? MTU is set to 1428 per Cradlepoint support.
Can you adjust the DHCP lease time?
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Not positive about that and Cradlepoint support was very little help, it seems to happen every time the power goes out or the Cradlepoint reboots. My guess is it doesn't reserve that IP lease for the SonicWall MAC when it comes back up. So far only a release and renew of the WAN port gets them back up and running and it is always a different IP.
Can you put in a static IP in the sonicwall instead? Add a static ARP entry to the cradle point?
Check the settings for the WAN interface, and there will be an option where you have choices such as Auto, 100 Mbps Full Duplex, etc. I think it is in the Advanced tab.
Have you done a ping test to check to see how traffic is fragmenting with the MTU set at 1428? Could be a sign of an issue with the internet service or the Cradlepoint itself.
Have you done a ping test to check to see how traffic is fragmenting with the MTU set at 1428? Could be a sign of an issue with the internet service or the Cradlepoint itself.
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I have, and at 1500 was getting the "Packet needs to be fragmented but DF set." Moved it down to 1428 and would get no response, then went to 400 and would get a ping, but moved it up to 500 and no response again. It would change depending on the site I was trying to ping though.
Lots of articles on setting proper MTU, here is one
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/19863/~/ping-test-to-determine-optimal-mtu-size-on-router
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/19863/~/ping-test-to-determine-optimal-mtu-size-on-router
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Aaron, not sure about a static IP as when we did this before we would have to manually power cycle all equipment till it finally worked(which was several cycles). This is why we stuck with DHCP to make it easier to walk an end user through release/renew.
That link you just posted is what I used to test the MTU and never could get a constant number to work across several different hosts.
That link you just posted is what I used to test the MTU and never could get a constant number to work across several different hosts.
I'd be checking on how well that Cradlepoint works. That's the only thing that seems to add up in the whole thing. Do you own it or is it ISP provided?
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That's what I'm thinking, we have fought with this thing for several months and never get anywhere with AT&T or Cradlepoint. We own the hardware and have full access to the configuration, but no one can point us in the right direction. We would like the Cradlepoint to do IP passthrough and relinquish routing and wireless to our SonicWall.
This may not cover your exact model, but perhaps this will help?
http://knowledgebase.cradl epoint.com /articles/ Support/Co nfigure-IP -Passthrou gh-on-a-Se ries-3-Cra dlePoint
http://knowledgebase.cradl
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Masnrock, thanks for the link but we have tried every trick in the book to get this to work like we want but we are stuck receiving an IP from the modem/router instead of AT&T directly. It's been a pain for sure.
AT&T's only role would be to clear out your DHCP lease so that once things were connected correctly, your Sonicwall could obtain the lease. (I have seen some ISPs get confused with this or just use some weird terminonology internally that means the same thing).
I'm assuming that you have wireless internet because of a lack of choices wherever the location is, but are there any other ISPs there that might offer better service?
I'm assuming that you have wireless internet because of a lack of choices wherever the location is, but are there any other ISPs there that might offer better service?
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Nothing other than satellite internet at the moment, AT&T is supposed to do a "build out" and get a T1 to our location, but that has been "in the works" for a while.
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That's a good question guys, sorry been out for a while. I'm going to look into using a USB connection instead of this $900 Cradlepoint we bought. That's if we can't get satellite or T1 soon. Thanks for all the suggestions and help!!!