Cannot connect to ACEManager on LS300

Following the setup guide I booted the router with a new SIM inserted, LEDs seem fine, getting signal.
However, I cannot access the device from my windows machine, the default browser address (firefox and edge tried) http://102.168.13.31:9191 just doesn’t load any website.
I tried:

  • other ports listed at LS300 - No ACEmanager access via LAN or OTA?
  • hard reset. Strangely, after 7 seconds when i expect to be greeted with yellow-greenish lights, I only get RED ones. Is a hard reset blocked by some internal mechanism (bought the router on ebay), and how do I get a full reset?

Thanks in advance and best regards!

The address should be http://192.168.13.31:9191. Please try again
To access ACEmanager:

  1. Connect a laptop to the gateway with an Ethernet cable.
  2. Launch your web browser and go to http://192.168.13.31:9191.
  3. Enter the default password.
    · For devices that support unique passwords, the default password is printed
    on the device label.
    · For other devices, the default password is 12345.
  4. Click Log In.

    Note: The laptop’s IP should be changed to same subnet with the gateway as below

    Please share any concerns you have and help tick “Solution” under my response if it is helpful
    Thanks
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Thanks a lot for your answer!
The IP address was a typo in my post only, when testing I did put the correct one, so no change here.

However, your note was already very helpful, as I wasn’t aware of the required subnet change on client.
I was eager to try out and expected it to solve the problem, sadly it did not.
Tried again multiple browser, restart, hard reset, but the problem remains.
See the photo below (sorry for quality, cannot take screenshots here currently).
Edit: Enlarge to avoid this forums additional blurring techniques, it is very readable then.


Wasn’t sure about having put in the right notation of prefix length here in Windows 10, but I did try other notations such as /24, 192.168.13.31/24 and 255.255.255.0, all of which resulted in the settings not being accepted, so I guess plain “24” is the right notation here.

Hi,
Had the gateway been set LAN IP before? If yes, you need to change it to 192.168.13.31 then the above guide works fine
If you are not sure. Please

  • Connect a laptop to the gateway with an USB cable
  • Launch your web browser and go to http://192.168.14.31:9191 (for the USB connection uses 14.31)

  • Enter ACE manager and change LAN IP as below


Now, you can access ACE manager by using ethernet cable as previous comment
Please share if you have any concerns
Thanks

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Hi Vianney,

I am very grateful to you for helping me.

Had the gateway been set LAN IP before?

I do not know, but surely not by me (as I said I bought it used on ebay).

If yes, you need to change it to 192.168.13.31 then the above guide works fine

How would I do that? I have a USB-DB2 adapter and null modem cable here, if that helps.
I tried getting hints from the official documentation regarding that, but found it hard to follow and used only for programming after having connected regularily.

  • Connect a laptop to the gateway with an USB cable
  • Launch your web browser and go to http://192.168.14.31:9191 (for the USB connection uses 14.31)

Tried that, but nothing happens if I connect (an thus nopthing when trying to access the webpage). I know from my phone USB-tethering which works flawlessly and gives me en Ethernet 2 connetion without any additional setup.
Here however something seems off, may the device be defect?

Hi @tobias.martens ,
Have you got the ethernet 2 connection on the laptop like the screenshot below after input a micro USB cable into the gateway?

Make right click, you can see the configuration as this


If you dont see the same configuration, you can change manually

Finally, let launch the ACE manager by http://192.168.14.31:9191/


Let share if you have any concerns
Thanks

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No, thats the point - with my Phone and USB Tethering I get one, but not with the LS300. There is literally no reaction from my PC. USB Connectors look ok. Also tried a second cable to be sure.

As said earlier, I suspected some “device lock”, especially since when trying to reset the dive by pushing the reset pin, after the seven seconds I get 4 red lights before the yellow ones (official docs describe only the latter).

Hi @tobias.martens ,
Which color are the lights displaying now? Is it same your previous screenshot? I saw that the lights don’t show RED. It looks like the gateway is not blocked. Otherwise, please take new screenshot and share current state of the lights
The other hands, please re-try the below reset to factory process to see if it is helpful
Reset the LS300 to factory default settings
To reset the device to the factory default settings:
• On the device, press and hold the Reset button for 7–15 seconds. (Release the button when all the LEDs turn yellowish-green.)
If you hold the button down for longer than 15 seconds, the device reboots, but does not reset to the factory default settings.
The resetting and reboot cycle takes about 2 minutes to complete. Once the LEDs resume their normal operating behavior, the reset is complete.
After reset process is finish. Let try to access by using USB as previous comment
Thanks

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Hi @Vianney
After plugging in the device there is some LED blinking and switching (booting/connecting propably), which seems totally normal to me.
After waiting for 1-2 min the device LEDs are mostly constant as shown in the picture.

The reset guide you posted is the one I tried following multiple times. The result is as follows.
After ~7 seconds of holding the reset buttons, all 4 lights turn red (and stay as long as I hold).
If I release the reset buttons after 7 sec (and after they have turned red), only then all 4 lights turn yellowish-green, and start blinking/switching then (booting/resetting?).

Now I had tried that multiple times before, but I just gave it another try (with multiple resets, shorter and longer than 15 sec) while permanently connected to the USB and monitoring my connections closely, and behold, I got my second Ethernet connection after some while. I changed my IP settings to the USB IP and was able to login with the default credetials you provided.
Now i can go into setting up the device later.

Thanks a lot for your help, I will mark you USB specific post as solution.

Hey @tobias.martens I have exactly this same issue. Bought off ebay, cant get to the web UI, set the client to the same network, still cant, plugged in the usb nothing happened, reset button gives me 4 red lights. Reset it multiple times nothing. Did you do nothing else but just attempt resets giving it a min or 2 to reboot in between tries? This is not very fun.

Hi @awintermyer,
Welcome you to our community!
Have you installed the driver for your AirLink LS300 on the Sierra source page? If not, please install the driver following the link below:
https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/airlink/software_downloads/airlink_usb_driver/#sthash.vMSSEKjf.dpbs
After installing the driver, please connect the USB cable to your PC then open web browser access ACEmanager via link: http://192.168.14.31:9191/ or https://192.168.14.31:9443/

Do the issue still happens in this case?
If the issue still happens, please let me know so I can help you further.

Thanks,

Hello,

Thanks for reaching out. I don’t see a Win 10 driver on that page.

I was able to connect to the usb port of an AirLink GX440 wit no issue. The LS300 however is still not doing anything.

I’m not sure it even factory resets. I’ve followed the directions for that about 30 times like the OP on my post.

Best regards,

Andrew Wintermyer

Hi @awintermyer ,
In order to troubleshoot the issue, please plug USB cable into your LS300 then share with me screenshot Network Connection Details as shown below:
image

Thanks,

I hope this forum is still active.

How can I connect the LS300 to my internal network, I did need to change the IP address and the mask to match with our internal network.
When I connect directly with my PC it works, but when I connect to my Gateway router, I can’t access it anymore.

Thanks.

Hi @tvilela,

Welcome to our community!

If you need to change the IP address and the mask to match your internal network, please refer to the LAN > Ethernet tab.
For more detailed information, see page 86 of the ALEOS 4.4.9 Software Configuration Guide for LS300 at the following link: https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/airlink/software_reference_docs/airlink-aleos-configuration-guide-ls300/#sthash.IrvHZIZO.dpbs

“when I connect to my Gateway router, I can’t access it anymore”
→ How did you configure it that you cannot access? Please share screenshots from the LAN > Ethernet tab or provide the template file to me.

Thanks,

This is my setup:

Hi @tvilela,

  1. Why are both your LAN Ethernet and WAN Ethernet configs the same?
  2. From which IP are you pinging the LS300? Are they in the same LAN network?
  3. Please provide more details about the device you are using (router name, ALEOS version, radio module firmware) because, according to the source page, the LS300 is not running ALEOS 4.17 as shown in the screenshot you provided.

Thanks,