postrediori/huaweimobiledashboard

Extra antenna status dashboard for Huawei & Netgear mobile routers

Mobile Router Dashboard

This repository contains JavaScript code that show dashboard with mobile connection parameters that are not always available in the Web UI of Huawei&Netgear routers. There are two versions of the script:

• as a URL code for a browser Bookmark
• as a TamperMonkey addon

Currently the extra dashboard shows the following data:

• network type (GSM, WCDMA, LTE)
• signal strength parameters specific to current network type (e.g. EC/IO for 3G, SINR for LTE)
• DL/UL rates
• Battery level and status (for mobile hotspots)
• Device and battery temperature (for Netgear hotspots)

Additionally, dashboard for the Huawei routers allows fixation of LTE bands.

Screenshots

Huawei version

Dashboard with bar plot of signal history on E5573 mobile router:

Select one of LTE modes:

• Auto - automatic switch between LTE/3G/2G
• LTE > GSM - Use LTE with GSM fallback (e.g. for SMS, USSD)
• LTE > WCDMA - Use LTE with 3G fallback
• LTE Only

Specifying LTE bands:

Example setup of B1+B7 with LTE only:

Now active inactive bands are greyed out in the dashboard:

Dashboard on E8372 USB modem:

Dashboard on E5330 router:

Netgear version

Dashboard with history and download/upload rate on Nightwawk M2 router:

Dashboard on Nightwawk AirCard 785s router:

Installation & Usage

Bookmark version

• Create new bookmark in a browser
• Copy the code from ExtraAntennaStatus.min.js for Huawei router or NetgearEAS.min.js for Netgear router
• Insert the code as new bookmark URL
• Navigate to mobile WiFi page and execute the bookmark. Note: Changing of LTE bands on Huawei routers works only after logging into Web UI of the router.

TamperMonkey addon version

• Install TamperMonkey addon to your browser (available on Chrome, Firefox, Firefox Mobile, etc) - https://www.tampermonkey.net/
• Create new user script and copy the contents of the ExtraAntennaStatus.js for Huawei router or NetgearEAS.js for Netgear router file
• Update @match tag to web dashboard address of the modem. One can specify several @match in case there are several adresses, i.e.:

@match        http://192.168.8.1/*
@match        http://192.168.9.1/*

• Navigate to web dashboard page of the router. Some routers may require login to aquire all information.

Supported devices

The script was tested on the following routers:

Huawei

• E5330
• E5573
• E8372
• K5160 - DL/UL rates and adjusting LTE bands work. No signal data as firmware doesn't provide signal data by default.

Netgear

• AirCard 785s
• Nighthawk M2 (MR2100)

Tested on

Bookmark version

• Safari on iOS 16.6
• Firefox 116
  • Ubuntu 23.04
  • Windows 10
• MS Edge 116 on Windows 10

Addon Version

Tested with TamperMonkey 4.19

• Firefox 116 on Android 13
• Firefox 116
  • Ubuntu 23.04
  • Windows 10
• MS Edge 116 on Windows 10

TODO

• Adjust refresh rate. Now it is handled by UPDATE_MS variable in the script.

Acknowledgments

• LTE band selector by @ECOFRI - https://github.com/ECOFRI/HuaweiLTEBandSelector/
• Additional dashboard by MioNonno - https://miononno.it/files/HUAWEI/latest/