Sure SIgnal V3 stopped working at the weekend

[billybigbrains]

My Sure Signal has been working well since I bought it in March 2015. It suddenly stopped working this weekend. I have been talking to Sure Signal Support, right through to Level 3 support, but no-one has really helped. Here are my diagnostics:

Sure Signal Lights:

Power on

1st White Light: solid

2nd White light: solid

When making a call from my mobile, the third light does not come on. Phone reports "No Signal". 

Speedtest result: http://www.speedtest.net/result/4759134427.png

Ping output:

C:\Users\Bill>ping 212.183.133.177
Pinging 212.183.133.177 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

External IP Address: 80.247.30.236

Tracert output:

*** This is the problem, I think – we never get to 212.183.133.177, only to 85.205.0.93.
WHOIS shows that 85.205.0.93 is registered to Vodafone:

inetnum:       85.205.0.0 - 85.205.0.255

netname:       VDF-ON-1

country:       DE

descr:         Vodafone Group Services

C:\Users\Bill>tracert 212.183.133.177

Tracing route to 212.183.133.177 over a maximum of 30 hops

1   <1 ms   <1 ms   <1 ms 192.168.1.1

2   23 ms     5 ms     5 ms pppoe2.zycomm.uk.net [80.247.16.4]

3     7 ms     6 ms     5 ms vanguard.zycomm.uk.net [80.247.16.9]

4   11 ms   12 ms   12 ms nott-lam-3-tenge74-518.network.virginmedia.net [213.106.221.102]

5   14 ms   11 ms   10 ms nott-core-2b-xe-1121-0.network.virginmedia.net [80.1.79.241]

6     *       *       *     Request timed out.

7   12 ms   11 ms   12 ms nrth-bb-1b-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.254.42.130]

8   15 ms   13 ms   14 ms tele-ic-4-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.174.18]

9   19 ms   21 ms   21 ms ldngw1.arcor-ip.net [195.66.224.209]

10   23 ms   18 ms   19 ms 85.205.0.93

11     *       *       *     Request timed out.

12     *       *       *     Request timed out.

13     *       *       *     Request timed out.

14     *       *       *     Request timed out.

15     *       *       *     Request timed out.

16     *       *       *     Request timed out.

17     *       *       *     Request timed out.

18     *       *       *     Request timed out.

19     *       *       *     Request timed out.

20     *       *       *     Request timed out.

21     *       *       *     Request timed out.

22     *       *       *     Request timed out.

23     *       *       *     Request timed out.

24     *       *       *     Request timed out.

25     *       *       *     Request timed out.

26     *       *       *     Request timed out.

27     *       *       *     Request timed out.

28     *       *        *     Request timed out.

29     *       *       *     Request timed out.

30     *       *       *     Request timed out.

Trace complete.

Sure Signal Serial Number: 42150794867

HELP!

[billybigbrains · Accepted solution]

Resolved!

The original Sure Signal 3 box was broken. Although the indicator lights looked as if the box was ready, it did not transmit a 3G carrier.

I took the box back to my local Vodafone shop in Derby. They kindly exchanged it on the spot for a new one, as the original was still under warranty.

After deregistering the old SS3 box and registering the new one, normal service has been resumed. 

[DaveCD]

@billybigbrains

Thank you for letting us know.

If you need any help with the new one, please don't hesitate to post.