Log Entry: Day 47
The log said: "Tunnel established, no data flow."
In the address bar, after the IP, I typed: /html/index.html#vpn Configure VPN on HUAWEI E5172
I uploaded the survey data. 4.2 GB. Two hours. The progress bar never stuttered.
I had learned this trick three routers ago. You cannot click your way to the VPN tab. You must navigate by hand. Log Entry: Day 47 The log said: "Tunnel
But the VPN menu wasn't there. It never is. HUAWEI hides it for "normal users."
But configuring a VPN on a 4G router like the E5172 is not like clicking an app on a phone. It is a descent into a hidden menu. The progress bar never stuttered
The satellite link to the capital was dead. Again. The storm season had turned the jungle into a radio noise factory. My only lifeline to the outside world was a battered, sun-bleached HUAWEI E5172 router—a white plastic brick humming on a generator’s dirty power.