Orbic/Kajeet RC400L

The Orbic RC400L is an inexpensive LTE modem primarily designed for the US market, and the original device for which Rayhunter is developed.

It is also sometimes sold under the brand Kajeet RC400L. This is the exact same hardware and can be treated the same.

You can buy an Orbic using bezos bucks, or on eBay. You should not pay more than 30 USD for such a device (without shipping).

Please check whether the Orbic works in your country, and whether the Orbic RC400L supports the right frequency bands for your purpose before buying.

Supported Bands

WiFi client mode

The Orbic's QCA6174 radio supports running the hotspot and connecting to an external WiFi network at the same time. See WiFi Client Mode for setup.

Two kinds of installers

The orbic's installation routine underwent many different changes:

1. The ADB-based shellscript prior to version 0.3.0
2. The Rust-based, ADB-based installer since version 0.3.0
3. Then, starting with 0.6.0, an alternative installer ./installer orbic-network that is supposed to work more reliably, can run over the Orbic's WiFi connection and without the need to manually install USB drivers on Windows.
4. Starting with 0.8.0, orbic-network has been renamed to orbic, and the old ./installer orbic is now called ./installer orbic-usb.

It's possible that many tutorials out there still refer to some of the old installation routines.

Installing

To get started, follow the release installation guide. Then run the installer with the following command:

# For Orbic:
./installer orbic --admin-password 'mypassword'

# For Kajeet/Smartspot:
./installer orbic --admin-password '$m@rt$p0tc0nf!g'

# Note: the arguments --admin-username 'myusername' and --admin-ip 'mydeviceip'
#       may be required if different from the default.

# Or install over USB if you want ADB and a root shell (not recommended for most users)
./installer orbic-usb

• The password is the one used to log in to the device's admin menu. You can reset the password by pressing the button under the back case until the unit restarts.
  • Note: If you have changed the device username, password, or IP address from their default values, these must be provided as arguments to the installer command above.
• On Verizon Orbic, the default password is the WiFi password.
• On Kajeet/Smartspot devices, the default password is $m@rt$p0tc0nf!g

The Rayhunter UI will be available at http://192.168.1.1:8080.

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Obtaining a shell

After running the installer, there will not be a root shell and ADB will not be enabled. Instead, you can use:

./installer util orbic-shell

If you are using an installer prior to 0.7.0 or orbic-usb explicitly, you can obtain a root shell by running adb shell or ./installer util shell. Then, inside of that shell you can run /bin/rootshell to obtain "fakeroot."