My Max BR1 mini doesn't seem to be honoring the roaming setting

Product Discussion Pepwave MAX
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Greetings all, I have roaming set to off, but it appears that the router is still jumping onto another carrier. I’m right on the US/Canada border and it keeps roaming to a Canadian carrier when I don’t want it to. Any ideas? Thanks. Tim

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Any thoughts on this? This happens when I’m on the border between the US and Canada and two different carriers are competing. In this case, I want to stay on T-Mobile from the US but Tellus from Canada must be a bit stronger because the BR1 keeps trying to connected to it (Data roaming is not selected). Thanks, Tim

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Which model do you have? Max BR1 Mini was sold in HW1, HW3, and a Core model as well: Peplink.com - Model Comparison

I ask because I own a BR1 Mini HW1, and I feel like Peplink software is not supporting this model very well.

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Thanks @soylentgreen, I have a HW3.

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Hey Tim, you might want to check if your router has a “preferred network” setting. Sometimes it can be configured to stay on a specific carrier even if roaming is off.

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Thanks @steve_lobar, you’re a genius! I will give that a try, but it seems like a great idea. Tim

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Setting the carrier helped, but the Peplink really wants to roam but it eventually connects to T-Mobile (the one that I have an active line with) as opposed to the other carrier.