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    D-Link DWM-222 LTE Dongle with 2.5

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      rmeskill
      last edited by rmeskill

      I also just upgraded the firmware to 2.1.2 rev A1, available here and confirmed a couple things on my Windows machine. It does initially connect as a USB/CD folder, and when you launch the connection program it disconnects that, presumably making the mode change which we need to produce here. I've also tried running it through an unpowered USB hub, just to see if that somehow affected things, but it just comes up as 7.3 (with 7.2 being the hub itself) with no additional CDROM in /dev:

      [2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/dev: ls
acpi       apm        bpf0       cpuctl3    cuau2.init fd         io         label      mixer1     null       reroot     stdout     ttyu2      ttyv3      ttyv9      ugen1.1    ugen7.1    usbctl
ada0       apmctl     console    ctty       cuau2.lock fido       kbd0       md0        mlx5ctl    pass0      sequencer0 sysmouse   ttyu2.init ttyv4      ttyva      ugen2.1    ugen7.2    xpt0
ada0s1     atkbd0     consolectl cuau0      devctl     full       kbd1       mdctl      music0     pci        sndstat    tcp_log    ttyu2.lock ttyv5      ttyvb      ugen3.1    ugen7.3    zero
ada0s1a    audit      cpuctl0    cuau0.init devctl2    geom.ctl   kbdmux0    mem        netdump    pf         speaker    ttyu0      ttyv0      ttyv6      ufsid      ugen4.1    uinput
ada0s1b    auditpipe  cpuctl1    cuau0.lock devstat    hpet1      klog       midistat   netmap     pts        stderr     ttyu0.init ttyv1      ttyv7      ufssuspend ugen5.1    urandom
agpgart    bpf        cpuctl2    cuau2      dumpdev    input      kmem       mixer0     nfslock    random     stdin      ttyu0.lock ttyv2      ttyv8      ugen0.1    ugen6.1    usb

      [2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/dev: usbconfig
ugen1.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen7.1: <Intel EHCI root HUB> at usbus7, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen6.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus6, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen5.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus5, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen3.1: <Intel EHCI root HUB> at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen2.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen0.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen4.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen7.2: <vendor 0x058f product 0x6254> at usbus7, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (100mA)
ugen7.3: <Mobile Connect Mobile Connect> at usbus7, cfg=255 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)
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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        @rmeskill said in D-Link DWM-222 LTE Dongle with 2.5:

        Get the current device configuration ...
        Determining the active configuration failed (error -5). Abort

        This indicates there is some issue with the device config values. Does it still show bConfigurationValue = 0x0001?

        Can you specify it directly, like: usb_modeswitch -v 2001 -p 0xab00 -u 1

        Steve

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          @rmeskill said in D-Link DWM-222 LTE Dongle with 2.5:

          ugen7.3: <Mobile Connect Mobile Connect> at usbus7, cfg=255 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)

          Aha this looks like a clue: cfg=255 is clearly invalid! It should be 0 there is only one config index available.

          Try this: usbconfig -d ugen7.3 set_config 0

          If that works we can add it as a device hint.

          Steve

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            rmeskill
            last edited by

            Still no dice. I swapped things around a few times to see if bus 3 or 7 made a difference and tried everything with both a value of 1 and of 0x0001, but to no avail...

            [2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/dev: sudo usbconfig -d ugen3.2 set_config 0
[2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/dev: usbconfig
ugen1.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen7.1: <Intel EHCI root HUB> at usbus7, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen6.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus6, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen5.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus5, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen3.1: <Intel EHCI root HUB> at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen2.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen0.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen4.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen3.2: <Mobile Connect Mobile Connect> at usbus3, cfg=255 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)

            [2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/dev: usb_modeswitch -v 2001 -p 0xab00 -u 1
Look for default devices ...
 Found devices in default mode (1)
Access device 002 on bus 003
Get the current device configuration ...
 Determining the active configuration failed (error -5). Abort
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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Hmm, for some reason it's not able to read the config index value. Seems to be defaulting to 255 whuch indicates the device has not been initialised correctly.
              https://wiki.freebsd.org/USB#Debugging_USB

              I'm not sure there is anything we can do about that.

              Steve

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              • R
                rmeskill
                last edited by

                Crap, does this just mean it's hopeless? Do we think it might be the hardware I'm running pfsense on or just the DWM-222 itself? And there's no way to force a config index on boot?

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  I don't think so. If it's not being initialised correctly we can't force it to do anything much.

                  I assume it appears like that whether it's connected before or after boot?

                  You might try it in a different port if you can, maybe a usb 2 vs 3 issue?

                  If you can try it in a different pfSense device that would probably be conclusive.

                  Steve

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                    rmeskill
                    last edited by

                    I've tried it in all the available USB ports on that machine, but it's an old one, so all the ports are only USB 2. Does 2.5 (or any PFSense) work on 32-bit hardware? I have another old machine that is only 32-bit but with USB 3 that I could try...

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      No, there is no current pfSense version that will run in 32bit x86 hardware. The last version was 2.3.5.

                      You could test using FreeBSD though: https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/i386/i386/ISO-IMAGES/12.1/

                      Steve

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                        DjJoakim @rmeskill
                        last edited by

                        @rmeskill said in D-Link DWM-222 LTE Dongle with 2.5:

                        I've tried it in all the available USB ports on that machine, but it's an old one, so all the ports are only USB 2. Does 2.5 (or any PFSense) work on 32-bit hardware? I have another old machine that is only 32-bit but with USB 3 that I could try...

                        Hey, did you ever get this to work?
                        I am in the same boat as you.. and don't really know if i just have to buy another USB modem or if it's possible to get this working with pfsense.

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                          rmeskill @DjJoakim
                          last edited by

                          @djjoakim Oh wow, I completely forgot about this. No, I eventually gave up, boxed the DWM-222 up and returned it. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it seemed hopeless to me...

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                            DjJoakim @rmeskill
                            last edited by

                            @rmeskill
                            Thank you for the responce. I have Done the same now.. and i hope the huawei model i bought today will work better :)

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