Huawei k5160 4g usb mobile broadband

GiaNN

@stephenw10 i already had installed usb_modeswitch, i'll read the docs, maybe i'll understand more

GiaNN

@stephenw10 i changed the usb_modeswitch.conf file, and if i launch the command now says

usb_modeswitch -c /usr/local/etc/usb_modeswitch.conf
Look for target devices ...
 No devices in target mode or class found
Look for default devices ...
 No devices in default mode found. Nothing to do. Bye!

before i did

Take all parameters from the command line


 * usb_modeswitch: handle USB devices with multiple modes
 * Version 2.6.0 (C) Josua Dietze 2017
 * Based on libusb1/libusbx

 ! PLEASE REPORT NEW CONFIGURATIONS !

DefaultVendor=  0x12d1
DefaultProduct= 0x1f1e
HuaweiNewMode=1

Look for default devices ...
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
 No devices in default mode found. Nothing to do. Bye!

Then rebooted but still doesn't show up

stephenw10

Try just using cli switches directly first:
usb_modeswitch -W -v 12d1 -p 1f1e -J

GiaNN

@stephenw10 i reinserted the USB then

 usb_modeswitch -W -v 12d1 -p 1f1e -J
Take all parameters from the command line


 * usb_modeswitch: handle USB devices with multiple modes
 * Version 2.6.0 (C) Josua Dietze 2017
 * Based on libusb1/libusbx

 ! PLEASE REPORT NEW CONFIGURATIONS !

DefaultVendor=  0x12d1
DefaultProduct= 0x1f1e
HuaweiNewMode=1

Look for default devices ...
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 12d1:1f1e
   vendor ID matched
   product ID matched
 Found devices in default mode (1)
Access device 002 on bus 002
Get the current device configuration ...
Current configuration number is 2
Use interface number 0
 with class 2
Error: can't use storage command in MessageContent with interface 0; interface class is 2, expected 8. Abort

But something changed, now the USB LED blinks even if i disable the OPT interface

stephenw10

What OPT interface?

You should remove any ppp interfaces you have configured until you have enabled the USB com ports on the modem. Or the Ethernet interface which doesn't use ppp anyway.

Did the reported PID change?

It looks like it's still using config index 1 so you might need to set that back to 0 and retry that command. Or try one of the other Huawei switching methods.

GiaNN

@stephenw10 i created an PPP interface to see if it worked.
I don't see any PID change in the system log.
If id change to the config index 0 if i do usb_modeswitch -W -v 12d1 -p 1f1e -J it gives the same output as before.
I still didn't remove the PPPoE interface, i'll do that tomorrow if needed. But i deleted the PPP (OPT1) interface.

stephenw10

PPPoE does nothing here. PPP won't do anything until you see USB com ports available.

You might need a custom message to mode switch it. There several threads on the usb_modeswitch forum for that device but, as I said, there may well be several versions of it.

GiaNN

@stephenw10 I did it!
i forced config 0 then usb switched and now i see an eu0 interface.
But if i want to create a PPP it still shows only /dev/cuau0

ue0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        options=80000<LINKSTATE>
        ether 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64
        media: Ethernet autoselect
        nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>

stephenw10

Aha!
Right because using USB Ethernet doesn't require ppp. You should see the ue0 interface as available to assign.
Assign it as a new interface, set it to DHCP and see what happens.

GiaNN

@stephenw10 yes i see it in the interfaces section, but how do i put the APN?

stephenw10

It may be auto-configured. It may have an management interface that can be used.

GiaNN

@stephenw10 it cannot be autoconfigured because it's a Vodafone USB and i'm using it with another ISP SIM card, if i set it to DHCP and go to it's IP it goes to PFsense.
EDIT ok it was an error, now it works fine Thank You.

Now if i can set up from the USB webpage i should set up a script wich force config 0 then usbswitch it.

Something doesn't work, the webpage is just a static page. Is there a way to use it as a modem in this doc? So i can put manually from PFsense the APN

stephenw10

It will use config index 0 by default. That's what it was using before you set it to 1.

You can run that usb_modeswitch command using the shellcmd tool/package:
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/development/boot-commands.html

GiaNN

@stephenw10 mmmmh every time i replugged it in it didn't show up as an interface and if i did usb_modeswitch -W -v 12d1 -p 1f1e -J it gave the error that it was already in the alternate mode.
However if needed for somebody else, i couldn't set up the APN through web interface, i needed to set it up on a Windows machine and the plug it in PFsense

stephenw10

If you check the usbconfig output does it actually show as that PID?

GiaNN

@stephenw10 nope

usbconfig
ugen0.1: <AMD XHCI root HUB> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=SUPER (5.0Gbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen4.1: <AMD EHCI root HUB> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen3.1: <AMD OHCI root HUB> at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen2.1: <AMD EHCI root HUB> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen1.1: <AMD OHCI root HUB> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen2.2: <Vodafone (Huawei) Vodafone (Huawei)> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (2mA)

stephenw10

You need to actually check the IDs so something like: usbconfig -d ugen0.2 dump_device_desc

GiaNN

@stephenw10

usbconfig -d ugen2.2 dump_device_desc
ugen2.2: <Vodafone (Huawei) Vodafone (Huawei)> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (2mA)

 bLength = 0x0012 
 bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
 bcdUSB = 0x0210 
 bDeviceClass = 0x0002  <Communication device>
 bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
 bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 
 bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
 idVendor = 0x12d1 
 idProduct = 0x157f 
 bcdDevice = 0x0102 
 iManufacturer = 0x0001  <Vodafone (Huawei)>
 iProduct = 0x0002  <Vodafone (Huawei)>
 iSerialNumber = 0x0000  <no string>
 bNumConfigurations = 0x0001

stephenw10

Hmm definitely showing the switched PID, yet no ue0 device is created?

GiaNN

@stephenw10 yes i see the ue0 interface and if i set the USB APN on windows it works, but it's not ideal if i need to change APN have to use a Windows machine. So i was wondering if there was a way to set it up in a way that let's me change APN directly on PFsense.

ue0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        options=80000<LINKSTATE>
        ether 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64
        media: Ethernet autoselect
        nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>