Vodafone MF823 4G USB Ethernet Modem

martin0891

Hi,

I am trying to get one of these MF823 modems working (as a failover / backup connection - it was supplied as part of my Vodafone FTTH broadband package) - it's listed on the supported hardware page...

I get the ue0 network adapter, but it shows as no carrier and I can't get it to connect:

: ifconfig ue0
ue0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        description: WWAN
        options=80000<LINKSTATE>
        ether b0:0a:d5:fc:dc:bb
        inet6 fe80::b20a:d5ff:fefc:dcbb%ue0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9
        media: Ethernet autoselect
        status: no carrier
        nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>

The modem works out of the box on Ubuntu and Windows without any configuration / steps...

Any ideas?

stephenw10

You may still be able to use ppp to connect if it exposes a serial interface too.

Otherwise you would have to make some settings in the modem that stick That might have to be in a windows driver/utility.

stephenw10

Looks like you can add a usbquirk to make it start in ppp mode:
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/97997/mf823-lte-usb-ethernet-modem-not-appearing-as-ue0