Quectel EP06-E LTE Module changes pfSense+ NDI after cold start or hard reset

[Famelazar]

@stephenw10 said in Quectel EP06-E LTE Module changes pfSense+ NID after cold start or hard reset:

If you can switch it to ppp mode that would likely remove both the double NAT

That was also my idea.
I forgot to write, that assigning a spoof MAC Address only prevents a change of the NID on a warm reboot.

[stephenw10]

What if you just send: AT+QCFG=“usbnet” ?
I'd expect it to return the current mode. But it seems as though it must be in mode 1 (ecm).

Do you see an AT prompt on more than one com port?

I wouldn't have expected to need any additional modules loaded. Did you have to add those before it attached?

You might try booting in verbose mode. I have seen USB adapters show that the hardware MAC cannot be read and a random one is used. There may be a clue there.

[Famelazar]

@stephenw10 said in Quectel EP06-E LTE Module changes pfSense+ NID after cold start or hard reset:

AT+QCFG=“usbnet” ?

Good idea, but I did that already before :-). Here are the results:

[some prompt]/root: cu -l /dev/ttyU0.3 -s 19200
Connected
AT+QCFG=“usbnet” ?
ERROR
AT+QCFG=“usbnet”
ERROR
AT+QCFG=“usbnet”,?
ERROR

Best regards

Famelazar

@stephenw10 said in Quectel EP06-E LTE Module changes pfSense+ NID after cold start or hard reset:

Did you have to add those before it attached?

No - Was just an idea and I was curious if that might help.

@stephenw10 said in Quectel EP06-E LTE Module changes pfSense+ NID after cold start or hard reset:

I have seen USB adapters show that the hardware MAC cannot be read and a random one is used. There may be a clue there.

Seems to be a good one. I will give it a try.

[stephenw10]

@Famelazar said in Quectel EP06-E LTE Module changes pfSense+ NID after cold start or hard reset:

Did you have to add those before it attached?

No - Was just an idea and I was curious if that might help.

Ah, then I would remove or comment out those loader lines to avoid confusion.

[Famelazar]

@stephenw10
Hi again!

here are the dmesg from a verbose boot (-> loader.conf -> verbose_loading="YES")

---<<BOOT>>---
Copyright (c) 1992-2024 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
        The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT #0 plus-RELENG_24_03-n256311-e71f834dd81: Fri Apr 19 00:28:14 UTC 2024
    root@freebsd:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-24_03-main/obj/amd64/Y4MAEJ2R/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-24_03-main/sources/FreeBSD-src-plus-RELENG_24_03/amd64.amd64/sys/pfSense amd64
FreeBSD clang version 17.0.6 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-17.0.6-0-g6009708b4367)
VT(efifb): resolution 800x600
module cdce already present!
CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz (1996.80-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin="GenuineIntel"  Id=0x706a8  Family=0x6  Model=0x7a  Stepping=8
  Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  Features2=0x4ff8ebbf<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,TSCDLT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,RDRAND>
  AMD Features=0x2c100800<SYSCALL,NX,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM>
  AMD Features2=0x101<LAHF,Prefetch>
  Structured Extended Features=0x2294e287<FSGSBASE,TSCADJ,SGX,SMEP,ERMS,NFPUSG,MPX,PQE,RDSEED,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,PROCTRACE,SHA>
  Structured Extended Features2=0x40400004<UMIP,RDPID,SGXLC>
  Structured Extended Features3=0xac000400<MD_CLEAR,IBPB,STIBP,ARCH_CAP,SSBD>
  XSAVE Features=0xf<XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XINUSE,XSAVES>
  IA32_ARCH_CAPS=0x6b<RDCL_NO,IBRS_ALL,SKIP_L1DFL_VME,MDS_NO>
  VT-x: PAT,HLT,MTF,PAUSE,EPT,UG,VPID,VID,PostIntr
  TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
real memory  = 8589934592 (8192 MB)
avail memory = 8051970048 (7678 MB)
Event timer "LAPIC" quality 600
ACPI APIC Table: <INTEL  GLK-SOC >
WARNING: L1 data cache covers fewer APIC IDs than a core (0 < 1)
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)
random: registering fast source Intel Secure Key RNG
random: fast provider: "Intel Secure Key RNG"
random: unblocking device.
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-119
Launching APs: 2 1 3
TCP_ratelimit: Is now initialized
ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xffffffff80750310, 0) error 1
ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff807503c0, 0) error 1
ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff80750470, 0) error 1
iwi_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
iwi_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_bss_fw, 0xffffffff80770010, 0) error 1
iwi_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
iwi_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff807700c0, 0) error 1
iwi_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
iwi_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff80770170, 0) error 1
random: entropy device external interface
wlan: mac acl policy registered
kbd1 at kbdmux0
WARNING: Device "spkr" is Giant locked and may be deleted before FreeBSD 15.0.
efirtc0: <EFI Realtime Clock>
efirtc0: registered as a time-of-day clock, resolution 1.000000s
netgate0: <unknown hardware>
smbios0: <System Management BIOS> at iomem 0x7a0b9000-0x7a0b9017
smbios0: Version: 3.1
acpi0: <ALASKA A M I >
unknown: I/O range not supported
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
attimer0: <AT timer> port 0x40-0x43,0x50-0x53 irq 0 on acpi0
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x77 on acpi0
atrtc0: Warning: Couldn't map I/O.
atrtc0: registered as a time-of-day clock, resolution 1.000000s
Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff irq 8 on acpi0
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 19200000 Hz quality 950
Event timer "HPET" frequency 19200000 Hz quality 550
Event timer "HPET1" frequency 19200000 Hz quality 440
Event timer "HPET2" frequency 19200000 Hz quality 440
Event timer "HPET3" frequency 19200000 Hz quality 440
Event timer "HPET4" frequency 19200000 Hz quality 440
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900
acpi_timer0: <32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x408-0x40b on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pcib0: Length mismatch for 3 range: 1 vs 1000000010000
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0xf000-0xf03f mem 0x90000000-0x90ffffff,0x88000000-0x8fffffff irq 19 at device 2.0 on pci0
vgapci0: Boot video device
pci0: <simple comms> at device 15.0 (no driver attached)
ahci0: <Intel Gemini Lake AHCI SATA controller> port 0xf090-0xf097,0xf080-0xf083,0xf060-0xf07f mem 0x91f10000-0x91f11fff,0x91f14000-0x91f140ff,0x91f13000-0x91f137ff irq 19 at device 18.0 on pci0
ahci0: AHCI v1.31 with 2 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported
ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0
ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 21 at device 19.0 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
igc0: <Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I225-V> mem 0x91d00000-0x91dfffff,0x91e00000-0x91e03fff irq 22 at device 0.0 on pci1
igc0: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
igc0: Using 4 RX queues 4 TX queues
igc0: Using MSI-X interrupts with 5 vectors
igc0: Ethernet address: 20:7c:14:f0:c8:52
igc0: netmap queues/slots: TX 4/1024, RX 4/1024
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 21 at device 19.1 on pci0
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
igc1: <Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I225-V> mem 0x91a00000-0x91afffff,0x91b00000-0x91b03fff irq 23 at device 0.0 on pci2
igc1: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
igc1: Using 4 RX queues 4 TX queues
igc1: Using MSI-X interrupts with 5 vectors
igc1: Ethernet address: 20:7c:14:f0:c8:53
igc1: netmap queues/slots: TX 4/1024, RX 4/1024
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 21 at device 19.2 on pci0
pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
igc2: <Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I225-V> mem 0x91700000-0x917fffff,0x91800000-0x91803fff irq 20 at device 0.0 on pci3
igc2: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
igc2: Using 4 RX queues 4 TX queues
igc2: Using MSI-X interrupts with 5 vectors
igc2: Ethernet address: 20:7c:14:f0:c8:54
igc2: netmap queues/slots: TX 4/1024, RX 4/1024
pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 21 at device 19.3 on pci0
pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
igc3: <Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I225-V> mem 0x91400000-0x914fffff,0x91500000-0x91503fff irq 21 at device 0.0 on pci4
igc3: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
igc3: Using 4 RX queues 4 TX queues
igc3: Using MSI-X interrupts with 5 vectors
igc3: Ethernet address: 20:7c:14:f0:c8:55
igc3: netmap queues/slots: TX 4/1024, RX 4/1024
pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 22 at device 20.0 on pci0
pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5
igc4: <Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I225-V> mem 0x91100000-0x911fffff,0x91200000-0x91203fff irq 22 at device 0.0 on pci5
igc4: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
igc4: Using 4 RX queues 4 TX queues
igc4: Using MSI-X interrupts with 5 vectors
igc4: Ethernet address: 20:7c:14:f0:c8:56
igc4: netmap queues/slots: TX 4/1024, RX 4/1024
pcib6: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 22 at device 20.1 on pci0
pci6: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib6
xhci0: <Intel Gemini Lake USB 3.0 controller> mem 0x91f00000-0x91f0ffff irq 17 at device 21.0 on pci0
xhci0: 32 bytes context size, 64-bit DMA
usbus0 on xhci0
usbus0: 5.0Gbps Super Speed USB v3.0
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ns8250: UART FCR is broken
ns8250: UART FCR is broken
uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1996801062 Hz quality 1000
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
ZFS filesystem version: 5
ZFS storage pool version: features support (5000)
ugen0.1: <Intel XHCI root HUB> at usbus0
uhub0 on usbus0
uhub0: <Intel XHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ada0p2 [rw]...
uhub0: 16 ports with 16 removable, self powered
Root mount waiting for: CAM usbus0
ugen0.2: <Quectel EP06-E> at usbus0
u3g0 on uhub0
u3g0: <Quectel EP06-E, class 239/2, rev 2.00/3.10, addr 1> on usbus0
u3g0: Found 4 ports.
cdce0 on uhub0
cdce0: <Quectel EP06-E, class 239/2, rev 2.00/3.10, addr 1> on usbus0
ue0: <USB Ethernet> on cdce0
ue0: Ethernet address: 66:ca:0b:ee:c7:99
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
ada0 at ahcich0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
ada0: <Braninzap 256G HCS10A2P> ACS-2 ATA SATA 3.x device
ada0: Serial Number SCRW22010504G0033
ada0: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 4096bytes)
ada0: Command Queueing enabled
ada0: 244198MB (500118192 512 byte sectors)
ada1 at ahcich1 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0
ada1: <WDC WD5000LPLX-08ZNTT0 05.01A05> ACS-2 ATA SATA 3.x device
ada1: Serial Number WD-WX41AC79DCUT
ada1: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)
ada1: Command Queueing enabled
ada1: 476940MB (976773168 512 byte sectors)
CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz (1996.80-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin="GenuineIntel"  Id=0x706a8  Family=0x6  Model=0x7a  Stepping=8
  Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  Features2=0x4ff8ebbf<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,TSCDLT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,RDRAND>
  AMD Features=0x2c100800<SYSCALL,NX,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM>
  AMD Features2=0x101<LAHF,Prefetch>
  Structured Extended Features=0x2294e287<FSGSBASE,TSCADJ,SGX,SMEP,ERMS,NFPUSG,MPX,PQE,RDSEED,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,PROCTRACE,SHA>
  Structured Extended Features2=0x40400004<UMIP,RDPID,SGXLC>
  Structured Extended Features3=0xac000400<MD_CLEAR,IBPB,STIBP,ARCH_CAP,SSBD>
  XSAVE Features=0xf<XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XINUSE,XSAVES>
  IA32_ARCH_CAPS=0xc6b<RDCL_NO,IBRS_ALL,SKIP_L1DFL_VME,MDS_NO>
  VT-x: PAT,HLT,MTF,PAUSE,EPT,UG,VPID,VID,PostIntr
  TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
ichsmb0: <Intel Gemini Lake SMBus controller> port 0xf040-0xf05f mem 0x91f12000-0x91f120ff irq 20 at device 31.1 on pci0
smbus0: <System Management Bus> on ichsmb0
aesni0: <AES-CBC,AES-CCM,AES-GCM,AES-ICM,AES-XTS,SHA1,SHA256>
ue0: link state changed to UP
coretemp0: <CPU On-Die Thermal Sensors> on cpu0
lo0: link state changed to UP
igc0: link state changed to UP
[fib_algo] inet.0 (bsearch4#24) rebuild_fd_flm: switching algo to radix4_lockless
ue0: permanently promiscuous mode enabled
tun1: changing name to 'ovpns1'
ovpns1: link state changed to UP
pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
igc1: link state changed to UP
igc2: link state changed to UP
igc0: promiscuous mode enabled
ugen0.2: <Quectel EP06-E> at usbus0 (disconnected)
u3g0: at uhub0, port 6, addr 1 (disconnected)
u3g0: detached
cdce0: at uhub0, port 6, addr 1 (disconnected)
igc0: promiscuous mode disabled
cdce0: detached
ugen0.2: <Quectel EP06-E> at usbus0
u3g0 on uhub0
u3g0: <Quectel EP06-E, class 239/2, rev 2.00/3.10, addr 2> on usbus0
u3g0: Found 4 ports.
cdce0 on uhub0
cdce0: <Quectel EP06-E, class 239/2, rev 2.00/3.10, addr 2> on usbus0
ue0: <USB Ethernet> on cdce0
ue0: Ethernet address: 56:8b:1d:94:cc:3d
ue0: permanently promiscuous mode enabled
ue0: link state changed to DOWN
ue0: link state changed to UP
igc0: promiscuous mode enabled
igc0: promiscuous mode disabled
igc0: promiscuous mode enabled
igc0: promiscuous mode disabled
igc0: promiscuous mode enabled
igc0: promiscuous mode disabled
igc0: promiscuous mode enabled
igc0: promiscuous mode disabled
pflog0: promiscuous mode disabled
ovpns1: link state changed to DOWN
Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `vnlru' to stop... done
Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `syncer' to stop...
Syncing disks, vnodes remaining... 5 4 2 0 0 0 done
All buffers synced.
---<<BOOT>>---
Copyright (c) 1992-2024 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
        The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT #0 plus-RELENG_24_03-n256311-e71f834dd81: Fri Apr 19 00:28:14 UTC 2024
    root@freebsd:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-24_03-main/obj/amd64/Y4MAEJ2R/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-24_03-main/sources/FreeBSD-src-plus-RELENG_24_03/amd64.amd64/sys/pfSense amd64
FreeBSD clang version 17.0.6 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-17.0.6-0-g6009708b4367)
VT(efifb): resolution 800x600
module cdce already present!
CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz (1996.80-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin="GenuineIntel"  Id=0x706a8  Family=0x6  Model=0x7a  Stepping=8
  Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  Features2=0x4ff8ebbf<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,TSCDLT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,RDRAND>
  AMD Features=0x2c100800<SYSCALL,NX,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM>
  AMD Features2=0x101<LAHF,Prefetch>
  Structured Extended Features=0x2294e287<FSGSBASE,TSCADJ,SGX,SMEP,ERMS,NFPUSG,MPX,PQE,RDSEED,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,PROCTRACE,SHA>
  Structured Extended Features2=0x40400004<UMIP,RDPID,SGXLC>
  Structured Extended Features3=0xac000400<MD_CLEAR,IBPB,STIBP,ARCH_CAP,SSBD>
  XSAVE Features=0xf<XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XINUSE,XSAVES>
  IA32_ARCH_CAPS=0x6b<RDCL_NO,IBRS_ALL,SKIP_L1DFL_VME,MDS_NO>
  VT-x: PAT,HLT,MTF,PAUSE,EPT,UG,VPID,VID,PostIntr
  TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
real memory  = 8589934592 (8192 MB)
avail memory = 8051970048 (7678 MB)
Event timer "LAPIC" quality 600
ACPI APIC Table: <INTEL  GLK-SOC >
WARNING: L1 data cache covers fewer APIC IDs than a core (0 < 1)
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)
random: registering fast source Intel Secure Key RNG
random: fast provider: "Intel Secure Key RNG"
random: unblocking device.
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-119
Launching APs: 2 3 1
TCP_ratelimit: Is now initialized
ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xffffffff80750310, 0) error 1
ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff807503c0, 0) error 1
ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff80750470, 0) error 1
iwi_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
iwi_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_bss_fw, 0xffffffff80770010, 0) error 1
iwi_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
iwi_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff807700c0, 0) error 1
iwi_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
iwi_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff80770170, 0) error 1
random: entropy device external interface
wlan: mac acl policy registered
kbd1 at kbdmux0
WARNING: Device "spkr" is Giant locked and may be deleted before FreeBSD 15.0.
efirtc0: <EFI Realtime Clock>
efirtc0: registered as a time-of-day clock, resolution 1.000000s
netgate0: <unknown hardware>
smbios0: <System Management BIOS> at iomem 0x7a0b9000-0x7a0b9017
smbios0: Version: 3.1
acpi0: <ALASKA A M I >
unknown: I/O range not supported
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
attimer0: <AT timer> port 0x40-0x43,0x50-0x53 irq 0 on acpi0
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x77 on acpi0
atrtc0: Warning: Couldn't map I/O.
atrtc0: registered as a time-of-day clock, resolution 1.000000s
Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff irq 8 on acpi0
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 19200000 Hz quality 950
Event timer "HPET" frequency 19200000 Hz quality 550
Event timer "HPET1" frequency 19200000 Hz quality 440
Event timer "HPET2" frequency 19200000 Hz quality 440
Event timer "HPET3" frequency 19200000 Hz quality 440
Event timer "HPET4" frequency 19200000 Hz quality 440
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900
acpi_timer0: <32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x408-0x40b on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pcib0: Length mismatch for 3 range: 1 vs 1000000010000
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0xf000-0xf03f mem 0x90000000-0x90ffffff,0x88000000-0x8fffffff irq 19 at device 2.0 on pci0
vgapci0: Boot video device
pci0: <simple comms> at device 15.0 (no driver attached)
ahci0: <Intel Gemini Lake AHCI SATA controller> port 0xf090-0xf097,0xf080-0xf083,0xf060-0xf07f mem 0x91f10000-0x91f11fff,0x91f14000-0x91f140ff,0x91f13000-0x91f137ff irq 19 at device 18.0 on pci0
ahci0: AHCI v1.31 with 2 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported
ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0
ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 21 at device 19.0 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
igc0: <Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I225-V> mem 0x91d00000-0x91dfffff,0x91e00000-0x91e03fff irq 22 at device 0.0 on pci1
igc0: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
igc0: Using 4 RX queues 4 TX queues
igc0: Using MSI-X interrupts with 5 vectors
igc0: Ethernet address: 20:7c:14:f0:c8:52
igc0: netmap queues/slots: TX 4/1024, RX 4/1024
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 21 at device 19.1 on pci0
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
igc1: <Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I225-V> mem 0x91a00000-0x91afffff,0x91b00000-0x91b03fff irq 23 at device 0.0 on pci2
igc1: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
igc1: Using 4 RX queues 4 TX queues
igc1: Using MSI-X interrupts with 5 vectors
igc1: Ethernet address: 20:7c:14:f0:c8:53
igc1: netmap queues/slots: TX 4/1024, RX 4/1024
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 21 at device 19.2 on pci0
pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
igc2: <Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I225-V> mem 0x91700000-0x917fffff,0x91800000-0x91803fff irq 20 at device 0.0 on pci3
igc2: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
igc2: Using 4 RX queues 4 TX queues
igc2: Using MSI-X interrupts with 5 vectors
igc2: Ethernet address: 20:7c:14:f0:c8:54
igc2: netmap queues/slots: TX 4/1024, RX 4/1024
pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 21 at device 19.3 on pci0
pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
igc3: <Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I225-V> mem 0x91400000-0x914fffff,0x91500000-0x91503fff irq 21 at device 0.0 on pci4
igc3: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
igc3: Using 4 RX queues 4 TX queues
igc3: Using MSI-X interrupts with 5 vectors
igc3: Ethernet address: 20:7c:14:f0:c8:55
igc3: netmap queues/slots: TX 4/1024, RX 4/1024
pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 22 at device 20.0 on pci0
pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5
igc4: <Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I225-V> mem 0x91100000-0x911fffff,0x91200000-0x91203fff irq 22 at device 0.0 on pci5
igc4: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
igc4: Using 4 RX queues 4 TX queues
igc4: Using MSI-X interrupts with 5 vectors
igc4: Ethernet address: 20:7c:14:f0:c8:56
igc4: netmap queues/slots: TX 4/1024, RX 4/1024
pcib6: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 22 at device 20.1 on pci0
pci6: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib6
xhci0: <Intel Gemini Lake USB 3.0 controller> mem 0x91f00000-0x91f0ffff irq 17 at device 21.0 on pci0
xhci0: 32 bytes context size, 64-bit DMA
usbus0 on xhci0
usbus0: 5.0Gbps Super Speed USB v3.0
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ns8250: UART FCR is broken
ns8250: UART FCR is broken
uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1996800675 Hz quality 1000
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
ugen0.1: <Intel XHCI root HUB> at usbus0
uhub0 on usbus0
uhub0: <Intel XHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
ZFS filesystem version: 5
ZFS storage pool version: features support (5000)
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ada0p2 [rw]...
uhub0: 16 ports with 16 removable, self powered
Root mount waiting for: CAM usbus0
ugen0.2: <Quectel EP06-E> at usbus0
u3g0 on uhub0
u3g0: <Quectel EP06-E, class 239/2, rev 2.00/3.10, addr 1> on usbus0
u3g0: Found 4 ports.
cdce0 on uhub0
cdce0: <Quectel EP06-E, class 239/2, rev 2.00/3.10, addr 1> on usbus0
ue0: <USB Ethernet> on cdce0
ue0: Ethernet address: 56:8b:1d:94:cc:3d
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
ada0 at ahcich0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
ada0: <Braninzap 256G HCS10A2P> ACS-2 ATA SATA 3.x device
ada0: Serial Number SCRW22010504G0033
ada0: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 4096bytes)
ada0: Command Queueing enabled
ada0: 244198MB (500118192 512 byte sectors)
ada1 at ahcich1 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0
ada1: <WDC WD5000LPLX-08ZNTT0 05.01A05> ACS-2 ATA SATA 3.x device
ada1: Serial Number WD-WX41AC79DCUT
ada1: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)
ada1: Command Queueing enabled
ada1: 476940MB (976773168 512 byte sectors)
CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz (1996.80-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin="GenuineIntel"  Id=0x706a8  Family=0x6  Model=0x7a  Stepping=8
  Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  Features2=0x4ff8ebbf<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,TSCDLT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,RDRAND>
  AMD Features=0x2c100800<SYSCALL,NX,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM>
  AMD Features2=0x101<LAHF,Prefetch>
  Structured Extended Features=0x2294e287<FSGSBASE,TSCADJ,SGX,SMEP,ERMS,NFPUSG,MPX,PQE,RDSEED,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,PROCTRACE,SHA>
  Structured Extended Features2=0x40400004<UMIP,RDPID,SGXLC>
  Structured Extended Features3=0xac000400<MD_CLEAR,IBPB,STIBP,ARCH_CAP,SSBD>
  XSAVE Features=0xf<XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XINUSE,XSAVES>
  IA32_ARCH_CAPS=0xc6b<RDCL_NO,IBRS_ALL,SKIP_L1DFL_VME,MDS_NO>
  VT-x: PAT,HLT,MTF,PAUSE,EPT,UG,VPID,VID,PostIntr
  TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
ichsmb0: <Intel Gemini Lake SMBus controller> port 0xf040-0xf05f mem 0x91f12000-0x91f120ff irq 20 at device 31.1 on pci0
smbus0: <System Management Bus> on ichsmb0
aesni0: <AES-CBC,AES-CCM,AES-GCM,AES-ICM,AES-XTS,SHA1,SHA256>
coretemp0: <CPU On-Die Thermal Sensors> on cpu0
ue0: link state changed to UP
lo0: link state changed to UP
igc0: link state changed to UP
[fib_algo] inet.0 (bsearch4#24) rebuild_fd_flm: switching algo to radix4_lockless
ue0: permanently promiscuous mode enabled
igc1: link state changed to UP
igc2: link state changed to UP
tun1: changing name to 'ovpns1'
ovpns1: link state changed to UP
pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
igc0: promiscuous mode enabled

Well thats a bit long., but i hope thats the info you need

King Regads
Famelazar

BTW: Guess I Owe you at least one Beer - or similar

[stephenw10]

You need to use the loader line:
boot_verbose=YES

Or interrupt the boot at the loader menu (OK> prompt) and enter: boot -v
That boot verbose one time.

[Famelazar]

@stephenw10
Posting plain text is a bit rediculous ...tztztztz.

Now as a ZIPed File...dmesg-fw.zip

Thanks for inspectinting this in advance!

[stephenw10]

Mmm, nothing terribly revealing there. Importantly it doesn't show:

cdce0: on usbus0
cdce0: No valid alternate setting found
device_attach: cdce0 attach returned 6
cdce0: on usbus0
cdce0: faking MAC address
ue0: on cdce0
ue0: Ethernet address: 2a:3f:38:a3:80:00

You can remove the verbose line.

Check the output of: usbconfig -d ugen0.2 dump_all_desc
See if it has more than one config index.

[Famelazar]

@stephenw10
No. Only one Index but here you go
(see attachment)

usbconfig-fw.txt

[Famelazar]

@stephenw10
At the end I guess it depends not on BSD/pfSense but on the Card itself and its behaviour... *sigh
Guess I have to remove it from the device and try my luck w/ the Windows drivers and/or ADB to bring in "PPP-Mode" or another one which fixes the MAC Issue. Otherwise I don't want to go back to the CE Edition, since this is also at Test of pfSense+ for some Customers since -overall- the support is great.

[Famelazar]

@stephenw10 said in Quectel EP06-E LTE Module changes pfSense+ NID after cold start or hard reset:

Importantly it doesn't show:

Ah Ok. Thats what you meant before

[stephenw10]

@Famelazar said in Quectel EP06-E LTE Module changes pfSense+ NID after cold start or hard reset:

At the end I guess it depends not on BSD/pfSense but on the Card itself and its behaviour...

To some extent. This Sierra card, for example, does return a value for the MAC address but....

Jun 14 17:37:52 	kernel 		ugen0.4: <Sierra Wireless Inc. Sierra Wireless EM7345 4G LTE> at usbus0
Jun 14 17:37:52 	kernel 		cdce0 on uhub0
Jun 14 17:37:52 	kernel 		cdce0: <Sierra Wireless Inc. Sierra Wireless EM7345 4G LTE, class 239/2, rev 2.00/17.29, addr 3> on usbus0
Jun 14 17:37:52 	kernel 		ue0: <USB Ethernet> on cdce0
Jun 14 17:37:52 	kernel 		umodem0
Jun 14 17:37:52 	kernel 		ue0: Ethernet address: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
Jun 14 17:37:52 	kernel 		on uhub0
Jun 14 17:37:52 	kernel 		umodem0: <Sierra Wireless Inc. Sierra Wireless EM7345 4G LTE, class 239/2, rev 2.00/17.29, addr 3> on usbus0
Jun 14 17:37:52 	kernel 		umodem0: data interface 3, has no CM over data, has break 

Not useful!

No second config index available on your card.

Yes, switching the mode in something else might be easiest.

[Famelazar]

@stephenw10 said in Quectel EP06-E LTE Module changes pfSense+ NID after cold start or hard reset:

ue0: Ethernet address: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Uhhh GREAT *laugh ...tztz

[Famelazar]

@stephenw10 said in Quectel EP06-E LTE Module changes pfSense+ NID after cold start or hard reset:

Yes, switching the mode in something else might be easiest.

Ok. I don't want to disassemble the box, since its 24/6,5 needed. This will take some time until I get another (external) Quectel Card of the same type to "fiddle" around with. I will post the results here.

Many thanks for your time, ideas and help!

Best Regards
Famelazar

[stephenw10]

Do you get an AT prompt on any other com port? It could be one allows setting values.

[Famelazar]

@stephenw10
Oh yes! I tried all of them (also on the pfSenses GUI to establish a ppp IF), but the ttyu0.3 and cuaU0.3 operate like my historic ZyXel 19k2 landline Modem and its predecessors (Proper Output w/ CR/LF) on the (ssh-) command line/console.

[Famelazar]

@stephenw10 said in Quectel EP06-E LTE Module changes pfSense+ NID after cold start or hard reset:

It could be one allows setting values.

Was one of my idea too :-) - Since the AT Commands documentation from Quectel lacks quite a bit on infos . "AT+QCFG="usbnet", x" isn't explained and not listed in the output of "AT+QCFG=?", but the firmware presents that option, wich is explained in the OpenWRT forum like this:

AT+QCFG=“usbnet”,0 < QMI/PPP/Default (??? - Not in my humble oppinion)
AT+QCFG=“usbnet”,1 < ECM (seems to be the default with Revision: EP06ELAR03A08M4G)
AT+QCFG=“usbnet”,2 < MBIM

The 0.3 allows me to set any other settings like this:
AT+CFUN=1,1 (reset/reboot the card)
OK
or
AT+QCFG="volte_disable",1 (self explaining)
OK
or
AT+IPR=921600 (set "line"-Speed)
OK
But not this one at tty/cua 0.0-3 :
AT+QCFG=“usbnet”,0
ERROR
Tested anew on ttyU0/cuaU0 - Results:
On .0 - No response w/ AT+QCFG=“usbnet”,0
On .1 - No response w/ AT+QCFG=“usbnet”,0
On .2 - error w/ AT+QCFG=“usbnet”,0
On .3 - error w/ AT+QCFG=“usbnet”,0

[stephenw10]

You do have an alternate interface descriptor on interface 5. You could try setting it:
usbconfig -d ugen0.2 -i 5 set_alt 1

I don't really expect that to work TBH. It will probably just refuse as the interface is in use.

[Famelazar]

@stephenw10
Hi Everyone! Hello Steve!!

Finally I got that Quectel EP06-E running in PPP-Mode WITHOUT having a dynamic MAC ueX Ethernet interface.

Preamble: The cuaU Device which is held by the Modem-Card depends on your Hardware!! The named one here is only for Reference!!

Steps:

Connect (ssh) to the pfSense box, get a shell (option 8), and open the LTE cards AT-Interface via a serial link & cu

cu -l /dev/cuaU0.3 -s 115200 -> serial connection to the Modem-Card w/ 115200 baud

This "linespeed" is imho mandatory since other modes seem to "eat" typed or pasted characters, which was one of my faults here!
Anyway: AVOID, if possible, to copy and paste AT Commands, the Card (imho) might missinterpret that command and responses w/ an error.

Set the cards "usbnet" mode 2 and fix the "serial"-linespeed of that Card!

AT+QCFG=“usbnet”,2

3. Write the config to the Card

AT&W

4. soft reboot the LTE-Card to activate the changes (no (hard-)reboot of the whole box necessary)

AT+CFUN=1,1

"cu" will close and you are back on the shellprompt after a while.

5. Create a PPP IF on the GUI.
   Parameters depend on your Cell-Provider-Plan to communicate w/ this Quectel device.
   BUT: pfSense here awaits a linespeed of 115200 (baud) to sqawk to the Modem-Card.
   This should be forced w/ the advanced settings at the ppp-IF page:

Init String +IPR=115200

6. Assign that newly build ppp-If to an OPT-Interface on your box

That will do - I Hope ;-) - Its working for me, but maybe not perfectly described.

Addendum:
Possible "usbnet" Modes are:
AT+QCFG=“usbnet”,0 < Default
AT+QCFG=“usbnet”,1 < USB Ethernet IF,* w/ dhcp Server active on the Card. Typically w/ IP 192.168.225.xxx/24, GW 192.168.225.1
AT+QCFG=“usbnet”,2 < PPP IF via /dev/cuaU0.3

*W/ an auto generated MAC Address on ueX which changes the NID as in the Topic!

Last but not least:
Any suggestions, critic and so on are welcome!
And also many Thanks to Steve for accompany, ideas and help w/ this topic!!

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Any typos and syntactic errors found here, can be kept by the finder ;-)

[stephenw10]

Ah, nice. So it was just the console doing something funy at a different baud rate? Nice catch!