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    USB Modem detected - but not showing under Interfaces?

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      Zani
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      Thanks Perry; dmesg | grep umass gives no results, dmesg  gives:
      usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
      usbus1: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
      usbus2: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
      and
      ugen0.1: <sis>at usbus0
      uhub0: <sis 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
      ugen1.1: <sis>at usbus1
      uhub1: <sis 1="" 9="" ohci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus1
      ugen2.1: <sis>at usbus2
      uhub2: <sis 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus2
      uhub0: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
      uhub1: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
      uhub2: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
      ugen1.2: <vendor 0x0e6a="">at usbus1
      ukbd0: <hid keyboard="" device="">on usbus1
      kbd2 at ukbd0
      uhid0: <hid keyboard="" hot="" keys="">on usbus1
      and
      ugen0.2: <dupont, incorporated="">at usbus0
      u3g0: <data interface="">on usbus0
      u3g0: Found 2 ports.</data></dupont,>

      I obviously have it on the slow port….

      I suddenly can see
      /dev/cuaU0.0
      /dev/cuaU0.1
      under link interfaces in PPPs under Interfaces! ;D

      I don't know how I missed it earlier - SEE ABOVE. [Maybe I only looked under PPPoE]
      Ill let you know if it works properly!
      Neotel is not listed as a service provider - all the others [cellphones] are there..</hid></hid></vendor></sis></sis></sis></sis></sis></sis>

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        Zani
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        Still setting it up, got both ports connected, bridged them, can disconnect one at a time, but still no traffic through.
        Still fiddling and trying to get the right info to read - not so easy to find…... ???

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          Zani
          last edited by

          The Question is: should the modems 2 ports be bridged? ???

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            wallabybob
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            @Zani:

            The Question is: should the modems 2 ports be bridged? ???

            Probably not, but it depends on what you are trying to do. And bridged to what? And which two ports? (I have the impression that some 3G modems have one 'port' for data and another 'port' for control functions and/or reporting. I can't say about your modem. But almost certainly you wouldn't want to bridge a 'reporting port' to anything else. )

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              Zani
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              Wallabybob,
              I contacted the USB driver writers at FreeBSD with all the needed info:
              Hans Petter Selasky & Nick Hibma
              But we still need someone to explain the whole process for the uninformed.
              You were going to get a 3g modem - please write us your process to get the modem driver adapted.
              My goal still is to get everybody to be able to do this.

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                Zani
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                Ermal if you could share the patch - we would be grateful - especially if you could share the "how to"

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                  wallabybob
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                  @Zani:

                  But we still need someone to explain the whole process for the uninformed.
                  You were going to get a 3g modem - please write us your process to get the modem driver adapted.

                  Please elaborate on what you mean by the whole process.

                  I ordered a 3G modem online early Monday morning. It was going to be delivered Tuesday. By mid Thursday it hadn't appeared so I called and was told it would be delivered Friday. Its now late Friday evening and it still hasn't been delivered.

                  I suspect its a bit premature to "get the modem driver adapted". You haven't provided any evidence yet that its performing properly.

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                    Zani
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                    No, I could not get it to connect again - status interfaces , connect [ Neotel  (ppp0) or (ppp1) ]

                    Something I have not mentioned - this is dual wan, the one connection goes through Telkom, the first operator via ethernet connection. Neotel is SA's second operator.
                    I set up Routing - the gateways Neotel & Telkom - Telkom as defaulted as default, Groups with both as tier 1
                    autodial is selected on Neotel… and status still down.
                    I now set Telkom as Tier2 & made sure the Firewall rules see the gateway as the Gateway Group I made with Telkom & Neotel A+B ports.
                    But I am still writing this via Telkom….

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                      gnhb
                      last edited by

                      Zani,
                      maybe back up your config and reset to defaults, and then start with a simple single connection through the Neotel to make sure your 3G connection is working.

                      GB

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                        Zani
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                        Ill try this…. ;)

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                          gnhb
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                          You need only ONE of the two cuaUx.x ports for Data. The other one is to access the modem for management purposes. You'll have to try them both to see which works.

                          Or, you can use the "tip" program on the pfSense box in conjunction with the /etc/remote file to talk to the ports via the command line. The AT command set for 3G modems is public on the net, so you can see which commands to send to the ports to test for which port is the one for data.

                          If you decide to do this, the /etc/remote file looks like this at the end of the file:

                          ucom5:dv=/dev/cuaU4:br#9600:pa=none:
                          ucom6:dv=/dev/cuaU5:br#9600:pa=none:
                          ucom7:dv=/dev/cuaU6:br#9600:pa=none:
                          ucom8:dv=/dev/cuaU7:br#9600:pa=none:

                          Just add two lines to the file that look like this:
                          neo1:dv=/dev/cuaU0.0:br#9600:pa=none:
                          neo2:dv=/dev/cuaU0.1:br#9600:pa=none:

                          then at the command prompt type
                          tip neo1
                          OR
                          tip neo2

                          and you'll be talking directly to the modem.

                          type AT to the modem and you should get "OK" back on either port.
                          type ATI or (ati) and see the modem manufacturer and model info, etc.
                          type at+csq to see the radio signal strength.

                          also . .  .

                          ~^D or ~.
                            Drop the connection to the modem and exit.

                          I'm on OS X and the ~. sequence exits my pfSense connection, but the ~^D just exits the tip program.

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                            eri--
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                            pfSense should automatically detect which is the data port for you on latest snapshots.

                            For the @freebsd.org devs, which i am part of too, i will update them as soon as you prove that it is working correctly.

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                              Zani
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                              Hi, I had great difficulty to log onto this forum the last few days. Ill do as you say. Thanks all!

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                                Zani
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                                My internet connectivity is limited. So i am way behind in my posts  :-[

                                Nick Habema sent me a "neotel_prime.usb.diff" file to try.
                                How do I apply it?  ???

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