Are you using a USB HSDPA/EDGE/UMTS 3G Modem on pfSense?
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Has anyone tried either one of these two MiniPCI Express modems?:
- Novatel 5520 Mobile
- UMTS/HSDPA Sierra Wireless MC8775
… with an Alix6B2 board?
I know a bunch of USB modems would work, but I can't use one of those for this deployment. It will have to be an "embedded" module.
I'm considering getting all the hardware to do some testing, but if possible would like to know which modem to get.
Thanks in advance!
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Hi,
Anyone using Alix boards in Canada in conjunction wtih USB keys?
Thanks
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I',m using Alix board with Huawei E220 working verry good.
Last days I'm trying Vodafone k3765 USB stick, it has 7.2Mbit support, but doesent work with latest pfsense snapshot :(, I hope that this modem will be supported in future, becouse its much smaller and plugs directly to USB port it getets detected by the system but log says that modem does not respond to AT command?i
regards,
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Anyone using Alix boards in Canada in conjunction wtih USB keys?
Yes, not in Canada, but the cards are the same regardless of where you are.
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Yes, but like cmb's reply, not in Canada. I've successfully used a Huawei E181 USB (GSM/WCDMA/HSDPA) stick with pfSense 2.0 BETA4 on the T-Mobile USA's network. The Huawei E180 should work too since it is has the same firmware as the E181, with the only difference between the two models being the WCDMA frequency bands they support. Chances are that many/most other Huawei modems will work too, but I have yet to test that.
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Is this supported in version 1.2.3?
Can it be used as a backup or in load-balance mode with a DSL PPoE?Thanks
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I haven't tried, but I don't think so. I think it would require loading drivers for those cards. In 2.0 it pretty much just works.
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Is this supported in version 1.2.3?
Can it be used as a backup or in load-balance mode with a DSL PPoE?No and yes.
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Any plans to get it working with version 1.2.3.
By the way, when would version 2.0 become stable?
Thanks
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Any plans to get it working with version 1.2.3.
By the way, when would version 2.0 become stable?
No, and sometime this year.
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hi i have the usb modem: huwai cdma. i want use it to pfsense . but pfsense don't see it as a usb modem. pfsense see it as a storage mass. somoene can help me to use it. think
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What version of pfSense are you using? And what's the model number of your Huawei card? If you are on v1.x.x, chances are it won't work without a lot of hacking, or at all. Try upgrading to 2.0 BETA and it may work out of the box. However, beta is beta …
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Successfully tested T-Mobile webConnect Rocket, aka Huawei UMG1831, an HSPA+ modem with pfSense 2.0 BETA4. Got very low speeds up and down (despite it being an HSPA+ card), but my coverage was really bad so that was most likely at least part of the problem.
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Also tried a miniPCI express card, Huawei EM770U, and got the following message during boot:
ugen1.2: <huawei technology="">at usbus1
u3g0: <huawei 0="" 2="" technology="" huawei="" mobile,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 0.00,="" addr="">on usbus1
u3g0: Found 6 ports.So, I'm guessing it should work … but I can't get it to connect.
If anyone has any ideas, I'd be grateful.
Thanks in advance.</huawei></huawei>
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Also tried a miniPCI express card, Huawei EM770U, and got the following message during boot:
ugen1.2: <huawei technology="">at usbus1
u3g0: <huawei 0="" 2="" technology="" huawei="" mobile,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 0.00,="" addr="">on usbus1
u3g0: Found 6 ports.</huawei></huawei>This suggests the modem is recognised by the u3g driver so it should work Did you follow the steps in the documentation at http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Configuring_3G_modems
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wallabybob,
Thanks. Yes, I did follow those steps. I've got a few other modems to work before. However, those have all been USB modems, plugged in directly to the standard USB ports on the board. In this case it's a miniPCI express card sitting in the miniPCI connector on the board and with the SIM in the SIM slot directly on the board.
Although the OS seems to properly recognize the card, maybe there's some setting I need to change on the board? The board is an Alix.6E1.
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Mini PCI express is compatible electrically with USB 2.0.
Rather than hijack the original topic how about creating a new topic for your particular issue and include in that the status of your interfaces as displayed by the shell command # ifconfig -a and any other information that might give some more details of why you say "I can't get it to connect."
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Successfully tested T-Mobile webConnect Rocket, aka Huawei UMG1831, an HSPA+ modem with pfSense 2.0 BETA4. Got very low speeds up and down (despite it being an HSPA+ card), but my coverage was really bad so that was most likely at least part of the problem.
Did you tested that in Germany? I am from Austria and i recently got an Huawei E182E stick from A1 which is also HSPA+ and i assume (reffering to the USB-slide-mechanism) that it is the same Hardware. I have a spare ALIX here and will set up pfSense 2.0BETA on it today, and try it out…
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I tested on T-Mobile USA's network. So, no, not in Germany. But, yes, the E182E modem appears to be essentially the same as the modem I tested with. I'm fairly certain it uses the same chipset, and thus, should very likely work with pfSense too.
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Successfully tested T-Mobile webConnect Rocket, aka Huawei UMG1831, an HSPA+ modem with pfSense 2.0 BETA4. Got very low speeds up and down (despite it being an HSPA+ card), but my coverage was really bad so that was most likely at least part of the problem.
Did you tested that in Germany? I am from Austria and i recently got an Huawei E182E stick from A1 which is also HSPA+ and i assume (reffering to the USB-slide-mechanism) that it is the same Hardware. I have a spare ALIX here and will set up pfSense 2.0BETA on it today, and try it out…
Has anyone been able to get a Huawei E182E stick to work with pfSense 2.0 ? I picked up one of these, as it was my other option to the Sierra Wireless 306 I couldn't get working, and I'm not having much more luck with this one. the u3g driver does see it, but I get errors in the PPP log in pfSense when it tries to connect. Any ideas?
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If you posted the PPP log or at least a part around the error reports it would give your readers a bit more information to work with.
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If you posted the PPP log or at least a part around the error reports it would give your readers a bit more information to work with.
Here are the last 50 entries in my PPP system log
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] chat: Connected at 21600000.
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] MODEM: chat script succeeded
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] Link: UP event
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: Up event
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: state change Starting –> Req-Sent
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: SendConfigReq #1
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] ACFCOMP
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] PROTOCOMP
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] ACCMAP 0x000a0000
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] MRU 1500
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] MAGICNUM 5583f418
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: rec'd Configure Request #0 (Req-Sent)
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] ACCMAP 0x00000000
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] AUTHPROTO CHAP MD5
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] MAGICNUM 02d9b92b
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] PROTOCOMP
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] ACFCOMP
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: SendConfigAck #0
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] ACCMAP 0x00000000
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] AUTHPROTO CHAP MD5
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] MAGICNUM 02d9b92b
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] PROTOCOMP
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] ACFCOMP
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: state change Req-Sent –> Ack-Sent
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: rec'd Configure Ack #1 (Ack-Sent)
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] ACFCOMP
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] PROTOCOMP
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] ACCMAP 0x000a0000
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] MRU 1500
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] MAGICNUM 5583f418
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: state change Ack-Sent –> Opened
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: auth: peer wants CHAP, I want nothing
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: LayerUp
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: rec'd Discard Request #1 (Opened)
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] CHAP: rec'd CHALLENGE #1 len: 35
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] Name: "UMTS_CHAP_SRVR"
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] CHAP: Using authname "user"
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] CHAP: sending RESPONSE #1 len: 25
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] CHAP: rec'd SUCCESS #1 len: 4
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] LCP: authorization successful
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] Link: Matched action 'bundle "opt1" ""'
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] Link: Join bundle "opt1"
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1] Bundle: Status update: up 1 link, total bandwidth 21600000 bps
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1] can't config [19]:: Invalid argument
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: fatal error, exiting
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1] IFACE: Close event
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1] IPCP: Close event
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1] Bundle: Shutdown
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: [opt1_link0] Link: Shutdown
Nov 11 11:02:24 ppp: process 36722 terminatedI'm not sure what can't config [19]:: invalid argument means, or where that is coming from to take a look. It looks like it's going to go, but doesn't.
When I plug the USB stick in, I get a bunch of messages, but the important one I think in this case is:
u3g0: <huawei 0="" 2="" technologies="" huawei="" mobile,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 0.00,="" addr="">on usbus2
u3g0: Found 4 ports.So, it does appear as a u3g device, and I'm able to setup the PPP, and interface, but this is where I'm stuck. Any ideas?</huawei>
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Anybody have got the Huawei E122 to work in any of the pfsense versions out now (1.2.3 or Beta 2.0)?
Other than Pfsense there does not really seam to be any good alternative to a 3G router…
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I have following modem:
http://www.option.com/en/products/products/wireless-data-cards/globetrotter-gt-max-hsupa-w/specifications/#start
I used it before on Debian, it works, but had to modify AT/ATZ commands to get it connect.
Didn't tried with pfSense.. YET :>