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    3g Dongle Will Not Show Up in PPP

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.1 Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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    • F Offline
      fragged
      last edited by

      This should be on the 2.1 Snapshots forum. I've been seeing this issue on my box also since the past few weeks. I have 2 Huawei sticks and neither shows any PPP interfaces anymore.

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      • K Offline
        konradwalsh
        last edited by

        oh,thats interesting.. thanks.. so I am wasting my time…

        I guess I'll downgrade to stable and test again..

        thanks for letting me know

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        • W Offline
          wallabybob
          last edited by

          I suspect this might have been caused by the fix for the problem reported in at least a couple of topics including http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,49094.0.html and http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,56367.0.html

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            phil.davis
            last edited by

            Just for the record, I have a Huawei E1550 HSDPA USB Stick. I haven't used it in production anywhere, but I'm sure I used it on an Alix 2D13 and 2.1-DEVELOPMENT system and it just worked - that was at least 6 months ago when I was doing some testing, training and playing. I tried again about 2 weeks ago and it didn't show up in the GUI - just like reported in this thread. I didn't have time to play.
            It would be great if these dongles worked - I have some sites that have primary ADSL on the phone line and could choose to failover to a 3G dongle if the ADSL is dead for an extended period.
            I am not in a position to do any hardware testing/debugging until next week - not near my test Alix right now.

            As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
            If I helped you, then help someone else - buy someone a gift from the INF catalog http://secure.inf.org/gifts/usd/

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              eri--
              last edited by

              That means that the device is not responding to AT OK commands.

              Before there were some ioctl configuration done on those which was removed now.
              I have to check on how best to solve this which was not identified until now.

              For now you can just apply this patch

              
diff --git a/usr/local/www/interfaces_ppps_edit.php b/usr/local/www/interfaces_ppps_edit.php
index d953111..abbafa5 100644
--- a/usr/local/www/interfaces_ppps_edit.php
+++ b/usr/local/www/interfaces_ppps_edit.php
@@ -434,7 +434,8 @@ $types = array("select" => gettext("Select"), "ppp" => "PPP", "pppoe" => "PPPoE"
                                $selected_ports = explode(',',$pconfig['interfaces']);
                                if (!is_dir("/var/spool/lock"))
                                        mwexec("/bin/mkdir -p /var/spool/lock");
-                               $serialports = pfSense_get_modem_devices();
+                               //$serialports = pfSense_get_modem_devices();
+                               $serialports = glob("/dev/cua*");
                                $serport_count = 0;
                                foreach ($serialports as $port) {
                                        $serport_count++;
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              • A Offline
                AMD_infinium05
                last edited by

                I applied this patch through System > patches.

                I still cant see my 3G Dongle showing up on ppp interface.

                Am I Missing something.?…

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                • K Offline
                  konradwalsh
                  last edited by

                  Well, this is what i did
                  I fresh installed 2.03.. then upgraded to the 2.1 RC0
                  It sees my modems now

                  BUt fails to connect..

                  
Jun 20 10:51:11	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 185 in 4 seconds
Jun 20 10:51:11	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 20 10:51:11	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 20 10:51:11	ppp: [opt2_link0] MODEM: chat script failed
Jun 20 10:51:11	ppp: [opt2_link0] CHAT: The modem responded with "ERROR" to the command "AT&F&C1&D2E0S0=0M1" at ModemCmd: label.
Jun 20 10:51:11	ppp: [opt2_link0] CHAT: Detected Hayes compatible modem.
Jun 20 10:51:11	ppp: [opt2_link0] CHAT: +CGDCONT=1,"IP","3ireland.ie"
Jun 20 10:51:10	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 184
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                  • K Offline
                    konradwalsh
                    last edited by

                    I guess this means something:

                    3GTHREE interface (ppp1)
Status	 up
PPP	 
Uptime	 00:00:0
Cell Signal (RSSI)	 rssi:18 level:-77dBm percent:58%
Cell Mode	 None, No Service Mode
Cell SIM State	 Invalid SIM/locked State
Cell Service	 No Service
MAC address	 00:00:00:00:00:00
IPv6 Link Local	 fe80::212:3fff:feac:3650	  
In/out packets	 0/0 (0 bytes/0 bytes)
In/out packets (pass)	 0/0 (0 bytes/0 bytes)
In/out packets (block)	 0/73 (0 bytes/5 KB)
In/out errors	 0/0
Collisions	 0

                    But the sim is not locked and on my laptop, there is full coverage..

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                    • E Offline
                      eri--
                      last edited by

                      Please try with tomorrows snapshots.

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                      • K Offline
                        konradwalsh
                        last edited by

                        Sounds Good
                        Thanks

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                          konradwalsh
                          last edited by

                          Latest Snapshot didn't fix things sadly…

                          Here is my log :

                          Jun 26 08:24:57	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 1
Jun 26 08:24:54	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: reconnection attempt 1 in 2 seconds
Jun 26 08:24:54	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: Down event
Jun 26 08:24:54	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: DOWN event
Jun 26 08:24:54	ppp: [opt2_link0] MODEM: chat script failed
Jun 26 08:24:54	ppp: [opt2_link0] CHAT: The modem responded with "ERROR" to the command "AT&F&C1&D2E0S0=0M1" at ModemCmd: label.
Jun 26 08:24:54	ppp: [opt2_link0] CHAT: Detected Hayes compatible modem.
Jun 26 08:24:54	ppp: [opt2_link0] CHAT: +CGDCONT=1,"IP","3ireland.ie"
Jun 26 08:24:54	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: LayerStart
Jun 26 08:24:54	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: state change Initial --> Starting
Jun 26 08:24:54	ppp: [opt2_link0] LCP: Open event
Jun 26 08:24:54	ppp: [opt2_link0] Link: OPEN event
Jun 26 08:24:54	ppp: [opt2] Bundle: Interface ng1 created
Jun 26 08:24:54	ppp: web: web is not running
Jun 26 08:24:54	ppp: process 13685 started, version 5.6 (root@snapshots-8_3-amd64.builders.pfsense.org 10:40 21-Jun-2013)
Jun 26 08:24:54	ppp:

                          I updated the firmware
                          I deleted the connection under interfaces and the ppp connection.
                          I set them up fresh

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                            eri--
                            last edited by

                            Oh you need probably a different thread for you.
                            You have a different issue than the modem show up on your list.

                            Please create another thread.

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