WAN connection over MiFi 6620L using USB tether
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I am not totally sure about this but i have found most of the newer cellular interfaces use a different protocol for interfacing the operating system. It seems they show up as a USB Ethernet device, which is different than in the past, where it was primarily a serial/usb interface which talked with the OS via DirectIP and PPP and now it is an Ethernet Interface. See "CDC-Ethernet".
I believe your device will fall into that category. No interface exists for inputting APN so I don't think it will work currently.
To see if yours is CDC-Ethernet -In pfSense -Do you have an device an Ethernet "UE0" interface or similar in your device list?
Ubuntu would probably work with your device.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_communications_device_class
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I have a verizon 6620. I connected it to my alix apu board and it tries to load it as a mass storage cdrom.
ugen1.2: <pantech, incorporated="">at usbus1 umass1: <mass storage="">on usbus1 cd0 at umass-sim1 bus 1 scbus7 target 0 lun 0 cd0: <pantech cd-rom="" 0000="">Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device cd0: 40.000MB/s transfers cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present cd0: quirks=0x10<10_BYTE_ONLY> ugen1.2: <pantech, incorporated="">at usbus1 (disconnected) umass1: at uhub1, port 1, addr 2 (disconnected) cd0 at umass-sim1 bus 1 scbus7 target 0 lun 0 cd0: <pantech cd-rom="" 0000="">detached (cd0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): Periph destroyed ugen1.2: <pantech, incorporated="">at usbus1 umass1: <mass storage="">on usbus1 cd0 at umass-sim1 bus 1 scbus7 target 0 lun 0 cd0: <pantech cd-rom="" 0000="">Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device cd0: 40.000MB/s transfers cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present cd0: quirks=0x10<10_BYTE_ONLY></pantech></mass></pantech,></pantech></pantech,></pantech></mass></pantech,>
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I have a verizon 6620. I connected it to my alix apu board and it tries to load it as a mass storage cdrom.
Did you know that only one miniPCIe slot is capable of a modem? It is the one near the SIM card slot.
And also the miniPCIe slot for the mSATA must be the one near the SATA connector! -
Maybe you could load usb_modeswitch and eject it…
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Did you go into the MiFi devices menu and enable tethering? It may be required.
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How to disable CD-ROM:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-24114/
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Did you end up getting this working. The eject cdrom thing is a good step, but they say it has a USB tether mode.
I want to move from the 4620L to the 6620L…any thoughts anyone?
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Anyone get the verizon 6620L working in tether mode? I've got latest 2.2.6 PF with Verizon 6620L as a failover wan link. It shows up as cuau0. I put in PPP settings and get this error in the logs.
ppp: [lan_link0] MODEM: Fail to open serial port /dev/cuau0 on speed 115200
Any help is appreciated!
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I ended up just wireless bridging it to pfsense as per usual. It never works very well, but it works. Just have to reboot the device every few days.
I really hate cell service.