Using a USB modem
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From what I can make out, I think I need to install the USB_ModeSwitch pkg to get the modem to act as an NDIS device, but am unclear as to how to do this. There seem to be a number of posts about how to get to a USB modem working with pfSense but none of them seem definitive.
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Hmmm, that was with the modem connected?
I'm surprised to see u3g log it's found ports but not actually see any in /dev.
Steve
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Using my original pfSense box, the following entry gets added to 'ls -ls /dev' when I insert the Huawei modem:-
0 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9 May 17 20:16 ugen0.4 -> usb/0.4.0
Still not sure what I'm looking for…
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Reading the following post:-
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-wireless/2016-April/006660.html
I believe I should have my modem configured as ue0, although I don't not yet know how to do this…
The question I have is, do I need to 'Switch the E3372 to cdce using usb_modeswitch'? Still not sure about which 'modes' I can switch between...
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usb_modeswitch is nothing more than a software hack. You really should change the 'composition' of your devices firmware.
What does AT^DATALOCK? show? Perhaps it is vendor locked.
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usb_modeswitch is nothing more than a software hack. You really should change the 'composition' of your devices firmware.
What does AT^DATALOCK? show? Perhaps it is vendor locked.
Can you illuminate how I change the 'composition' and what I should change it too. I'm pretty much in the dark when it comes to dealing with such devices.
AT^DATALOCK? shows
^DATALOCK: 1
Not sure what this means, but I've used a number of different SIMS with this modem without any problem on Windows using the supplied app - Mobile Partner.
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Andrew talks about the composition in the last post in this thread:
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=105842.0I would put the newest firmware on it first.
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Thanks for the link you provided. I don't really understand the requirements. I don't have a userid/password and it's odd that I can simply put the SIM in my Lenovo tablet and it simply connects…
As for the latest firmware, I don't see a link on Huawei's website http://consumer.huawei.com/en/mobile-broadband/dongles/tech-specs/e3372.htm
And the number of versions of the firmware here is very confusing
http://www.huaweiflashfiles.com/p/download-original-official-huawei.html#
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it's probably just the usbmodeswitch is not updated yet to work on your usb modem.
you can try sending a AT command on the huawei modem to set it as a modem mode only instead of hybrid mode (eg CD+Memstick >> Drivers and dashboard detected to be installed >> CD+Memstick+Data).
