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    D-Link DWM-157 USB Stock not recognized

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      chedxb @stephenw10
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      @stephenw10 said in D-Link DWM-157 USB Stock not recognized:

      Yes, only interfaces 2 and 3 would otherwise be available if u3g attached to them.

      The usbconfig output should show those interfaces though even if no driver does attach.

      I have upvoted some of your posts which should stop akismet triggering but it does seem have a mind of it's own. We have almost no control over it.

      Steve

      it worked now, I just posted the log

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        Yep, it really looks like that is a C1 device mislabelled. But that is still not recognised by u3g even is the most recent FreeBSD. https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/blob/master/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs

        It's probably relatively easy to add it. The serial interfaces are there they just need to be attached but that's not something I can do. To add new devices requires rebuilding the kernel and hence it's only really practical to do in FreeBSD rather then in pfSense. Those changes usually happen there first and are brought into pfSense though it does happen the other way on occasion.

        It's still easier to use a different modem.

        Steve

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          chedxb
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          Thanks Steve, how can I ask FreeBSD community to add this device? For some reason, this is/used to be a popular device in the region I live (middle east) and it would be nice to add it for the future users. Meanwhile I will try with a Huawei E173.

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            There are examples of people having done it for other devices. I would start by looking on the FreeBSD forums for other threads. And then opening your own thread if it's not obvious.
            Ultimately you would be looking to make a patch against udbdevs and u3g and then issue a pull request for it.

            It would be much easier to test if u3g was a loadable kernel module but I don't think that s possible.

            Steve

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              chedxb
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              I found this, https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196362

              I will post shortly with the experience we had here.

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                chedxb @chedxb
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                @chedxb said in D-Link DWM-157 USB Stock not recognized:

                I found this, https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196362

                I will post shortly with the experience we had here.

                As explained here, I tried
                usb_modeswitch -v 2001 -p a407 -m 1 -M 555342431234567800000000000003f0010300000000000000000000000000 -R 1

                and I got this,

                Apr 16 16:51:21 kernel da0: quirks=0x2<NO_6_BYTE>
                Apr 16 16:51:21 kernel da0: Attempt to query device size failed: ILLEGAL REQUEST, Invalid field in CDB
                Apr 16 16:51:21 kernel da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
                Apr 16 16:51:21 kernel da0: <HSPA USB SCSI CD-ROM 6225> Removable Direct Access SCSI device
                Apr 16 16:51:21 kernel da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0
                Apr 16 16:51:21 kernel umass0: <Mass Storage > on usbus4
                Apr 16 16:51:21 kernel umass0 on uhub1
                Apr 16 16:51:21 kernel ue0: Ethernet address: 02:00:ff:aa:aa:aa
                Apr 16 16:51:21 kernel ue0: <USB Ethernet> on cdce0
                Apr 16 16:51:21 kernel cdce0: <COMcommif> on usbus4
                Apr 16 16:51:21 kernel cdce0 on uhub1
                Apr 16 16:51:21 kernel ugen4.2: <D-Link,Inc D-Link DWM-157> at usbus4
                Apr 16 16:51:19 kernel ugen4.2: <D-Link,Inc D-Link DWM-157> at usbus4 (disconnected)
                Apr 16 16:51:19 kernel umass0: detached
                Apr 16 16:51:19 kernel (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Periph destroyed
                Apr 16 16:51:19 kernel cd0: <HSPA USB SCSI CD-ROM 6225> s/n 531399703502680 detached
                Apr 16 16:51:19 kernel cd0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0
                Apr 16 16:51:19 kernel umass0: at uhub1, port 1, addr 2 (disconnected)

                I see it under Available network ports: as well. I will test in the evening if it works or not.

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  Ah, OK that's mostly all done then. Nice!

                  So yeah you can see that's a two line change to two files. Should be easy enough to replicate for the new ID.

                  Can you try this against your modem?
                  https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196362#c9

                  Does it then show up as ue0 as shown there?

                  Steve

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by stephenw10

                    Ah cross posted I see you did! Yeah see what happens when you assign it.

                    FreeBSD/pfSense handles serial port modems much better but the speed is limited there.

                    It would be interesting to see hoe usbconfig sees the modem when it's in Ethernet mode like that.

                    Steve

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                      chedxb
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                      I assigned as a new interface and then added usb_modeswitch -v 2001 -p a407 -m 1 -M 555342431234567800000000000003f0010300000000000000000000000000 -R 1 on
                      Shellcmd Configuration as earlyshellcmd and rebooted. So far so good :) I just need a SIM card to test the data connection.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        The big problem with USB Ethernet type devices is that pfSense does not have any way to handle them disconnecting. If you reboot and unplug the modem pfSense will stop booting at the interfaces assign screen at the console because ue0 is no9 longer present on the system but is assigned in the config. There are workarounds but they are all hacky....

                        What speeds do you expect to get from that device?

                        Steve

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                          chedxb
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                          I am planning to use it as a backup connection. I will cap download 5Mbps and upload 1Mbps with Traffic Shaper.

                          Is it possible to put a timer for the interfaces? Say, if ue0 is not present for 10s, then continue booting without it.

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                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            Well you can script whatever you want but the further you move away from the default install the harder things will be or you at upgrade for example.

                            You can easily get those speeds over a serial interface though so I would still with that if you can.

                            Steve

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                              chedxb
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                              Thanks Steve, do you recommend any particular serial interface modem?

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                I personally have a Sierra em7305. It's an internal m.2 card but usb connected. That provides serial ports. I get 20-30Mbps over it. The newer em7455 also works fine.

                                Hard to recommend anything I don't actually use myself.

                                Other than that external Ethernet connected modems are generally much easier to deal with like the Netgear lb1120.

                                Steve

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