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    • J
      Jolly green robot @kiokoman
      last edited by

      @kiokoman
      I modified the /usr/local/share/usb_modeswitch/12d1:1f16 file accordingly

      # Vodafone K5150
TargetVendor=0x12d1
TargetProductList="14f8,1575"
HuaweiNewMode=1
DefaultVendor=0x12d1
DefaultProduct=0x1f16

      I replugged the device and then ran
      usb_modeswitch -c /usr/local/share/usb_modeswitch/12d1:1f16

      Look for target devices ...
 No devices in target mode or class found
Look for default devices ...
 Found devices in default mode (1)
Access device 002 on bus 004
Get the current device configuration ...
Current configuration number is 2
Use interface number 0
 with class 2
Error: can't use storage command in MessageContent with interface 0; interface class is 2, expected 8. Abort

      I encounter the same error with usb_modeswitch on Linux yet it still provides the USB ethernet interface.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        What does usbconfig -d ugen4.2 dump_device_desc show? in either config mode?

        Steve

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        • kiokomanK
          kiokoman LAYER 8
          last edited by kiokoman

          before that command, you had posted above
          Interface 0
          bLength = 0x0009
          bDescriptorType = 0x0004
          bInterfaceNumber = 0x0000
          bAlternateSetting = 0x0000
          bNumEndpoints = 0x0002
          bInterfaceClass = 0x0008 <Mass storage>

          error message say
          Error: can't use storage command in MessageContent with interface 0; interface class is 2, expected 8. Abort
          so the bInterfaceClass should have changed to 0x0002 <Communication device>

          pls confirm
          if so, it's strange that it's not creating the network interface
          it's possible that you need a specific driver not available on pfsense

          i found a different config to try if you want

          # Vodafone K5150
TargetVendor=0x12d1
TargetProductList="14f8,1575"
#HuaweiNewMode=1
MessageContent="55534243123456780002000080000a11062000000000000100000000000000"
DefaultVendor=0x12d1
DefaultProduct=0x1f16

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          • J
            Jolly green robot @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10
            Here are the results in the default mode as well as the different modes.

            dmesg after plugging the device

            ugen4.2: <Vodafone Huawei K5150> at usbus4
umass0 on uhub0
umass0: <Vodafone Huawei K5150, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.02, addr 2> on usbus4
da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus4 target 0 lun 0
da0: <Vodafone Storage(Huawei) 2.31> Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device
da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
da0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
da0: quirks=0x2<NO_6_BYTE>

            usbconfig -d ugen4.2 dump_device_desc after plugging the device

            ugen4.2: <Vodafone Huawei K5150> at usbus4, cfg=1 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)
  bLength = 0x0012 
  bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
  bcdUSB = 0x0200 
  bDeviceClass = 0x0000  <Probed by interface class>
  bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
  bDeviceProtocol = 0x00ff 
  bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
  idVendor = 0x12d1 
  idProduct = 0x1f16 
  bcdDevice = 0x0102 
  iManufacturer = 0x0006  <Vodafone (Huawei)>
  iProduct = 0x0005  <K5150>
  iSerialNumber = 0x0008  <FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF>
  bNumConfigurations = 0x0002

            usbconfig -d ugen4.2 set_config 1

            usbconfig -d ugen4.2 dump_device_desc

            ugen4.2: <Vodafone Huawei K5150> at usbus4, cfg=1 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)
  bLength = 0x0012 
  bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
  bcdUSB = 0x0200 
  bDeviceClass = 0x0000  <Probed by interface class>
  bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
  bDeviceProtocol = 0x00ff 
  bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
  idVendor = 0x12d1 
  idProduct = 0x1f16 
  bcdDevice = 0x0102 
  iManufacturer = 0x0006  <Vodafone (Huawei)>
  iProduct = 0x0005  <K5150>
  iSerialNumber = 0x0008  <FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF>
  bNumConfigurations = 0x0002

            usbconfig -d ugen4.2 set_config 2

            usbconfig -d ugen4.2 dump_device_desc

            ugen4.2: <Vodafone Huawei K5150> at usbus4, cfg=255 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)
  bLength = 0x0012 
  bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
  bcdUSB = 0x0200 
  bDeviceClass = 0x0000  <Probed by interface class>
  bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
  bDeviceProtocol = 0x00ff 
  bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
  idVendor = 0x12d1 
  idProduct = 0x1f16 
  bcdDevice = 0x0102 
  iManufacturer = 0x0006  <Vodafone (Huawei)>
  iProduct = 0x0005  <K5150>
  iSerialNumber = 0x0008  <FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF>
  bNumConfigurations = 0x0002

            dmesg

            umass0: at uhub0, port 5, addr 2 (disconnected)
da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus4 target 0 lun 0
da0: <Vodafone Storage(Huawei) 2.31> detached
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Periph destroyed
umass0: detached
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            • J
              Jolly green robot @kiokoman
              last edited by

              @kiokoman said in Huawei K5150 LTE modem not showing as ethernet device:

              error message say
              Error: can't use storage command in MessageContent with interface 0; interface class is 2, expected 8. Abort
              so the bInterfaceClass should have changed to 0x0002 <Communication device>
              pls confirm

              Yes, that is correct.

              I tried the new config with the MessageContent but the result is still the same.

              I also suspect that I require a specific driver.

              Unfortunately I don't know pfSense or FreeBSD well enough to dig further.

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              • J
                Jolly green robot
                last edited by

                Thanks for the help everyone

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                • J
                  Jolly green robot
                  last edited by Jolly green robot

                  I decided to compare the results of the Vodafone (Huawei) K5150 LTE to a Vodafone (ZTE) K4201-Z HSPA device.
                  Both of them are ethernet over USB devices and the K4201-Z works fine but doesn't support LTE.

                  Here is the K4201-Z's information
                  dmesg

                  cd0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus4 target 0 lun 0
cd0: <Vodafone USB SCSI CD-ROM 2.31> detached
(cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Periph destroyed
umass0: detached
ugen4.2: <Vodafone ZTE ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM> at usbus4
cdce0 on uhub0
cdce0: <Vodafone ZTE ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM, class 2/0, rev 2.00/f0.55, addr 2> on usbus4
ue0: <USB Ethernet> on cdce0
ue0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:c6:00:00:00
umass0 on uhub0
umass0: <Vodafone ZTE ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM, class 2/0, rev 2.00/f0.55, addr 2> on usbus4
umass0: Get Max Lun not supported (USB_ERR_TIMEOUT)
cd0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus4 target 0 lun 0
cd0: <Vodafone USB SCSI CD-ROM 2.31> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device
cd0: 40.000MB/s transfers
cd0: 45MB (23425 2048 byte sectors)
cd0: quirks=0x10<10_BYTE_ONLY>

                  usbconfig -d ugen4.2 dump_device_desc

                  ugen4.2: <Vodafone ZTE ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)
  bLength = 0x0012 
  bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
  bcdUSB = 0x0200 
  bDeviceClass = 0x0002  <Communication device>
  bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
  bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 
  bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
  idVendor = 0x19d2 
  idProduct = 0x1024 
  bcdDevice = 0xf055 
  iManufacturer = 0x0004  <Vodafone (ZTE)>
  iProduct = 0x0003  <ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM>
  iSerialNumber = 0x0005  <>
  bNumConfigurations = 0x0001

                  usbconfig -d ugen4.2 dump_all_desc

                  ugen4.2: <Vodafone ZTE ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)
  bLength = 0x0012 
  bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
  bcdUSB = 0x0200 
  bDeviceClass = 0x0002  <Communication device>
  bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
  bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 
  bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
  idVendor = 0x19d2 
  idProduct = 0x1024 
  bcdDevice = 0xf055 
  iManufacturer = 0x0004  <Vodafone (ZTE)>
  iProduct = 0x0003  <ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM>
  iSerialNumber = 0x0005  <>
  bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 
 Configuration index 0
    bLength = 0x0009 
    bDescriptorType = 0x0002 
    wTotalLength = 0x0067 
    bNumInterfaces = 0x0003 
    bConfigurationValue = 0x0001 
    iConfiguration = 0x0002  <ZTE Configuration>
    bmAttributes = 0x00c0 
    bMaxPower = 0x00fa 
    Interface 0
      bLength = 0x0009 
      bDescriptorType = 0x0004 
      bInterfaceNumber = 0x0000 
      bAlternateSetting = 0x0000 
      bNumEndpoints = 0x0001 
      bInterfaceClass = 0x0002  <Communication device>
      bInterfaceSubClass = 0x0006 
      bInterfaceProtocol = 0x0000 
      iInterface = 0x0000  <no string>
      Additional Descriptor
      bLength = 0x05
      bDescriptorType = 0x24
      bDescriptorSubType = 0x00
       RAW dump: 
       0x00 | 0x05, 0x24, 0x00, 0x10, 0x01
      Additional Descriptor
      bLength = 0x0d
      bDescriptorType = 0x24
      bDescriptorSubType = 0x0f
       RAW dump: 
       0x00 | 0x0d, 0x24, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 
       0x08 | 0x00, 0x20, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00
      Additional Descriptor
      bLength = 0x05
      bDescriptorType = 0x24
      bDescriptorSubType = 0x06
       RAW dump: 
       0x00 | 0x05, 0x24, 0x06, 0x00, 0x01
     Endpoint 0
        bLength = 0x0007 
        bDescriptorType = 0x0005 
        bEndpointAddress = 0x0081  <IN>
        bmAttributes = 0x0003  <INTERRUPT>
        wMaxPacketSize = 0x0040 
        bInterval = 0x0005 
        bRefresh = 0x0000 
        bSynchAddress = 0x0000 
    Interface 1
      bLength = 0x0009 
      bDescriptorType = 0x0004 
      bInterfaceNumber = 0x0001 
      bAlternateSetting = 0x0000 
      bNumEndpoints = 0x0000 
      bInterfaceClass = 0x000a  <CDC-data>
      bInterfaceSubClass = 0x0000 
      bInterfaceProtocol = 0x0000 
      iInterface = 0x0000  <no string>
    Interface 1 Alt 1
      bLength = 0x0009 
      bDescriptorType = 0x0004 
      bInterfaceNumber = 0x0001 
      bAlternateSetting = 0x0001 
      bNumEndpoints = 0x0002 
      bInterfaceClass = 0x000a  <CDC-data>
      bInterfaceSubClass = 0x0000 
      bInterfaceProtocol = 0x0000 
      iInterface = 0x0000  <no string>
     Endpoint 0
        bLength = 0x0007 
        bDescriptorType = 0x0005 
        bEndpointAddress = 0x0082  <IN>
        bmAttributes = 0x0002  <BULK>
        wMaxPacketSize = 0x0200 
        bInterval = 0x0020 
        bRefresh = 0x0000 
        bSynchAddress = 0x0000 
     Endpoint 1
        bLength = 0x0007 
        bDescriptorType = 0x0005 
        bEndpointAddress = 0x0001  <OUT>
        bmAttributes = 0x0002  <BULK>
        wMaxPacketSize = 0x0200 
        bInterval = 0x0020 
        bRefresh = 0x0000 
        bSynchAddress = 0x0000 
    Interface 2
      bLength = 0x0009 
      bDescriptorType = 0x0004 
      bInterfaceNumber = 0x0002 
      bAlternateSetting = 0x0000 
      bNumEndpoints = 0x0002 
      bInterfaceClass = 0x0008  <Mass storage>
      bInterfaceSubClass = 0x0006 
      bInterfaceProtocol = 0x0050 
      iInterface = 0x0000  <no string>
     Endpoint 0
        bLength = 0x0007 
        bDescriptorType = 0x0005 
        bEndpointAddress = 0x0002  <OUT>
        bmAttributes = 0x0002  <BULK>
        wMaxPacketSize = 0x0200 
        bInterval = 0x0000 
        bRefresh = 0x0000 
        bSynchAddress = 0x0000 
     Endpoint 1
        bLength = 0x0007 
        bDescriptorType = 0x0005 
        bEndpointAddress = 0x0083  <IN>
        bmAttributes = 0x0002  <BULK>
        wMaxPacketSize = 0x0200 
        bInterval = 0x0000 
        bRefresh = 0x0000 
        bSynchAddress = 0x0000

                  usbconfig -d ugen4.2 show_ifdrv

                  ugen4.2: <Vodafone ZTE ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)
ugen4.2.0: cdce0: <Vodafone ZTE ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM, class 2/0, rev 2.00/f0.55, addr 2>
ugen4.2.2: umass0: <Vodafone ZTE ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM, class 2/0, rev 2.00/f0.55, addr 2>

                  There is no /usr/local/share/usb_modeswitch/19d2:1024 file for usb_modeswitch

                  ifconfig ue0

                  ue0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	ether 00:a0:c6:00:00:00
	hwaddr 00:a0:c6:00:00:00
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>

                  As you can see it is detected as a USB ethernet device and assigned an interface so it would seem that everything on the OS's side is fine.

                  The question is, what do I need to do in order for the K5150 to be detected in the same manner?

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Maybe try usbconfig -d ugen4.2 dump_curr_config_desc just to make sure it really is using config index 1 with the 3 available interfaces.

                    Steve

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                    • kiokomanK
                      kiokoman LAYER 8
                      last edited by

                      it could be because it's still not defined here ? https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/blob/RELENG_2_5/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs

                      even on freebsd12 there are "only" this modem defined

                      /* HUAWEI products */
2284 	product HUAWEI MOBILE           0x1001  Huawei Mobile
2285 	product HUAWEI E220             0x1003  HSDPA modem
2286 	product HUAWEI E220BIS          0x1004  HSDPA modem
2287 	product HUAWEI E1401            0x1401  3G modem
2288 	product HUAWEI E1402            0x1402  3G modem
2289 	product HUAWEI E1403            0x1403  3G modem
2290 	product HUAWEI E1404            0x1404  3G modem
2291 	product HUAWEI E1405            0x1405  3G modem
2292 	product HUAWEI E1406            0x1406  3G modem
2293 	product HUAWEI E1407            0x1407  3G modem
2294 	product HUAWEI E1408            0x1408  3G modem
2295 	product HUAWEI E1409            0x1409  3G modem
2296 	product HUAWEI E140A            0x140a  3G modem
2297 	product HUAWEI E140B            0x140b  3G modem
2298 	product HUAWEI E180V            0x140c  E180V
2299 	product HUAWEI E140D            0x140d  3G modem
2300 	product HUAWEI E140E            0x140e  3G modem
2301 	product HUAWEI E140F            0x140f  3G modem
2302 	product HUAWEI E1410            0x1410  3G modem
2303 	product HUAWEI E1411            0x1411  3G modem
2304 	product HUAWEI E1412            0x1412  3G modem
2305 	product HUAWEI E1413            0x1413  3G modem
2306 	product HUAWEI E1414            0x1414  3G modem
2307 	product HUAWEI E1415            0x1415  3G modem
2308 	product HUAWEI E1416            0x1416  3G modem
2309 	product HUAWEI E1417            0x1417  3G modem
2310 	product HUAWEI E1418            0x1418  3G modem
2311 	product HUAWEI E1419            0x1419  3G modem
2312 	product HUAWEI E141A            0x141a  3G modem
2313 	product HUAWEI E141B            0x141b  3G modem
2314 	product HUAWEI E141C            0x141c  3G modem
2315 	product HUAWEI E141D            0x141d  3G modem
2316 	product HUAWEI E141E            0x141e  3G modem
2317 	product HUAWEI E141F            0x141f  3G modem
2318 	product HUAWEI E1420            0x1420  3G modem
2319 	product HUAWEI E1421            0x1421  3G modem
2320 	product HUAWEI E1422            0x1422  3G modem
2321 	product HUAWEI E1423            0x1423  3G modem
2322 	product HUAWEI E1424            0x1424  3G modem
2323 	product HUAWEI E1425            0x1425  3G modem
2324 	product HUAWEI E1426            0x1426  3G modem
2325 	product HUAWEI E1427            0x1427  3G modem
2326 	product HUAWEI E1428            0x1428  3G modem
2327 	product HUAWEI E1429            0x1429  3G modem
2328 	product HUAWEI E142A            0x142a  3G modem
2329 	product HUAWEI E142B            0x142b  3G modem
2330 	product HUAWEI E142C            0x142c  3G modem
2331 	product HUAWEI E142D            0x142d  3G modem
2332 	product HUAWEI E142E            0x142e  3G modem
2333 	product HUAWEI E142F            0x142f  3G modem
2334 	product HUAWEI E1430            0x1430  3G modem
2335 	product HUAWEI E1431            0x1431  3G modem
2336 	product HUAWEI E1432            0x1432  3G modem
2337 	product HUAWEI E1433            0x1433  3G modem
2338 	product HUAWEI E1434            0x1434  3G modem
2339 	product HUAWEI E1435            0x1435  3G modem
2340 	product HUAWEI E1436            0x1436  3G modem
2341 	product HUAWEI E1437            0x1437  3G modem
2342 	product HUAWEI E1438            0x1438  3G modem
2343 	product HUAWEI E1439            0x1439  3G modem
2344 	product HUAWEI E143A            0x143a  3G modem
2345 	product HUAWEI E143B            0x143b  3G modem
2346 	product HUAWEI E143C            0x143c  3G modem
2347 	product HUAWEI E143D            0x143d  3G modem
2348 	product HUAWEI E143E            0x143e  3G modem
2349 	product HUAWEI E143F            0x143f  3G modem
2350 	product HUAWEI E1752            0x1446  3G modem
2351 	product HUAWEI K4505            0x1464  3G modem
2352 	product HUAWEI K3765            0x1465  3G modem
2353 	product HUAWEI E1820            0x14ac  E1820 HSPA+ USB Slider
2354 	product HUAWEI K3770            0x14c9  3G modem
2355 	product HUAWEI K3772            0x14cf  K3772
2356 	product HUAWEI K3770_INIT       0x14d1  K3770 Initial
2357 	product HUAWEI E3131_INIT       0x14fe  3G modem initial
2358 	product HUAWEI E392             0x1505  LTE modem
2359 	product HUAWEI E3131            0x1506  3G modem
2360 	product HUAWEI K3765_INIT       0x1520  K3765 Initial
2361 	product HUAWEI K4505_INIT       0x1521  K4505 Initial
2362 	product HUAWEI K3772_INIT       0x1526  K3772 Initial
2363 	product HUAWEI E3272_INIT       0x155b  LTE modem initial
2364 	product HUAWEI R215_INIT        0x1582  LTE modem initial
2365 	product HUAWEI R215             0x1588  LTE modem
2366 	product HUAWEI ETS2055          0x1803  CDMA modem
2367 	product HUAWEI E173             0x1c05  3G modem
2368 	product HUAWEI E173_INIT        0x1c0b  3G modem initial
2369 	product HUAWEI E3272            0x1c1e  LTE modem

                      maybe it's better if you search for one of this modem and sell the one you have

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by stephenw10

                        Indeed it isn't but not all drivers need to have the device explicitly defined there. The ZTE device above also isn't in that file.

                        Steve

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                        • J
                          Jolly green robot
                          last edited by

                          Good day

                          Fortunately I only borrowed the K5150 to test the failover and load balancing before I invest in proper hardware.

                          It seems like there isn't a quick or easy solution to this so we might just as well close this issue.

                          Thanks for the help everyone.

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