D-Link DWM-222 LTE Dongle with 2.5

rmeskill · Jun 2, 2020, 11:33 PM

Rebooting seems to have frozen it-I'll need to get a monitor out tomorrow and take a look at what happened, but I did get an output of /dev at first-nothing obviously cdrom in there:

/dev: ls
acpi       atkbd0     cpuctl1    cuau2.init full       klog       mixer1     pci        stderr     ttyu2      ttyv5      ufssuspend ugen7.1
ada0       audit      cpuctl2    cuau2.lock geom.ctl   kmem       mlx5ctl    pf         stdin      ttyu2.init ttyv6      ugen0.1    uinput
ada0s1     auditpipe  cpuctl3    devctl     hpet1      label      music0     pts        stdout     ttyu2.lock ttyv7      ugen1.1    urandom
ada0s1a    bpf        ctty       devctl2    input      md0        netdump    random     sysmouse   ttyv0      ttyv8      ugen2.1    usb
ada0s1b    bpf0       cuau0      devstat    io         mdctl      netmap     reroot     tcp_log    ttyv1      ttyv9      ugen3.1    usbctl
agpgart    console    cuau0.init dumpdev    kbd0       mem        nfslock    sequencer0 ttyu0      ttyv2      ttyva      ugen4.1    xpt0
apm        consolectl cuau0.lock fd         kbd1       midistat   null       sndstat    ttyu0.init ttyv3      ttyvb      ugen5.1    zero
apmctl     cpuctl0    cuau2      fido       kbdmux0    mixer0     pass0      speaker    ttyu0.lock ttyv4      ufsid      ugen6.1

rmeskill · Jun 3, 2020, 10:57 AM

No idea what happened, but something got corrupted and had to fully reinstall. But now can confirm both no unexpected CDROMs in /dev (it looks the exact same as above), it continues to mount on 7.2 and it doesn't work.

[2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/root: usbconfig
ugen2.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen6.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus6, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen1.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen5.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus5, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen4.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen7.1: <Intel EHCI root HUB> at usbus7, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen0.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen3.1: <Intel EHCI root HUB> at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen7.2: <Mobile Connect Mobile Connect> at usbus7, cfg=255 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)

Additionally (both before and after I create a PPP Interface) cu -l /dev/cuau* don't give me any interactive responses-I just get a dead cursor until I disconnect.

stephenw10 · Jun 3, 2020, 5:41 PM

Hmm, I would try it in some other OS at this point and see what it does there. It may be stuck in some odd mode perhaps.
Do you know the history of that device?

Steve

rmeskill · Jun 3, 2020, 6:24 PM

It's brand new, not locked, and works fine on my Windows box with the provided software...

rmeskill · Jun 3, 2020, 7:30 PM

I think you might be right, though, as when it joins to Windows it joins as a CDROM/USB device. I imagine I need to switch it to the correct mode, then, per details on this thread:

https://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/bb/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2594

but can't find a series of commands that works. Here's what I get when I follow the same commands from that forum post:

[2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/root: sudo usb_modeswitch -K -W -v 2001 -p 0x0228
Take all parameters from the command line


 * usb_modeswitch: handle USB devices with multiple modes
 * Version 2.6.0 (C) Josua Dietze 2017
 * Based on libusb1/libusbx

 ! PLEASE REPORT NEW CONFIGURATIONS !

DefaultVendor=  0x2001
DefaultProduct= 0x0228

StandardEject=1

Look for default devices ...
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 2001:ab00
   vendor ID matched
 No devices in default mode found. Nothing to do. Bye!

stephenw10 · Jun 4, 2020, 11:56 PM

@rmeskill said in D-Link DWM-222 LTE Dongle with 2.5:

sudo usb_modeswitch -K -W -v 2001 -p 0x0228

That's the wrong product ID, it's not what you have. Try:
sudo usb_modeswitch -K -W -v 2001 -p 0xab00

Not sure why u3g isn't doing that though.

Steve

rmeskill · Jun 5, 2020, 9:40 AM

Well that did get us closer...

[2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/root: sudo usb_modeswitch -K -W -v 2001 -p 0xab00
Take all parameters from the command line


 * usb_modeswitch: handle USB devices with multiple modes
 * Version 2.6.0 (C) Josua Dietze 2017
 * Based on libusb1/libusbx

 ! PLEASE REPORT NEW CONFIGURATIONS !

DefaultVendor=  0x2001
DefaultProduct= 0xab00

StandardEject=1

Look for default devices ...
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 0000:0000
  found USB ID 2001:ab00
   vendor ID matched
   product ID matched
 Found devices in default mode (1)
Access device 002 on bus 007
Get the current device configuration ...
 Determining the active configuration failed (error -5). Abort

Definitely a different error from last time...

rmeskill · Jun 5, 2020, 9:47 AM

On a Debian machine (rasberry pi) I get the following:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo usb_modeswitch -K -W -v 2001 -p 0xab00
Take all parameters from the command line


 * usb_modeswitch: handle USB devices with multiple modes
 * Version 2.5.0 (C) Josua Dietze 2017
 * Based on libusb1/libusbx

 ! PLEASE REPORT NEW CONFIGURATIONS !

DefaultVendor=  0x2001
DefaultProduct= 0xab00

StandardEject=1

Look for default devices ...
  found USB ID 2001:7e35
   vendor ID matched
  found USB ID 0424:ec00
  found USB ID 0424:9514
  found USB ID 1d6b:0002
 No devices in default mode found. Nothing to do. Bye!

stephenw10 · Jun 5, 2020, 1:42 PM

@rmeskill said in D-Link DWM-222 LTE Dongle with 2.5:

7e35

In Debian it has already been switched so usb_modeswitch has nothing to do. 0x7e35 is the modem mode ID:
https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/blob/RELENG_2_5/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs#L1722

It just needs to be ejected but if it never appears as a virtual CD drive that's.... challenging!

It looks to be failing reading the config index for some reason but your usbconfig output previously showed it using config index 0 as expected.

Steve

rmeskill · Jun 5, 2020, 2:53 PM

For clarification, here's the most recent output:

ugen7.2: <Mobile Connect Mobile Connect> at usbus7, cfg=255 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)

  bLength = 0x0012
  bDescriptorType = 0x0001
  bcdUSB = 0x0201
  bDeviceClass = 0x0000  <Probed by interface class>
  bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000
  bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000
  bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040
  idVendor = 0x2001
  idProduct = 0xab00
  bcdDevice = 0x0228

(Had to pare it back a bit since it kept getting flagged as spam)

    Interface 0
      bLength = 0x0009
      bDescriptorType = 0x0004
      bInterfaceNumber = 0x0000
      bAlternateSetting = 0x0000
      bNumEndpoints = 0x0002
      bInterfaceClass = 0x0008  <Mass storage>
      bInterfaceSubClass = 0x0006
      bInterfaceProtocol = 0x0050
      iInterface = 0x0004  <Mass Storage>

     Endpoint 0
        bLength = 0x0007
        bDescriptorType = 0x0005
        bEndpointAddress = 0x0081  <IN>
        bmAttributes = 0x0002  <BULK>
        wMaxPacketSize = 0x0200
        bInterval = 0x0000
        bRefresh = 0x0000
        bSynchAddress = 0x0000

     Endpoint 1
        bLength = 0x0007
        bDescriptorType = 0x0005
        bEndpointAddress = 0x0001  <OUT>
        bmAttributes = 0x0002  <BULK>
        wMaxPacketSize = 0x0200
        bInterval = 0x0001
        bRefresh = 0x0000
        bSynchAddress = 0x0000

rmeskill · Jun 5, 2020, 3:39 PM

I also just upgraded the firmware to 2.1.2 rev A1, available here and confirmed a couple things on my Windows machine. It does initially connect as a USB/CD folder, and when you launch the connection program it disconnects that, presumably making the mode change which we need to produce here. I've also tried running it through an unpowered USB hub, just to see if that somehow affected things, but it just comes up as 7.3 (with 7.2 being the hub itself) with no additional CDROM in /dev:

[2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/dev: ls
acpi       apm        bpf0       cpuctl3    cuau2.init fd         io         label      mixer1     null       reroot     stdout     ttyu2      ttyv3      ttyv9      ugen1.1    ugen7.1    usbctl
ada0       apmctl     console    ctty       cuau2.lock fido       kbd0       md0        mlx5ctl    pass0      sequencer0 sysmouse   ttyu2.init ttyv4      ttyva      ugen2.1    ugen7.2    xpt0
ada0s1     atkbd0     consolectl cuau0      devctl     full       kbd1       mdctl      music0     pci        sndstat    tcp_log    ttyu2.lock ttyv5      ttyvb      ugen3.1    ugen7.3    zero
ada0s1a    audit      cpuctl0    cuau0.init devctl2    geom.ctl   kbdmux0    mem        netdump    pf         speaker    ttyu0      ttyv0      ttyv6      ufsid      ugen4.1    uinput
ada0s1b    auditpipe  cpuctl1    cuau0.lock devstat    hpet1      klog       midistat   netmap     pts        stderr     ttyu0.init ttyv1      ttyv7      ufssuspend ugen5.1    urandom
agpgart    bpf        cpuctl2    cuau2      dumpdev    input      kmem       mixer0     nfslock    random     stdin      ttyu0.lock ttyv2      ttyv8      ugen0.1    ugen6.1    usb

[2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/dev: usbconfig
ugen1.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen7.1: <Intel EHCI root HUB> at usbus7, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen6.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus6, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen5.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus5, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen3.1: <Intel EHCI root HUB> at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen2.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen0.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen4.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen7.2: <vendor 0x058f product 0x6254> at usbus7, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (100mA)
ugen7.3: <Mobile Connect Mobile Connect> at usbus7, cfg=255 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)

stephenw10 · Jun 5, 2020, 9:40 PM

@rmeskill said in D-Link DWM-222 LTE Dongle with 2.5:

Get the current device configuration ...
Determining the active configuration failed (error -5). Abort

This indicates there is some issue with the device config values. Does it still show bConfigurationValue = 0x0001?

Can you specify it directly, like: usb_modeswitch -v 2001 -p 0xab00 -u 1

Steve

stephenw10 · Jun 5, 2020, 9:47 PM

@rmeskill said in D-Link DWM-222 LTE Dongle with 2.5:

ugen7.3: <Mobile Connect Mobile Connect> at usbus7, cfg=255 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)

Aha this looks like a clue: cfg=255 is clearly invalid! It should be 0 there is only one config index available.

Try this: usbconfig -d ugen7.3 set_config 0

If that works we can add it as a device hint.

Steve

rmeskill · Jun 5, 2020, 10:24 PM

Still no dice. I swapped things around a few times to see if bus 3 or 7 made a difference and tried everything with both a value of 1 and of 0x0001, but to no avail...

[2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/dev: sudo usbconfig -d ugen3.2 set_config 0
[2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/dev: usbconfig
ugen1.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen7.1: <Intel EHCI root HUB> at usbus7, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen6.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus6, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen5.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus5, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen3.1: <Intel EHCI root HUB> at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen2.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen0.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen4.1: <Intel UHCI root HUB> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen3.2: <Mobile Connect Mobile Connect> at usbus3, cfg=255 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)

[2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/dev: usb_modeswitch -v 2001 -p 0xab00 -u 1
Look for default devices ...
 Found devices in default mode (1)
Access device 002 on bus 003
Get the current device configuration ...
 Determining the active configuration failed (error -5). Abort

stephenw10 · Jun 5, 2020, 10:37 PM

Hmm, for some reason it's not able to read the config index value. Seems to be defaulting to 255 whuch indicates the device has not been initialised correctly.
https://wiki.freebsd.org/USB#Debugging_USB

I'm not sure there is anything we can do about that.

Steve

rmeskill · Jun 5, 2020, 10:55 PM

Crap, does this just mean it's hopeless? Do we think it might be the hardware I'm running pfsense on or just the DWM-222 itself? And there's no way to force a config index on boot?

stephenw10 · Jun 6, 2020, 1:47 PM

I don't think so. If it's not being initialised correctly we can't force it to do anything much.

I assume it appears like that whether it's connected before or after boot?

You might try it in a different port if you can, maybe a usb 2 vs 3 issue?

If you can try it in a different pfSense device that would probably be conclusive.

Steve

rmeskill · Jun 6, 2020, 5:15 PM

I've tried it in all the available USB ports on that machine, but it's an old one, so all the ports are only USB 2. Does 2.5 (or any PFSense) work on 32-bit hardware? I have another old machine that is only 32-bit but with USB 3 that I could try...

stephenw10 · Jun 6, 2020, 8:27 PM

No, there is no current pfSense version that will run in 32bit x86 hardware. The last version was 2.3.5.

You could test using FreeBSD though: https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/i386/i386/ISO-IMAGES/12.1/

Steve

DjJoakim · Oct 19, 2021, 7:51 PM

@rmeskill said in D-Link DWM-222 LTE Dongle with 2.5:

I've tried it in all the available USB ports on that machine, but it's an old one, so all the ports are only USB 2. Does 2.5 (or any PFSense) work on 32-bit hardware? I have another old machine that is only 32-bit but with USB 3 that I could try...

Hey, did you ever get this to work?
I am in the same boat as you.. and don't really know if i just have to buy another USB modem or if it's possible to get this working with pfsense.