Huawei E3372s-153 no Link Interface(s)

John8

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ls /dev/ there is no ue0 device, when i plug it in a windows machine it is in HiLink mode

John

stephenw10

Hmm, OK. If it doesn't get switched by ejecting the virtual CD you may need to use usb mode switch as the link above. If it then switches to one of the devices listed here it should be recognised and have the ports created:
https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/blob/RELENG_2_4_5/sys/dev/usb/serial/u3g.c#L246

Steve

John8

Sorry i didn't understand, i have to install pkg install usb_modeswitch or i have to compile and run the u3g.c ?

I installed usb_modeswitch and i tried usb_modeswitch -v 12d1 -p 1f01

no Link Interface(s) appeared

stephenw10

Did it report success finding the device and/or switching it?

John8

No devices in default mode found. Nothing to do.

stephenw10

Hmm, more research needed! You might have to specify that as the default mode either using command line switches or a simple conf file.

John8

if i enter

usb_modeswitch -J -W -v 0x12d1 -p 0x1f01

the switch command executes successfully , then an ethernet device ue0 appears but no serial interface, i enabled the serial ports from the bios , it appears cuau0, cuau0.init,cuau0.lock,cuau1,cuau1.init,cuau1.lock

cu /dev/cuau0 prints cu: unknown host cu9600

perhaps it is another interface that communicates with the modem ?

I noticed when i plug the device these devices appear
cd0,da0,iso9660,pass1,pass2

stephenw10

It's in HiLink mode most likely, running as a router. You may be able to mode switch it with a different command into modem mode where it gives you USB serial ports. They are denoted with an upper case U so cuaU0 for example.

You can probably just assign the USB Ethernet device though and use it. However you will hit problems if/when you reboot as ue0 won;t exist until the device is mode-switched.

Steve

Gertjan

@John8 said in Huawei E3372s-153 no Link Interface(s):

I noticed when i plug the device these devices appear
cd0,da0,iso9660,pass1,pass2

Yeah, as your initial post above. The "kernel" (build in drivers) decided to recognize your device as a "cd". Plain wrong, of course. It shows no native Haiwata support is build into the (now old stable) FreeBSD 11.3.

This device should not be removed as soon as you get it recognized.
That's where Plug and Play becomes Plug and Pray.

I advise you to install the latest and greatest from here https://www.freebsd.org/where.html - and check if the device gets recognized. If so, there is hope it will get retrofitted to 11.3 in a workable way - if not, say after me : "Do not use USB NIC and FreeBSD together".
Do not forget to consult official FreeBSD support and see what been done for your device.

John8

When i removed the usb device, after a reboot, pfsense went into a booting loop to set vlans, i ended reset to the factory defaults.

I tried to install FreeBSD 12 but i got a loader error.

Thank you for your help i quit.

stephenw10

@stephenw10 said in Huawei E3372s-153 no Link Interface(s):

However you will hit problems if/when you reboot as ue0 won;t exist until the device is mode-switched

Yup. No easy way past that. That's why you don't want something in HiLink mode if possible.

Steve