Huawei E585 Support

NogBadTheBad

I have an old 3G Huawei USB MiFi kicking about, thought I'd try and connect it to the USB port on my SG-4860 for a backup WAN interface.

I'm guessing I should see it in the Interfaces -> Interface Assignments section if it's supported, I don't see it so I'm guessing it's not supported.

But I can see the following in the logs :-

Aug 9 09:12:14 kernel da1: quirks=0x2 <no_6_byte>Aug 9 09:12:14 kernel da1: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
Aug 9 09:12:14 kernel da1: 40.000MB/s transfers
Aug 9 09:12:14 kernel da1: <huawei mass="" storage="" ffff="">Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device
Aug 9 09:12:14 kernel da1 at umass-sim1 bus 1 scbus7 target 0 lun 1
Aug 9 09:12:13 kernel cd0: quirks=0x10<10_BYTE_ONLY>
Aug 9 09:12:13 kernel cd0: 54MB (112128 512 byte sectors)
Aug 9 09:12:13 kernel cd0: 40.000MB/s transfers
Aug 9 09:12:13 kernel cd0: <huawei mass="" storage="" ffff="">Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device
Aug 9 09:12:13 kernel cd0 at umass-sim1 bus 1 scbus7 target 0 lun 0
Aug 9 09:12:13 kernel umass1: <huawei 0="" 4="" incorporated="" huawei="" mobile="" connect,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
Aug 9 09:12:13 kernel u3g0: Found 2 ports.
Aug 9 09:12:13 kernel u3g0: <huawei 0="" 4="" incorporated="" huawei="" mobile="" connect,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
Aug 9 09:12:13 kernel ugen0.4: <huawei incorporated="">at usbus0
Aug 9 09:12:12 kernel ugen0.4: <huawei incorporated="">at usbus0 (disconnected)
Aug 9 09:12:09 kernel ugen0.4: <huawei incorporated="">at usbus0

Can anyone confirm if it's supported or not ?</huawei></huawei></huawei></huawei></huawei></huawei></huawei></no_6_byte>

AndrewZ

@NogBadTheBad:

Aug 9 09:12:13 kernel u3g0: Found 2 ports.

if you have 2 com ports created you can try to follow this thread for PPP configuration

NogBadTheBad

Thanks Andrew, I'll have a play in the pfSense GUI later tonight.

[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.localdomain]/root: usbconfig -d ugen0.4 dump_device_desc
ugen0.4: <huawei mobile="" connect="" huawei="" incorporated="">at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)

bLength = 0x0012
bDescriptorType = 0x0001
bcdUSB = 0x0200
bDeviceClass = 0x0000 <probed by="" interface="" class="">bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000
bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000
bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040
idVendor = 0x12d1
idProduct = 0x1408
bcdDevice = 0x0100
iManufacturer = 0x0003 <huawei incorporated="">iProduct = 0x0002 <huawei mobile="" connect="">iSerialNumber = 0x0001 <1234567890ABCDEF>
bNumConfigurations = 0x0001

[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.localdomain]/root: ls -l /dev/cuaU*
crw-rw–-- 1 uucp dialer 0x74 Aug 9 17:24 /dev/cuaU0.0
crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer 0x75 Aug 9 17:24 /dev/cuaU0.0.init
crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer 0x76 Aug 9 17:24 /dev/cuaU0.0.lock
crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer 0x7a Aug 9 17:24 /dev/cuaU0.1
crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer 0x7b Aug 9 17:24 /dev/cuaU0.1.init
crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer 0x7c Aug 9 17:24 /dev/cuaU0.1.lock

[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.localdomain]/root: cu -l /dev/cuaU0.0
Connected

Manufacturer: huawei

Model: E585

Revision: 1026.11.64.18.505sp01

IMEI: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

+GCAP: +CGSM,+DS,+ES

OK</huawei></huawei></probed></huawei>