PfSense vs Huawei E3131 3g modem

Snidely_Whiplash

I tried plugging a Huawei E3131 modem into my pfSense 2.0.2 box and …

FreeBSD/i386 (pfSense.localdomain) (ttyv0)

*** Wecome to pfSense 2.0.2-RELEASE-pfSense (i386) on pfSense ***

WAN (wan) ->ed0 -> xxx.xxx.xx.xxx (DHCP)
LAN (lan) ->fxp0 -> 192.168.1.1

Logout (SSH only) 8) Shell
Assign Interfaces 9) pfTop
Set Interface(s) IP address 10) Filter Logs
Reset webConfigurator password 11) Restart webConfigurator
Reset to factory defaults 12) pfSense Developer Shell
Reboot system 13) Upgrade from console
Halt system 14) Enable Secure Shell (sshd)
Ping host

Enter an option:

and I get;

ugen0.2: <huawei>at usbus0
umass0: <huawei 0="" 2="" huawei="" mobile,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.02,="" addr="">on usbus0
umass0: SCSI over bulk-Only; quirks = 0x0000
umass0:2:0 Attached to scbus2
umass1: <huawei 0="" 2="" huawei="" mobile,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.02,="" addr="">on usbus0
umass1: SCSI over bulk-Only; quirks = 0x0000
cd1 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0
cd1: <huawei mass="" storage="" 2.31="">Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device
cd1: 1.000MB/s transfers
cd1: cd present [65536 x 2048 byte records]
umass1:3:1 Attached t scbus3
(probe0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 0 0 0 0 0
(probe0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
(probe0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): SCSI status: Check Condition
(probe0:umass-sim1:1:0:0): SCSI sense: NOT READY asc:3a,0 (Medium not present)
da1 at umass-sim1 bus 1 scbus3 target 0 lun 0
da1: <huawei sd="" storage="" 2.31="">Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device
da1: 1.000MB/s transfers
da1: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, medium not present

tried typing
usb_modeswitch
at the prompt
zilch

so how do I get it to work … ???</huawei></huawei></huawei></huawei></huawei>

stephenw10

Did you install usb_modeswitch?

Did you read this: http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/bb/viewtopic.php?t=984
Looks like this appears as a network device by default.

Steve

Snidely_Whiplash

Hi … the Short version of Greetings & Salutations

Nope ... it not coming up in pfSenses' list of wan or lan interfaces.

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stephenw10

You will have to modeswitch the modem, using either u3g or usb_modeswitch, and then you will see a new device in /dev. It may be a usb serial device or a usb ethernet device.
Did you install usb_modeswitch? It's not in pfSense by default.

Steve

Morganleah

I have been beating my head against the wall for hours here, can anyone give me any directions on how to install usb_modeswitch on pfsense 2.0.2 amd64 bit edition

stephenw10

There's some instructions here:
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,46329.msg247933.html#msg247933
They are for i386 so you'll have to substitute amd64.

Steve