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    3G modems Alcatel don't work

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    • savagoS
      savago
      last edited by

      Hello,
      i test some 3G modems Alcatel ( One Touch X220 / X500 ) and they don't work at all with pfsense 2.1.

      Some tech info:

      system

      
      [2.1-RELEASE][root@pf.lan]/var/log(35): uname -a
      FreeBSD pf.lan 8.3-RELEASE-p11 FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p11 #0: Wed Sep 11 18:39:44 EDT 2013     root@snapshots-8_3-i386.builders.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8  i386
      
      

      loader.conf

      
      [2.1-RELEASE][root@pf.lan]/var/log(36): cat /boot/loader.conf
      autoboot_delay="3"
      vm.kmem_size="435544320"
      vm.kmem_size_max="535544320"
      kern.ipc.nmbclusters="0"
      hw.usb.no_pf="1"
      ucom_load="YES"
      umodem_load="YES"
      ubsa_load="YES"
      u3g_load="YES"
      umass_load="YES"
      
      

      dmesg

      
      ......
      ugen0.3: <usbmodem>at usbus0
      umass0: <usbmodem 0="" 3="" hspa="" data="" card,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 0.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
      umass0:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x0000
      umass0:0:0:-1: Attached to scbus0
      Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
      (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 0 0 0 0 0 
      (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
      (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI status: Check Condition
      (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI sense: NOT READY asc:3a,0 (Medium not present)
      da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
      da0: <alcatel mass="" storage="" 2.31="">Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device 
      da0: 1.000MB/s transfers
      da0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
      ZFS NOTICE: Prefetch is disabled by default on i386 -- to enable,
                  add "vfs.zfs.prefetch_disable=0" to /boot/loader.conf.
      ZFS WARNING: Recommended minimum RAM size is 512MB; expect unstable behavior.
      ZFS WARNING: Recommended minimum kmem_size is 512MB; expect unstable behavior.
                   Consider tuning vm.kmem_size and vm.kmem_size_max
                   in /boot/loader.conf.</alcatel></usbmodem></usbmodem> 
      

      camcontrol

      
      [2.1-RELEASE][root@pf.lan]/var/log(37): camcontrol devlist
      <alcatel mass="" storage="" 2.31="">at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0)</alcatel> 
      

      usbconfig

      
      [2.1-RELEASE][root@pf.lan]/var/log(38): usbconfig
      ugen0.1: <uhci root="" hub="" intel="">at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE
      ugen0.2: <back-ups 650="" cs="" fw817.v3.i="" usb="" fwv3="" american="" power="" conversion="">at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=LOW (1.5Mbps) pwr=ON
      ugen0.3: <hspa data="" card="" usbmodem="">at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON</hspa></back-ups></uhci> 
      
      
      [2.1-RELEASE][root@pf.lan]/var/log(39): usbconfig -d ugen0.3 dump_device_desc
      ugen0.3: <hspa data="" card="" usbmodem="">at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON
      
        bLength = 0x0012 
        bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
        bcdUSB = 0x0200 
        bDeviceClass = 0x0000 
        bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
        bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 
        bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
        idVendor = 0x1bbb 
        idProduct = 0x0017 
        bcdDevice = 0x0000 
        iManufacturer = 0x0003  <usbmodem>iProduct = 0x0002  <hspa data="" card="">iSerialNumber = 0x0004  <1234567890ABCDEF>
        bNumConfigurations = 0x0001</hspa></usbmodem></hspa> 
      
      
      [2.1-RELEASE][root@pf.lan]/var/log(40): usbconfig -d ugen0.3 dump_device_desc show_ifdrv
      ugen0.3: <hspa data="" card="" usbmodem="">at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON
      ugen0.3.4: umass0: <usbmodem 0="" 3="" hspa="" data="" card,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 0.00,="" addr="">bLength = 0x0012 
        bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
        bcdUSB = 0x0200 
        bDeviceClass = 0x0000 
        bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
        bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 
        bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
        idVendor = 0x1bbb 
        idProduct = 0x0017 
        bcdDevice = 0x0000 
        iManufacturer = 0x0003  <usbmodem>iProduct = 0x0002  <hspa data="" card="">iSerialNumber = 0x0004  <1234567890ABCDEF>
        bNumConfigurations = 0x0001</hspa></usbmodem></usbmodem></hspa> 
      

      Sys 2.0-RC1: Intel Atom N330 Dual Core @1.6 2048M Ram 40GHD

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