Pfsense vs Huawei 1731 modeswitch

[Shreeyashattal]

Hi I've been trying to use Huawei 1731 usb modem, but I get this

I've been beating my head against the wall trying to modeswitch this.. via this command

usb_modeswitch -c /huawei.conf

where the contents of the file are

DefaultVendor=  12d1
DefaultProduct= 1446

TargetVendor=   12d1
TargetProduct=  140c

MessageContent="55534243123456780000000000000011060000000000000000000000000000"

With the output

Look for target devices ...
   product ID matched
 Found devices in target mode or class (1)
Look for default devices ...
 No devices in default mode found. Nothing to do. Bye!

Can somebody please guide me how to make it work?

My usbconfig output is

ugen0.1: <ehci root="" hub="" intel="">at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen2.1: <ehci root="" hub="" intel="">at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen1.1: <xhci root="" hub="" 0x1912="">at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=SUPER (5.0Gbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen0.2: <product 0x0024="" vendor="" 0x8087="">at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen2.2: <product 0x0024="" vendor="" 0x8087="">at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen2.3: <huawei mobile="" huawei="" technology="">at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)</huawei></product></product></xhci></ehci></ehci> 

[AndrewZ]

How this related to usb_modeswitch ?! Please forget about it for a while and show a few lines of your log where modem and ports are initially detected. If you see a storage device there - disable it from any terminal by AT^U2DIAG=0
From the screenshot provided I see only one issue - your modem is locked to another provider (or you have bad SIM installed indeed).

[Shreeyashattal]

Ok, i found out that the particular 3g modem was locked to one carrier, so I bought myself another D-Link DWP 157, since that was the only one available close to the Known 3g modem working list…

upon connecting this is the system log

Jan 23 13:59:26	kernel: cd0: cd present [28672 x 512 byte records]
Jan 23 13:59:26	kernel: cd0: 40.000MB/s transfers
Jan 23 13:59:26	kernel: cd0: Serial Number 531399701373400
Jan 23 13:59:26	kernel: cd0: <hspa 6225="" usb="" scsi="" cd-rom=""> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device
Jan 23 13:59:26	kernel: cd0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus3 target 0 lun 0
Jan 23 13:59:26	kernel: umass0: <mass storage=""> on usbus2
Jan 23 13:59:26	kernel: ugen2.3: <d-link,inc> at usbus2</d-link,inc></mass></hspa>

usbconfig

ugen0.1: <ehci root="" hub="" intel=""> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen2.1: <ehci root="" hub="" intel=""> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen1.1: <xhci root="" hub="" 0x1912=""> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=SUPER (5.0Gbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen0.2: <product 0x0024="" vendor="" 0x8087=""> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen2.2: <product 0x0024="" vendor="" 0x8087=""> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen2.3: <d-link dwp-157="" d-link,inc=""> at usbus2, cfg=1 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (98mA)</d-link></product></product></xhci></ehci></ehci>

usbconfig dump_device_desc

ugen2.3: <d-link dwp-157="" d-link,inc="">at usbus2, cfg=1 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (98mA)

  bLength = 0x0012
  bDescriptorType = 0x0001
  bcdUSB = 0x0200
  bDeviceClass = 0x0000
  bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000
  bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000
  bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040
  idVendor = 0x2001
  idProduct = 0xa407
  bcdDevice = 0x0300
  iManufacturer = 0x0002  <d-link,inc >iProduct = 0x0003  <d-link dwp-157="">iSerialNumber = 0x0004  <531399701373400>
  bNumConfigurations = 0x0003</d-link></d-link,inc ></d-link> 

How to get this to recognize as a modem?

[AndrewZ]

Better try to unlock your Huawei.

[Shreeyashattal]

yeah, I'm having the same thoughts.. Ok I'll get an unlocked Huawei modem today and try my luck the third time