[gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Greets!

I have a new and shiny Huawei E3276 stick here and want to test it with
my gentoo thinkpad running Gnome.

I managed to get some /dev/ttyUSB0 .. the device is usb_modeswitch-ed
automatically.

I also added the modules "option" and "cdc_ncm" to my kernel config and
the dmesg looks ok:

# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
option                 26697  0
usb_wwan                6886  1 option
cdc_ncm                 9365  0
usbserial              23426  2 option,usb_wwan
usbnet                 19268  1 cdc_ncm
crc32c_intel           13975  0
i2c_i801                8765  0
btusb                  11699  0

[   59.586159] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[   59.586534] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[   59.586593] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
[   59.588309] usbcore: registered new interface driver option
[   59.588632] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for GSM modem
(1-port)
[   59.589143] usb 1-1.1: MAC-Address: 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64
[   59.589721] cdc_ncm 1-1.1:1.1 wwan0: register 'cdc_ncm' at
usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1, Mobile Broadband Network Device, 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64
[   59.589814] option 1-1.1:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[   59.590004] usb 1-1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to
ttyUSB0
[   59.590075] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ncm
[   59.595969] systemd-udevd[3717]: renamed network interface wwan0 to
wwp0s26u1u1i1
[   60.577572] scsi 8:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HUAWEI   Mass Storage
 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[   60.577710] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access     HUAWEI   TF CARD Storage
 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[   60.580526] sr1: scsi-1 drive
[   60.581510] sr 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[   60.589986] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk


BUT: it doesn't show up in the networkmanager-GUI. No "mobile broadband"
anything.

[I] net-misc/networkmanager
     Available versions:  0.9.4.0-r6 0.9.6.4 (~)0.9.6.4-r1
[M](~)0.9.7.995 [M](~)0.9.8.0 [M]**9999 {avahi bluetooth
connection-sharing +consolekit dhclient +dhcpcd doc gnutls
+introspection modemmanager +nss +ppp resolvconf systemd test vala +wext
wimax KERNEL="linux"}
     Installed versions:  0.9.6.4-r1(11:30:45 26.03.2013)(bluetooth
dhcpcd introspection modemmanager nss ppp systemd wext -avahi
-connection-sharing -consolekit -dhclient -doc -gnutls -resolvconf -vala
-wimax KERNEL="linux")
     Homepage:            http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
     Description:         Universal network configuration daemon for
laptops, desktops, servers and virtualization hosts

# eix modemm
[I] net-misc/modemmanager
     Available versions:  0.6.0.0 (~)0.6.0.0-r1 [M](~)0.7.990(0/1)
**9999(0/1) {doc policykit +qmi qmi-newest test}
     Installed versions:  0.6.0.0-r1(11:04:49 26.03.2013)(policykit -doc
-test)
     Homepage:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/ModemManager/ModemManager/
     Description:         Modem and mobile broadband management libraries


Does anyone have a pointer for me how to get that working?

thanks!

Stefan

Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

forgot to add:

lsusb:

Bus 001 Device 006: ID 12d1:1506 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E398
LTE/UMTS/GSM Modem/Networkcard

it shows as E398 here but is labeled as E3276

Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Mick]

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On Friday 29 Mar 2013 14:10:02 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> Greets!
> 
> I have a new and shiny Huawei E3276 stick here and want to test it with
> my gentoo thinkpad running Gnome.
> 
> I managed to get some /dev/ttyUSB0 .. the device is usb_modeswitch-ed
> automatically.
> 
> I also added the modules "option" and "cdc_ncm" to my kernel config and
> the dmesg looks ok:
> 
> # lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> option                 26697  0
> usb_wwan                6886  1 option
> cdc_ncm                 9365  0
> usbserial              23426  2 option,usb_wwan
> usbnet                 19268  1 cdc_ncm
> crc32c_intel           13975  0
> i2c_i801                8765  0
> btusb                  11699  0

You're missing module 'qmi_wwan'.

Trying adding this to your kernel and replug the device (or use modprobe -v 
qmi_wwan).

PS.  I don't have such a device to test here, so hope this will get you in the 
right ball park.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 29.03.2013 16:05, schrieb Mick:

> You're missing module 'qmi_wwan'.
> 
> Trying adding this to your kernel and replug the device (or use
> modprobe -v qmi_wwan).

Should I rmmod the others before?

I compiled and loaded that module ... no real difference to see ...
still no mobile broadband offered.

When I rmmod them all and plug in again, I get "option" loaded again.
Should I remove this one from my .config?

Even when I rmmod option, modprobe qmi_wwan and then plugin "option"
gets loaded (and no "mobile broadband" in NM).

Could it be related to our friend systemd which renames "wwan0" to
"wwp0s26u1u1i1" according to dmesg?

> PS.  I don't have such a device to test here, so hope this will get
> you in the right ball park.

Thanks for your help ...

Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Mick]

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On Friday 29 Mar 2013 15:23:41 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> Am 29.03.2013 16:05, schrieb Mick:
> > You're missing module 'qmi_wwan'.
> > 
> > Trying adding this to your kernel and replug the device (or use
> > modprobe -v qmi_wwan).
> 
> Should I rmmod the others before?
> 
> I compiled and loaded that module ... no real difference to see ...
> still no mobile broadband offered.

When you say no real difference ... dmesg should show that the module is 
loading.  /var/log/messages should show the same.

ifconfig should show a new device has been activated.

Yes?


> When I rmmod them all and plug in again, I get "option" loaded again.
> Should I remove this one from my .config?
> 
> Even when I rmmod option, modprobe qmi_wwan and then plugin "option"
> gets loaded (and no "mobile broadband" in NM).

I would get NM troubleshooted after the device is recognised by the kernel and 
the relevant modules are loaded.


> Could it be related to our friend systemd which renames "wwan0" to
> "wwp0s26u1u1i1" according to dmesg?

I thought that this is a udev issue, rather than systemd.  I don't know 
anything about systemd (not tried it yet) and on a stable Gentoo install you 
should be able to see the wwan0 device in ifconfig.

PS. I should also say that I don't use NM on my machines ... so someone else 
should hopefully be able to help with NM issues.  I use symlinks in 
/etc/init.d/ for my NICs.

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 29.03.2013 19:51, schrieb Mick:

> ifconfig should show a new device has been activated.
> 
> Yes?

see below ...

>> When I rmmod them all and plug in again, I get "option" loaded
>> again. Should I remove this one from my .config?
>> 
>> Even when I rmmod option, modprobe qmi_wwan and then plugin
>> "option" gets loaded (and no "mobile broadband" in NM).
> 
> I would get NM troubleshooted after the device is recognised by the
> kernel and the relevant modules are loaded.
> 
> 
>> Could it be related to our friend systemd which renames "wwan0"
>> to "wwp0s26u1u1i1" according to dmesg?
> 
> I thought that this is a udev issue, rather than systemd.


Sure, udev.

I don't know
> anything about systemd (not tried it yet) and on a stable Gentoo
> install you should be able to see the wwan0 device in ifconfig.

I get no wwan0 but this:

# ifconfig wwp0s26u1u2i1
wwp0s26u1u2i1: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

Just read the posting by Diego Petteno on this issue:

http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2013/03/predictably-non-persistent-names

> PS. I should also say that I don't use NM on my machines ... so
> someone else should hopefully be able to help with NM issues.  I
> use symlinks in /etc/init.d/ for my NICs.

NM sometimes is very comfortable on notebooks etc. ... so why not ...

I don't know if NM *should* detect that fuzzy interface-name now ...
maybe I should do some udev-rule to get wwan0 back? At least for a test.

Stefan

Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Mick]

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On Friday 29 Mar 2013 19:01:15 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:

> I get no wwan0 but this:
> 
> # ifconfig wwp0s26u1u2i1
> wwp0s26u1u2i1: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>         ether 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
>         RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
>         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
>         TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
>         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

If when you run ifconfig with no options you do not get wwan0 listed and NM 
likes the conventional device naming scheme, then I suggest you create a udev 
rule to achieve this and see if NM is happy thereafter.

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 29.03.2013 20:14, schrieb Mick:
> On Friday 29 Mar 2013 19:01:15 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> 
>> I get no wwan0 but this:
>> 
>> # ifconfig wwp0s26u1u2i1 wwp0s26u1u2i1:
>> flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500 ether 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64
>> txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet) RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B) RX
>> errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0 TX packets 0  bytes 0
>> (0.0 B) TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions
>> 0
> 
> If when you run ifconfig with no options you do not get wwan0
> listed and NM likes the conventional device naming scheme, then I
> suggest you create a udev rule to achieve this and see if NM is
> happy thereafter.

I don't know about NM's preferences ... I just assume this could be
the problem.

Gotta dig up some udev-ruling for this, any quick pointers anyone?

S

Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 29.03.2013 22:03, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
> I don't know about NM's preferences ... I just assume this could be
> the problem.
> 
> Gotta dig up some udev-ruling for this, any quick pointers anyone?

even "easier":

You can change the device name using ifrename from package wireless_tools.

Now I have device wwan0 but still NM does not care about it.

I really don't want to rant ... but ... you know.

Stefan

Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 29.03.2013 22:40, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
> Am 29.03.2013 22:03, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
>> I don't know about NM's preferences ... I just assume this could be
>> the problem.
>>
>> Gotta dig up some udev-ruling for this, any quick pointers anyone?
> 
> even "easier":
> 
> You can change the device name using ifrename from package wireless_tools.
> 
> Now I have device wwan0 but still NM does not care about it.
> 
> I really don't want to rant ... but ... you know.

Just an observation:

Started a VM on my main workstation ... Windows XP inside of VMware Player.
Not even KVM or something ...

Connected that funny stick to that very VM ... and connected to funky
internet on first try ...

So what about that?

UNIX/Linux runs what percentage of the internet?

ok ok ...

LTE is new

linux has only a small percentage ...

gentoo even less.

I spent my whole afternoon trying to connect this very stick to the
internet ...

via 2 linuxes and 1 bsd .... not  ONE connection.

Right now I pull in an ISO at >1100kB/s, via that very stick, into an XP-VM.

(seems I don't have LTE coverage here ... but some UMTS or so )

-

Might be just plain ignorance by the provider. Not telling me access
infos etc.

My ADSL is slower.

*sigh*

Just a bit of feedback :-)

S

Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Mick]

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On Friday 29 Mar 2013 23:40:18 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> Am 29.03.2013 22:40, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
> > Am 29.03.2013 22:03, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
> >> I don't know about NM's preferences ... I just assume this could be
> >> the problem.
> >> 
> >> Gotta dig up some udev-ruling for this, any quick pointers anyone?
> > 
> > even "easier":
> > 
> > You can change the device name using ifrename from package
> > wireless_tools.
> > 
> > Now I have device wwan0 but still NM does not care about it.
> > 
> > I really don't want to rant ... but ... you know.
> 
> Just an observation:
> 
> Started a VM on my main workstation ... Windows XP inside of VMware Player.
> Not even KVM or something ...
> 
> Connected that funny stick to that very VM ... and connected to funky
> internet on first try ...

Don't you loooove OS automation?  Especially when it works!  ;-)

If you look at the device manager you will probably find different strings 
describing the USB device interfaces that WinXP detects/assigns compared to 
your Linux OS + udevd + systemd.

When you tried adding the new module you should see a load more interfaces 
coming up in dmesg, through usbserial_generic and then cdc_wdm and qmi_wann, 
like this:

  http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg64061.html

This guys seems to be getting 3 x ttyUSBX popping up.

Once you get to this stage with an appropriate udev rule if need be, then 
apparently you need to emerge this:

$ eix -l libqmi
* net-libs/libqmi
     Available versions:  
	~	1.0.0	[doc static-libs test]
	**	9999	[doc static-libs test]
     Homepage:            http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libqmi/
     Description:         QMI modem protocol helper library


and see if that with its qmicli utility allows you to manage your connection.

HTH.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 30.03.2013 08:54, schrieb Mick:

> Don't you loooove OS automation?  Especially when it works!  ;-)

;-)

> If you look at the device manager you will probably find different
> strings describing the USB device interfaces that WinXP
> detects/assigns compared to your Linux OS + udevd + systemd.
> 
> When you tried adding the new module you should see a load more
> interfaces coming up in dmesg, through usbserial_generic and then
> cdc_wdm and qmi_wann, like this:
> 
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg64061.html
> 
> This guys seems to be getting 3 x ttyUSBX popping up.
> 
> Once you get to this stage with an appropriate udev rule if need
> be, then apparently you need to emerge this:
> 
> $ eix -l libqmi * net-libs/libqmi Available versions: ~	1.0.0	[doc
> static-libs test] **	9999	[doc static-libs test] Homepage:
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libqmi/ Description:         QMI modem
> protocol helper library
> 
> 
> and see if that with its qmicli utility allows you to manage your
> connection.

I have my udev-rule to get wwan0 ... but I don't get that /dev/cdc-wdm
device :-(

This is rather frustrating ....

S

Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

my udev-rule:

# cat /etc/udev/rules.d/10-network.rules

SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", ATTR{address}=="0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64",
NAME="wwan0"

What I get:

# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 043: ID 12d1:1506 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E398
LTE/UMTS/GSM Modem/Networkcard

# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
qmi_wwan                6931  0
cdc_wdm                 8744  1 qmi_wwan
option                 26697  0
usb_wwan                6886  1 option
cdc_ncm                 9365  0
usbserial              23426  2 option,usb_wwan
usbnet                 19268  2 qmi_wwan,cdc_ncm
crc32c_intel           13975  0
i2c_i801                8765  0
btusb                  11699  0


# dmesg

[22590.544358] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 40 using ehci-pci
[22590.673777] scsi74 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.0
[22590.674803] scsi75 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.1
[22591.389956] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 40
[22591.594997] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 41 using ehci-pci
[22591.683754] scsi76 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.2
[22591.684223] scsi77 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.3
[22591.689635] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[22591.689803] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[22591.689960] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
[22591.691066] usbcore: registered new interface driver option
[22591.691159] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for GSM modem
(1-port)
[22591.691162] usb 1-1.1: MAC-Address: 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64
[22591.692096] cdc_ncm 1-1.1:1.1 wwan0: register 'cdc_ncm' at
usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1, Mobile Broadband Network Device, 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64
[22591.692147] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ncm
[22591.692674] option 1-1.1:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[22591.692823] usb 1-1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to
ttyUSB0
[22592.685651] scsi 76:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HUAWEI   Mass Storage
  2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[22592.685673] scsi 77:0:0:0: Direct-Access     HUAWEI   TF CARD Storage
 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[22592.689637] sr1: scsi-1 drive
[22592.690530] sr 76:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[22592.701874] sd 77:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[22627.149043] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_wdm
[22627.151412] usbcore: registered new interface driver qmi_wwan
[22749.903886] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 41
[22749.904440] option1 ttyUSB0: GSM modem (1-port) converter now
disconnected from ttyUSB0
[22749.904556] option 1-1.1:1.0: device disconnected
[22749.904779] cdc_ncm 1-1.1:1.1 wwan0: unregister 'cdc_ncm'
usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1, Mobile Broadband Network Device
[22749.917266] systemd[1]: Collecting
dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:00:1a.0\x2dusb\x2d0:1.1:1.3\x2dscsi\x2d0:0:0:0.device
[22749.917275] systemd[1]: Collecting
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1a.0-usb1-1\x2d1-1\x2d1.1-1\x2d1.1:1.1-net-wwan0.device
[22749.917281] systemd[1]: Collecting sys-subsystem-net-devices-wwan0.device
[22749.917288] systemd[1]: Collecting
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1a.0-usb1-1\x2d1-1\x2d1.1-1\x2d1.1:1.2-host76-target76:0:0-76:0:0:0-block-sr1.device
[22749.917294] systemd[1]: Collecting dev-sr1.device
[22749.917301] systemd[1]: Collecting
dev-disk-by\x2did-usb\x2dHUAWEI_Mass_Storage\x2d0:0.device
[22749.917307] systemd[1]: Collecting
dev-disk-by\x2dlabel-Mobile\x5cx20Partner.device
[22749.917314] systemd[1]: Collecting
dev-disk-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:00:1a.0\x2dusb\x2d0:1.1:1.2\x2dscsi\x2d0:0:0:0.device
[22749.917321] systemd[1]: Collecting
dev-disk-by\x2duuid-2012\x2d08\x2d20\x2d10\x2d00\x2d00\x2d00.device
[22749.917327] systemd[1]: Collecting
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1a.0-usb1-1\x2d1-1\x2d1.1-1\x2d1.1:1.0-ttyUSB0-tty-ttyUSB0.device
[22749.917333] systemd[1]: Collecting dev-ttyUSB0.device
[22749.917340] systemd[1]: Collecting
dev-serial-by\x2did-usb\x2dHUAWEI_Technology_HUAWEI_Mobile\x2dif00\x2dport0.device
[22749.917347] systemd[1]: Collecting
dev-serial-by\x2dpath-pci\x2d0000:00:1a.0\x2dusb\x2d0:1.1:1.0\x2dport0.device
[22764.654002] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 42 using ehci-pci
[22764.783891] scsi78 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.0
[22764.784457] scsi79 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.1
[22765.499601] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 42
[22765.677723] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 43 using ehci-pci
[22765.766646] option 1-1.1:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[22765.767012] usb 1-1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to
ttyUSB0
[22765.768979] usb 1-1.1: MAC-Address: 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64
[22765.769603] cdc_ncm 1-1.1:1.1 wwan0: register 'cdc_ncm' at
usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1, Mobile Broadband Network Device, 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64
[22765.769961] scsi80 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.2
[22765.770692] scsi81 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.3
[22766.772145] scsi 81:0:0:0: Direct-Access     HUAWEI   TF CARD Storage
 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[22766.772174] scsi 80:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HUAWEI   Mass Storage
  2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[22766.776568] sr1: scsi-1 drive
[22766.778814] sd 81:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[22766.782259] sr 80:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1

No /dev/cdc* created.

Stefan

Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

next steps:

Pulled "HUAWEI Data Cards Linux Driver" from

http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwide/downloadCenter.do?method=toDownloadFile&flay=software&softid=NDcwMzU=

With this I was able to enter the PIN and get "mobile broadband" in NM
... although still no connection.

The install-process of this driver-set is a bit problematic with gentoo
... some things don't fit too well and I assume that linux 3.8.4 doesn't
fit exactly as well.

But small progress, yes.

Stefan

Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 30.03.2013 12:36, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:

> But small progress, yes.

I am close, I feel it :-)

Switched to wvdial to rule out NM etc.

wvdialconf etc ....

I now have:

[Dialer Defaults]
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Dial Attempts = 1
ISDN = 0
New PPPD = yes
Init1 = ATZ
Init3 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Baud = 9600

[Dialer pin]
Init2 = AT+CPIN=3451

[Dialer eins]
Init4 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","A1.net","",0,0,0,0
Username = ppp@a1plus.at
Password = ppp
Dial Command = ATDT
Dial Attempts = 3
Phone = *99#
Stupid Mode = 1

----> I first run "wvdial pin" then :


# wvdial eins
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.61
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0
OK
--> Sending: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","A1.net","",0,0,0,0
AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","A1.net","",0,0,0,0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT*99#
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT*99#
CONNECT
--> Carrier detected.  Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Tue Apr  2 14:09:43 2013
--> Pid of pppd: 24968
--> Using interface ppp0
--> Disconnecting at Tue Apr  2 14:10:13 2013
--> The PPP daemon has died: A modem hung up the phone (exit code = 16)
--> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.
--> Try again and look into /var/log/messages and the wvdial and pppd
man pages for more information.
--> Auto Reconnect will be attempted in 5 seconds
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
^CCaught signal 2:  Attempting to exit gracefully...
--> Sending: ATQ0
--> Re-Sending: ATZ


Doesn't come up!

Played with options, even read the APN from the device via putty etc.

Something is still missing ...

Do I have to set up ppp as well?

Stefan

Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Mick]

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On Tuesday 02 Apr 2013 13:13:26 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> Am 30.03.2013 12:36, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
> > But small progress, yes.
> 
> I am close, I feel it :-)
> 
> Switched to wvdial to rule out NM etc.
> 
> wvdialconf etc ....
> 
> I now have:
> 
> [Dialer Defaults]
> Modem Type = Analog Modem

Are you sure it is an analogue modem?  Is this entry needed?

> Dial Attempts = 1
> ISDN = 0
> New PPPD = yes
> Init1 = ATZ
> Init3 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0
> Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0

The driver should create a number of devices, ttyUSB0/ttyUSB1/ttyUSB2/...  Try 
them all in turn, only some may allow PPP connections.


> Baud = 9600

Unless you are just trying to dial out over a PSTN number (which you are not) 
you should be able to increase the baud to a higher number; e.g. 115200


> [Dialer pin]
> Init2 = AT+CPIN=3451
> 
> [Dialer eins]
> Init4 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","A1.net","",0,0,0,0
> Username = ppp@a1plus.at
> Password = ppp
> Dial Command = ATDT
> Dial Attempts = 3
> Phone = *99#
> Stupid Mode = 1
> 
> ----> I first run "wvdial pin" then :
> 
> 
> # wvdial eins
> --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.61
> --> Initializing modem.
> --> Sending: ATZ
> ATZ
> OK
> --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0
> ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0
> OK
> --> Sending: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","A1.net","",0,0,0,0
> AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","A1.net","",0,0,0,0
> OK
> --> Modem initialized.
> --> Sending: ATDT*99#
> --> Waiting for carrier.
> ATDT*99#
> CONNECT
> --> Carrier detected.  Starting PPP immediately.
> --> Starting pppd at Tue Apr  2 14:09:43 2013
> --> Pid of pppd: 24968
> --> Using interface ppp0
> --> Disconnecting at Tue Apr  2 14:10:13 2013
> --> The PPP daemon has died: A modem hung up the phone (exit code = 16)
> --> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.

Did you get anything more detailed in your logs?

Do you have a pap-secrets file even if empty?  If not:

touch /etc/ppp/pap-secrets; chmod 600 /etc/ppp/pap-secrets

If it still fails try adding something like this:

# Secrets for authentication using PAP
# client        server  secret                  IP addresses
"user"  *       ""


HOWEVER ... 

I thought that the whole idea is to use this modem to connect on a 4G (LTE) 
network ... yes?

In which case PPP is not the correct protocol.  If this Huawei is using 
Qualcomm chipset you should be using the qmi protocol and the cdc_ncm driver 
ought to do all the dialling using this device (from your dmesg):

[22765.769603] cdc_ncm 1-1.1:1.1 wwan0: register 'cdc_ncm' at
usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1, Mobile Broadband Network Device, 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64

Other driver/protocols that can achieve high speeds of 4G are cdc-ether, cdc-
acm, but your card ought to pick out the correct available protocol from the 
corresponding kernel module.  PPP incurs an overhead (due to packet 
encapsulation) and throughput speeds will be slower.

That's how I understand these devices to work, but unfortunately I can't 
verify any of this because I do not have access to such a device or a 4G 
network.  :-(

I hope someone else who does can chime in.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Mick]

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On Tuesday 02 Apr 2013 14:06:37 you wrote:

> That's how I understand these devices to work, but unfortunately I can't
> verify any of this because I do not have access to such a device or a 4G
> network.  :-(

Yep, you are meant to see an ethernet interface coming up, which network 
manager will pick up and you should be able to configure and connect.  
However, you may need the latest drivers - have a look at this looong thread:

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libqmi-devel/2012-November/000301.html

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 02.04.2013 15:19, schrieb Mick:
> On Tuesday 02 Apr 2013 14:06:37 you wrote:
> 
>> That's how I understand these devices to work, but unfortunately I 
>> can't verify any of this because I do not have access to such a 
>> device or a 4G network.  :-(
> 
> Yep, you are meant to see an ethernet interface coming up, which 
> network manager will pick up and you should be able to configure and 
> connect. However, you may need the latest drivers - have a look at 
> this looong thread:
> 
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libqmi-devel/2012-November/000301.html


Found
and read that thread already today ... I will see how to get
those drivers working.
For now I disabled PIN at least ...

S

Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 02.04.2013 15:06, schrieb Mick:
> On Tuesday 02 Apr 2013 13:13:26 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
>> Modem Type = Analog Modem
> Are you sure it is an analogue modem?  Is this entry needed?

Dunno. Removed. No difference.

> The driver should create a number of devices,
> ttyUSB0/ttyUSB1/ttyUSB2/...  Try them all in turn, only some may
> allow PPP connections.

Checked that before, only ttyUSB0 "speaks to me" as a modem.

>> Baud = 9600
> 
> Unless you are just trying to dial out over a PSTN number (which
> you are not) you should be able to increase the baud to a higher
> number; e.g. 115200

This was detected by wvdialconf.



> Did you get anything more detailed in your logs?
> 
> Do you have a pap-secrets file even if empty?  If not:
> 
> touch /etc/ppp/pap-secrets; chmod 600 /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
> 
> If it still fails try adding something like this:
> 
> # Secrets for authentication using PAP # client        server
> secret                  IP addresses "user"  *       ""

pap-secrets exists and contains the credentials I entered in
wvdial.conf (or was set via NM before maybe?).

> HOWEVER ...
> 
> I thought that the whole idea is to use this modem to connect on a
> 4G (LTE) network ... yes?

That is the goal, right!

> In which case PPP is not the correct protocol.  If this Huawei is
> using Qualcomm chipset you should be using the qmi protocol and the
> cdc_ncm driver ought to do all the dialling using this device (from
> your dmesg):
> 
> [22765.769603] cdc_ncm 1-1.1:1.1 wwan0: register 'cdc_ncm' at 
> usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1, Mobile Broadband Network Device,
> 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64
> 
> Other driver/protocols that can achieve high speeds of 4G are
> cdc-ether, cdc- acm, but your card ought to pick out the correct
> available protocol from the corresponding kernel module.  PPP
> incurs an overhead (due to packet encapsulation) and throughput
> speeds will be slower.

Your mentioned thread says:

> Huawei E3276 does not have QMI interface so that cdc-wdm +
> qmi_wwan is not working on this device.  I tried to use Huawei
> hw_cdc_driver and cdc_ncm driver on Huawei E3276.  Both drivers are
> working good.

see
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libqmi-devel/2012-November/000310.html

So I am back on cdc_ncm now. And I removed all the stuff I installed
when testing that huawei-driver-package.

Rather hard to solve ...

Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 02.04.2013 15:52, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:

> So I am back on cdc_ncm now. And I removed all the stuff I installed
> when testing that huawei-driver-package.

phew.

Next small steps (but somehow promising):

I was able to connect via wvdial and pull an IPv4-IP-adress via dhcpcd ...

but the connection only lasted for maybe 10 seconds. Wrong parameters?

After that I have to re-plug the modem to get it working again.

This is with the modules coming with gentoo-sources-3.8.5 ... I assume
that the mentioned thread used older versions of this.

Gotta dig further.

Now time for a coffee!

S

Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

forgot my current lsmod:

> # lsmod 
Module                  Size  Used by
ppp_async               6157  0
crc_ccitt               1565  1 ppp_async
ppp_generic            17250  1 ppp_async
slhc                    4443  1 ppp_generic
option                 26658  0
usb_wwan                6870  1 option
cdc_ncm                10023  0
usbserial              23422  2 option,usb_wwan
usbnet                 19300  1 cdc_ncm
crc32c_intel           13975  0
i2c_i801                8749  0

Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 02.04.2013 16:27, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
> Am 02.04.2013 15:52, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
> 
>> So I am back on cdc_ncm now. And I removed all the stuff I installed
>> when testing that huawei-driver-package.
> 
> phew.
> 
> Next small steps (but somehow promising):
> 
> I was able to connect via wvdial and pull an IPv4-IP-adress via dhcpcd ...
> 
> but the connection only lasted for maybe 10 seconds. Wrong parameters?
> 
> After that I have to re-plug the modem to get it working again.

Update:

It works. Although rather "un-polished":

I run wvdial ... it connects ... in a second terminal I pull an
IP-adress via dhcpcd and then started a ping to some remote IP immediately.

The wvdial-session then somehow loses connection to the modem or
something (I have to retry and provide the logs ... right now I am so
happy to have it working that I don't want to stop the connection  )
.... this mislead me all the times as I thought it lost connectivity.

But it still pings and works thereafter.

So it is somehow useable for me as an admin ... not so much for an end-user.

Contacted the dev from the thread ... he told me that the modules coming
with linux 3.8.5 should work just fine.

So it's more of a UI-issue right now ;-)

connectivity is good so far ...

phew!

Stefan

Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Mick]

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On Tuesday 02 Apr 2013 16:48:26 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> Am 02.04.2013 16:27, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
> > Am 02.04.2013 15:52, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
> >> So I am back on cdc_ncm now. And I removed all the stuff I installed
> >> when testing that huawei-driver-package.
> > 
> > phew.
> > 
> > Next small steps (but somehow promising):
> > 
> > I was able to connect via wvdial and pull an IPv4-IP-adress via dhcpcd
> > ...
> > 
> > but the connection only lasted for maybe 10 seconds. Wrong parameters?
> > 
> > After that I have to re-plug the modem to get it working again.
> 
> Update:
> 
> It works. Although rather "un-polished":
> 
> I run wvdial ... it connects ... in a second terminal I pull an
> IP-adress via dhcpcd and then started a ping to some remote IP immediately.
> 
> The wvdial-session then somehow loses connection to the modem or
> something (I have to retry and provide the logs ... right now I am so
> happy to have it working that I don't want to stop the connection  )
> .... this mislead me all the times as I thought it lost connectivity.
> 
> But it still pings and works thereafter.
> 
> So it is somehow useable for me as an admin ... not so much for an
> end-user.
> 
> Contacted the dev from the thread ... he told me that the modules coming
> with linux 3.8.5 should work just fine.
> 
> So it's more of a UI-issue right now ;-)
> 
> connectivity is good so far ...
> 
> phew!

Glad to hear to you got somewhere with this effort!  :-)

If you configure your /etc/conf.d/net for wwan0 (or whatever it is now called) 
to use dhcpcd you should not need to manually attempt getting an IP address:

  config_wwan0="dhcpc"

Don't forget to create a symlink for your interface in /etc/init.d/net.lo:

  cd /etc/init.d

  ln -s net.lo net.wwan0

  rc-update add net.wwan0 default

PS.  No idea if NM will barf with these settings, but this is the vanilla 
gentoo approach to network configuration and it will deal with the non-admin 
user problem.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] 4G Stick Huawei E3276

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 03.04.2013 08:07, schrieb Mick:

> Glad to hear to you got somewhere with this effort!  :-)

Yes, all the precious time spent :-)

> If you configure your /etc/conf.d/net for wwan0 (or whatever it is
> now called) to use dhcpcd you should not need to manually attempt
> getting an IP address:
> 
> config_wwan0="dhcpc"
> 
> Don't forget to create a symlink for your interface in
> /etc/init.d/net.lo:
> 
> cd /etc/init.d
> 
> ln -s net.lo net.wwan0
> 
> rc-update add net.wwan0 default
> 
> PS.  No idea if NM will barf with these settings, but this is the
> vanilla gentoo approach to network configuration and it will deal
> with the non-admin user problem.

Thanks for the reminder/suggestion ... for now it's enough to get it
working in the mentioned way as that stick is here for some weeks
only. It's only a a "test drive" and I have to return it if I don't
decide to do sign a contract (which is pretty expensive ...). I
research if we have good enough LTE-coverage at a customer's numerous
sites as we consider to back up their insufficient internet
connectivity somehow.

I would have to get it running with some router-distro like ipfire or
pfsense to be able to use it ... -> some more work ahead ;-)

Thanks, Stefan