Problems getting my Huawei 0x140b USB modem to speak to internet

Sun Jun 30 10:29:45 UTC 2013

Thanks for your help. But before I attempt disabling the cdrom, I would like to mention that I can already see the following devices (with corresponding .init and .lock files) :

cuaU0.0
cuaU0.1
cuaU0.2
cuau0

I am almost certain that cuaU0.0 is the modem. I will try disabling the the cdrom and then switch mode.

Thanks again &
Regards

Manish Jain

From: odhiambo at gmail.com
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:45:11 +0300
Subject: Re: Problems getting my Huawei 0x140b USB modem to speak to internet
To: bourne.identity at hotmail.com

Hi Manish,

I seem to have missed the name - Huawei, sorry for that.

Anyway, this should be easy to resolve - I suppose.

With the virtual cd-rom (da0) presenting itself, FreeBSD will assume the modem is simply a mass storage device and leave it at that. You need to disable the virtual cd-rom in order to use the modem.

Use Hyperterminal or putty or minicom (does it still exist?) to disable it.
Here are the AT commands to do that:

1. To disable; AT^U2DIAG=0
2. To re-enable: AT^U2DIAG=1

After disabling, you should be able to see a device node for the modem - /dev/cuaU0.0 or something. They may be two devices or three. One of them is the modem

And here is a ppp.conf which you can use - just change the APN (safaricom) to your provider's APN, change authname/authkey and also change the device to what you'll have gotten from /dev/

Hope that helps!

u3g:
 set device /dev/cuaU0.0
 set server /var/run/3g-internet "" 0177
 set speed 921600
 set timeout 0

 set authname saf
 set authkey data
 set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sTIMEOUT 2 \
       \"\" \
       AT OK-AT-OK \
       AT+CFUN=1 OK-AT-OK \
       AT+CMEE=2 OK-AT-OK \
       AT+CSQ OK \

       AT+CGDCONT=1,\\\"IP\\\",\\\"safaricom\\\" OK \
       ATD*99# CONNECT"
 set crtscts on
 disable vjcomp
 disable acfcomp
 disable deflate
 disable deflate24
 disable pred1

 disable protocomp
 disable mppe
 disable ipv6cp
 disable lqr
 disable echo
 #nat enable yes
 enable dns
 resolv writable
 set dns 8.8.8.8
 set ifaddr 10.1.0.2/0 10.1.0.1/0 255.255.255.255 0.0.0.0

 add default HISADDR          # See ppp.link*

On 30 June 2013 01:00, Manish Jain <bourne.identity at hotmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I thought the manufacturer name was mentioned in the original message : Huawei (0x12d1). Underneath is an extract from /var/log/messages :

Jun 29 23:03:57 bourne kernel: u3g0: Found 3 ports.

Jun 29 23:03:57 bourne kernel: umass0: <HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES HUAWEI Mobile, class 0/0, rev 1.10/0.00, addr 2> on usbus1

Jun 29 23:03:57 bourne kernel: umass0:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x0000

Jun 29 23:03:57 bourne kernel: umass0:0:0:-1: Attached to scbus0

Jun 29 23:03:57 bourne kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jun 29 23:03:57 bourne kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error

Jun 29 23:03:57 bourne kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI status: Check Condition

Jun 29 23:03:57 bourne kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI sense: UNIT ATTENTION asc:28,0 (Not ready to ready change, medium may have changed)

Jun 29 23:03:57 bourne kernel: cd0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0

Jun 29 23:03:57 bourne kernel: cd0: <HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device

Jun 29 23:03:57 bourne kernel: cd0: 1.000MB/s transfers

Jun 29 23:03:57 bourne kernel: cd0: cd present [52352 x 2048 byte records]

Jun 29 23:03:57 bourne kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 1

Jun 29 23:03:57 bourne kernel: da0: <HUAWEI SD Storage 2.31> Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device

Jun 29 23:03:57 bourne kernel: da0: 1.000MB/s transfers

Jun 29 23:03:57 bourne kernel: da0: 7580MB (15523840 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 966C)

Regards,

Manish Jain

+91-88064-38388

On 30-Jun-13 00:41, Odhiambo Washington wrote:

What is the manufacturer/model of the modem?

Is it detected by FreeBSD? Please show the /var/log/message entry for it.

I have never heard of usb_modeswitch.conf in FreeBSD!

On 29 June 2013 20:53, Manish Jain <bourne.identity at hotmail.com

<mailto:bourne.identity at hotmail.com>> wrote:

    Hello All,

    I have a a Huawei USB modem (product id 0x140b) which is connected

    to my PC. I downloaded and installed Draisberghof's usb_modeswitch.

    The following are the contents of my /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf :

    DisableSwitching=0

    EnableLogging=1

    DefaultVendor=0x12d1

    DefaultProduct=0x140b

    TargetVendor=0x12d1

    TargetProduct=0x1446

    CheckSuccess=20

    MessageEndpoint=0x0f

    MessageContent="__555342431234567800000000000000__110620000001000000000000000000__00"

    When I run usb_modeswitch -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf, I get the

    following message :

    Looking for target devices ...

      No devices in target mode or class found

    Looking for default devices ...

        found matching product ID

        adding device

      Found device in default mode, class or configuration (1)

    Accessing device 010 on bus 000 ...

    Getting the current device configuration ...

      OK, got current device configuration (1)

    Using interface number 0

    Error: can't use storage command in MessageContent with interface 0;

            interface class is 255, should be 8. Aborting.

    So my FreeBSD box cannot speak to internet and I have boot MS-DOG

    for this holy purpose. Can someone please suggest a remedy ?

    Thanks in advance &

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    Manish Jain

    +91-88064-38388

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