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Topic: Huawei E372 setup + connect

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Post #1
schoerg
9 May 2012, 13:43

Hi,

I am using a Huawei E372 3g modem. On my former Debian router (a normal PC) I used sakis3g to connect to the internet. Now I got myself a NSLU2 and don't know how to connect.

I read that guide on the wiki, but it didn't help much.

The E372 is as far as I know similar to the E398 modem.

Linux OpenWrt 2.6.37.6 #1 Sat May 5 16:20:02 MST 2012 armv5teb GNU/Linux
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 12d1:1506 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

I think the device is already switched as 1506 is also used on the Debian pc while connected.

config interface wan                
        option ifname   ppp0
        option device   /dev/ttyS0
        option apn      drei.at
        option service  umts
        option proto    3g
        option username 123
        option password password

Also the device ttyUSB is not showing up like it should according to the wiki.

Some output from logread:

May  9 13:48:37 OpenWrt local2.info chat[5708]: abort on (BUSY)
May  9 13:48:37 OpenWrt local2.info chat[5708]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
May  9 13:48:37 OpenWrt local2.info chat[5708]: abort on (ERROR)
May  9 13:48:37 OpenWrt local2.info chat[5708]: report (CONNECT)
May  9 13:48:37 OpenWrt local2.info chat[5708]: timeout set to 10 seconds
May  9 13:48:37 OpenWrt local2.info chat[5708]: send (AT&F^M)
May  9 13:48:37 OpenWrt local2.info chat[5708]: expect (OK)
May  9 13:48:47 OpenWrt local2.info chat[5708]: alarm
May  9 13:48:47 OpenWrt local2.info chat[5708]: Failed
May  9 13:48:47 OpenWrt daemon.err pppd[5160]: Connect script failed
May  9 13:49:01 OpenWrt daemon.info pppd[5160]: Terminating on signal 15
May  9 13:49:01 OpenWrt daemon.info pppd[5160]: Exit.
May  9 13:49:03 OpenWrt daemon.notice pppd[5759]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0
May  9 13:49:04 OpenWrt local2.info chat[5764]: abort on (BUSY)
May  9 13:49:04 OpenWrt local2.info chat[5764]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
May  9 13:49:04 OpenWrt local2.info chat[5764]: abort on (ERROR)
May  9 13:49:04 OpenWrt local2.info chat[5764]: report (CONNECT)
May  9 13:49:04 OpenWrt local2.info chat[5764]: timeout set to 10 seconds
May  9 13:49:04 OpenWrt local2.info chat[5764]: send (AT&F^M)
May  9 13:49:04 OpenWrt local2.info chat[5764]: expect (OK)

Some output from dmesg:

[   44.877605] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[   45.242463] NET: Registered protocol family 24
[   45.771623] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (464 buckets, 1856 max)
[   46.809572] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[   46.815800] USB Serial support registered for generic
[   46.821418] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[   46.828100] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
[   47.140288] scsi 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5
[   47.146864] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[   47.249778] USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
[   47.258095] usbcore: registered new interface driver option
[   47.263796] option: v0.7.2:USB Driver for GSM modems
[   22.327728] NPE-B: firmware's license can be found in /usr/share/doc/LICENSE.IPL
[   22.335345] NPE-B: firmware functionality 0x2, revision 0x2:1
[   22.763255] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
[   22.876168] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state
[   22.881809] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state
[   23.703005] eth0: link up, speed 100 Mb/s, full duplex
[   49.719441] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
[   61.841830] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[   62.022062] scsi2 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[   62.028619] scsi3 : usb-storage 1-1:1.1
[   63.033976] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access     HUAWEI   TF CARD Storage  2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[   63.044727] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[   63.059326] sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
[   64.052347] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 3
[    4.536568] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
[    4.700342] scsi4 : usb-storage 1-1:1.5
[    4.708153] scsi5 : usb-storage 1-1:1.6
[    5.710103] scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HUAWEI   Mass Storage     2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[    5.720530] scsi 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5
[    5.732306] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     HUAWEI   TF CARD Storage  2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[    5.742992] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[    5.757950] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
[   10.985915] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state
[   11.029375] device eth0 left promiscuous mode
[   11.033945] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entering disabled state
[   11.144130] eth0: link down
[   15.514644] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
[   16.156042] eth0: link up, speed 100 Mb/s, full duplex
[   16.161505] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state
[   16.167175] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state
[   46.693868] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[   63.494269] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 4
[   28.451265] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[   28.631600] scsi6 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[   28.638144] scsi7 : usb-storage 1-1:1.1
[   29.643830] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access     HUAWEI   TF CARD Storage  2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[   29.654604] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[   29.668952] sd 7:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
[   30.669824] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 5
[   36.251330] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
[   36.415154] scsi8 : usb-storage 1-1:1.5
[   36.431683] scsi9 : usb-storage 1-1:1.6
[   37.434498] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access     HUAWEI   TF CARD Storage  2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[   37.445301] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[   37.453774] scsi 8:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HUAWEI   Mass Storage     2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[   37.464132] scsi 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[   37.476646] sd 9:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
[    1.394707] usbcore: deregistering interface driver usb-storage

Any tips?

Regards

Post #2
maurer
9 May 2012, 14:47

your huawei is not switched to modem mode - still in storage mode
have you followed? http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/recipes/3gdongle?s[]=umts
do you have all the required packages like usb-modeswitch, kmod-usb-serial-option

Post #3
schoerg
9 May 2012, 16:25

Update: After using rmmod to unload all modules, I entered

insmod usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1506

Which resulted in this:

[   54.648371] usbserial_generic 1-2:1.2: generic converter detected
[   54.656298] usb 1-2: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[   54.662450] usbserial_generic 1-2:1.3: generic converter detected
[   54.670440] usb 1-2: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB2
[   54.676484] usbserial_generic 1-2:1.4: generic converter detected
[   54.684415] usb 1-2: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB3
[   54.690555] usbserial_generic 1-2:1.5: generic converter detected
[   54.698440] usb 1-2: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB4
[   54.704732] usbserial_generic 1-2:1.6: generic converter detected
[   54.712666] usb 1-2: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB5
[   54.718821] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic

Yes I followed that instruction, they're not very good.

Post #4
maurer
10 May 2012, 09:16

correct - good resolution - i had the same issue with a k4510

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