Hello

I am trying to create Wi-Fi with combination of TP-LINK router(Model: TL-MR3020) and D-Link USB dongle(Model: DWP-157). The dongle works fine with original TP-Link firmware. But when I flash the OpenWrt firmware (Firmware Version: OpenWrt Barrier Breaker 14.07 / LuCI Trunk (0.12+svn-r10530) ), the router is unable to mount the dongle.

I followed the steps mentioned in openwrt wiki:

How To use LTE modem in QMI mode for WAN connection

.But the problem is that /dev/cdc-wdm0 is not created due to which I can't run any uqmi command after ssh into router.

Following are the dmesg logs when using D-Link dongle:

root@OpenWrt:~# dmesg | grep usb
[    4.190000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    4.190000] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    4.200000] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    4.290000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[    4.810000] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform
[    5.090000] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[    5.090000] scsi0 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[   11.220000] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_wdm
[   11.320000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[   11.340000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[   11.340000] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
[   11.410000] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[   11.410000] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ncm
[   11.640000] usbcore: registered new interface driver qmi_wwan
[   11.700000] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_mbim
[   11.720000] usbcore: registered new interface driver option
[   11.720000] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
[  487.080000] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 2

When I used Huawei dongle(Model:E3531i - 2) in place of D-Link, it gets mounted and I can access the dongle on /dev/ttyUSB2.

Following are the dmesg logs when using Huawei dongle:

root@OpenWrt:~# dmesg | grep usb
[    4.190000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    4.190000] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    4.200000] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    4.290000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[   12.330000] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_wdm
[   12.410000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[   12.430000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[   12.430000] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
[   12.500000] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[   12.500000] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ncm
[   12.740000] usbcore: registered new interface driver qmi_wwan
[   12.820000] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_mbim
[   12.830000] usbcore: registered new interface driver option
[   12.850000] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
[   55.840000] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform
[   56.000000] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[   56.000000] scsi0 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[  798.290000] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
[  807.690000] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-platform
[  807.850000] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[  807.850000] scsi1 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[ 1028.150000] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 3
[ 1036.050000] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-platform
[ 1036.300000] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 1036.300000] scsi2 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[ 1037.020000] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 4
[ 1038.370000] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-platform
[ 1038.610000] usb 1-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 1038.640000] usb 1-1: MAC-Address: 00:1e:10:1f:00:00
[ 1038.650000] cdc_ncm 1-1:1.1 wwan0: register 'cdc_ncm' at usb-ehci-platform-1, Mobile Broadband Network Device, 00:1e:10:1f:00:00
[ 1038.670000] usb 1-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[ 1038.710000] usb 1-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
[ 1038.750000] usb-storage 1-1:1.4: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 1038.750000] scsi3 : usb-storage 1-1:1.4
[ 1038.760000] usb-storage 1-1:1.5: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 1038.760000] scsi4 : usb-storage 1-1:1.5

Please anyone help in resolving this issue.

Thank you
Ashish Chugh

(Last edited by ashish_chugh on 14 Mar 2018, 12:22)