USB WWAN card as Red interface - USB760

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[trymes]

I have a USB760 Wireless WAN card from Verizon Wireless and I am wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction for instructions how to set this up as my Red interface. Basically, I would like to be able to have a small, remote office connected via Cellular using the USB card.

I tried inserting the card, and it showed up in the lspci output, but that was the limit of my abilities. I am running Endian Community 2.4.

Tom

[mrkroket]

It showed on ifconfig?
If it doesn't appear as an interface you must add its driver (by recompiling it), which is much more work.

If it appears on ifconfig it could be feasible to tweak the system to use it.

[trymes]

I'll grab that card again and let you know what I find.

Many thanks,

Tom

[trymes]

Just as an update, I have not been able to try the USB760 card again with Endian. I have, however, been able to successfully use a Pantech UM175 with a freshly installed Endian 2.4.1 installation.

As a pointer to anyone trying to use a USB WWAN card, you should watch the /var/log/messages file to determine the Serial port that the device has registered. To do so, log into the shell, and run this command:

"tail -f /var/log/messages"

Then insert the card. One of the messages printed on the screen when you insert the card should show the serial port used. My UM175 card is at /dev/ttyACM0, which shows up as "ACM0" in the uplink editor page.

When you are done, press ctrl-c to exit.

HTH,

Tom

[trymes]

OK, I have atempted to use a Pantech UMW190VW modem from Verizon, and it does not work. he system does not recognize it as a serial device, and no entry is added to /dev/.

When I insert the card, I get the follwoing in /var/log/messages:

Code:

Feb  8 11:46:40 efw-rochester kernel: [  918.101022] usb 3-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
Feb  8 11:46:41 efw-rochester kernel: [  918.227490] usb 3-3: New USB device found, idVendor=106c, idProduct=3b05
Feb  8 11:46:41 efw-rochester kernel: [  918.227495] usb 3-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Feb  8 11:46:41 efw-rochester kernel: [  918.227500] usb 3-3: Product: UMW190 USB Modem
Feb  8 11:46:41 efw-rochester kernel: [  918.227503] usb 3-3: Manufacturer: Pantech, Incorporated
Feb  8 11:46:41 efw-rochester kernel: [  918.231824] usb 3-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Feb  8 11:46:41 efw-rochester kernel: [  918.246031] scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Feb  8 11:46:41 efw-rochester kernel: [  918.272206] usb-storage: device found at 5
Feb  8 11:46:41 efw-rochester kernel: [  918.272210] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Feb  8 11:46:46 efw-rochester kernel: [  923.275438] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM            UMW190   CD-ROM           2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Feb  8 11:46:46 efw-rochester kernel: [  923.295787] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x xa/form2 caddy
Feb  8 11:46:46 efw-rochester kernel: [  923.306517] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
Feb  8 11:46:46 efw-rochester kernel: [  923.322151] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5
Feb  8 11:46:46 efw-rochester kernel: [  923.334031] usb-storage: device scan complete

I tried to play with modprobe to get it to load the usbserial module with the vendor ID and product ID , but it does not seem to work. I get the following in /var/log/messages:

Code:

Feb  8 11:48:01 efw-rochester kernel: [  999.118499] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
Feb  8 11:48:01 efw-rochester kernel: [  999.125526] USB Serial support registered for generic
Feb  8 11:48:01 efw-rochester kernel: [  999.133167] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
Feb  8 11:48:01 efw-rochester kernel: [  999.133174] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core

Also, I get the following output from lsusb before device inseretion:

Code:

Unknown line at line 15618
Unknown line at line 15619
Unknown line at line 15620
Unknown line at line 15621
Unknown line at line 15622
Unknown line at line 15623
Unknown line at line 15624
Unknown line at line 15625
Unknown line at line 15626
Unknown line at line 15627
Unknown line at line 15628
Unknown line at line 15629
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 03f0:0024 Hewlett-Packard KU-0316 Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 045e:0040 Microsoft Corp. Wheel Mouse Optical
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

and this is the output after device insertion:

Code:

Unknown line at line 15618
Unknown line at line 15619
Unknown line at line 15620
Unknown line at line 15621
Unknown line at line 15622
Unknown line at line 15623
Unknown line at line 15624
Unknown line at line 15625
Unknown line at line 15626
Unknown line at line 15627
Unknown line at line 15628
Unknown line at line 15629
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 106c:3b05 Curitel Communications, Inc.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 03f0:0024 Hewlett-Packard KU-0316 Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 045e:0040 Microsoft Corp. Wheel Mouse Optical
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Any ideas as to how to make this work?

Tom