Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2011 06:28:26 +0000 From: Michael Fuckner <michael@fuckner.net> To: Tyson Boellstorff <perlcat@windstream.net> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org Subject: re: cellular modems and amd64 FreeBSD Message-ID: <5064547b820109f85e4c8fd40fec80c2@net> In-Reply-To: <4D9FCE24.20201@windstream.net> References: <4D9FCE24.20201@windstream.net>
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On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:10:28 -0500, Tyson Boellstorff <perlcat@windstream.net> wrote: > A couple weeks ago, I posted about not being able to make my sierra > wireless cellular modem work on amd64 FreeBSD. It is recognized as a > CDROM instead of anything that can take an IP. > > dmesg info is here: > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?201103212107.18762.perlcat > > It turns out that I'm on about half of the right track. > Wireless USB devices show as CDROMS, but there are a lot of ugly possibilities to implement this. Usually it is something like a SCSI-eject command telling the device to change it's class. Most devices today are switched by u3g, but there also is a manual way with usb_modeswitch (http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/) to understand what is really happening. My own experiences are written down here (in german, but the commands should be enough to understand what I am doing): http://michael.fuckner.net/me/blog/index.php?/archives/471-UMTS-mit-FreeBSD8.html Regards, Michael!
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