The Mikrotik R11e-LTE6 modem is similar to ZTE MF286R modem, added
earlier: it has a Marvel chip, able to work in ACM+RNDIS mode, knows ZTE
specific commands, runs OpenWrt Barrier Breaker fork.
While the modem is able to offer IPv6 address, the RNDIS setup is unable
to complete if there is an IPv6 adress.
While it works in ACM+RNDIS mode, the user experience isn't as good as
with "proto 3g": the modem happily serves a local IP (192.168.1.xxx)
without internet access. Of course, if the modem has enough time
(for example at the second dialup), it will serve a public IP.
Modifing the DHCP Lease (to a short interval before connect and back to
default while finalizing) is a workaround to get a public IP at the
first try.
A safe workaround for this is to excercise an offline script of the
pingcheck program: simply restart (ifdown - ifup) the connection.
Another pitfall is that the modem writes a few messages at startup,
which confuses the manufacturer detection algorithm and got disabled.
daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'mikrotik' is setting up now
daemon.notice netifd: mikrotik (2366): Failed to parse message data
daemon.notice netifd: mikrotik (2366): WARNING: Variable 'ok' does not exist or is not an array/object
daemon.notice netifd: mikrotik (2366): Unsupported modem
daemon.notice netifd: mikrotik (2426): Stopping network mikrotik
daemon.notice netifd: mikrotik (2426): Failed to parse message data
daemon.notice netifd: mikrotik (2426): WARNING: Variable '*simdetec:1,sim' does not exist or is not an array/object
daemon.notice netifd: mikrotik (2426): Unsupported modem
daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'mikrotik' is now down
A workaround for this is to use the "delay" option in the interface
configuration.
I want to thank Forum members dchard (in topic Adding support for
MikroTik hAP ac3 LTE6 kit (D53GR_5HacD2HnD)) [1]
and mrhaav (in topic OpenWrt X86_64 + Mikrotik R11e-LTE6) [2]
for sharing their experiments and works.
Another information page was found at eko.one.pl [3].
[1]: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/137555
[2]: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/151743
[3]: https://eko.one.pl/?p=modem-r11elte
Signed-off-by: Szabolcs Hubai <szab.hu@gmail.com>
The modem is based on Marvell PXA1826 and uses ACM+RNDIS interface to
establish connection with custom commands specific to ZTE modems.
Two variants of modems were discovered, some identifying themselves
as "ZTE", and others as plain "Marvell", the chipset manufacturer.
The modem itself runs a fork of OpenWrt inside, which root shell can be
accessed via ADB interface.
Signed-off-by: Cezary Jackiewicz <cezary@eko.one.pl>
Signed-off-by: Lech Perczak <lech.perczak@gmail.com>
This PR allow the 3G modem embedded in the DWR-512 to be managed
by the wwan-ncm scripts. The modem will use the usb-option and
usb-cdc-ether drivers.
The DWR-512 DT is updated accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Lippolis <giu.lippolis@gmail.com>
Add support for specifying a call profile index instead of APN. A
specific index different from 1 must be used for some service
provider and modem combinations.
In addition, change the manufacturer detection to use the standard
AT+CGMI command, which produces more predictable output than ATI,
remove the redundant ipv6 option, since it is less ambiguous to
directly specify the PDP context type with mobile connections, and
fix missing device during teardown when using ncm through the wwan
proto.
Signed-off-by: Matti Laakso <malaakso@elisanet.fi>
By setting the option pdptype to IP, IPV6 or IPV4V6 the user can
choose the context type between IPv4, IPv6 and dual stack,
respectively. The default setting is dual stack, except if option
ipv6=0 is specified, in which case IPv4 context is the default.
This allows for an out-of-the-box IPv6 support with modems
utilizing NCM-like protocols.
While we are at it, also add commands for Sierra DirectIP modems
(currently untested), which will allow us to drop the separate
comgt-directip package (once tested and verified working).
Signed-off-by: Matti Laakso <malaakso@elisanet.fi>
SVN-Revision: 46844
This patch fixes the NCM protocol by adding the missing ifname
to the netifd script and changing one unintended "send" statement to
"print" in runcommand.gcom. It also cleans up logging and makes the
manufacturer names case-insensitive. Furthermore, comgt-ncm should
not depend on the USB-serial-related kernel modules, as the cdc-wdm
control device works without them. There is also no need to depend on
kmod-huawei-cdc-ncm, since other manufacturers (like Sony-Ericsson
and Samsung) which use other kernel modules should also be supported.
I'd appreciate if someone with Samsung or Sony-Ericsson modems could
test this, I was only able to test it with Huawei E3276, E3372 and
E353.
Signed-off-by: Matti Laakso <malaakso@elisanet.fi>
SVN-Revision: 44182
