For the record, this is now working successfully in my BuC 5.0 test environment. kp kindly provided the Packages for usb_modeswitch and I have written some documentation in the Wiki at http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/leaf/index.php?title=Bering-uClibc_5.x_-_User_Guide_-_Advanced_Topics_-_Setting_Up_a_Wireless_Internet_Connection
I am surprised (in a good way!) at the network performance - more than 20Mb/s Download, 2.5Mb/s Upload, with a modest 3G signal strength. Hopefully this will be included in the next 5.x release. dMb On Mon, 2013-06-17 at 14:49 +0200, Graziano Brioschi wrote: > Hi everyone > > one vote for 3G/4G support! > > I have build a similar solution on an Alpine Linux in 2010; I have > compiled usb_modeswitch from source and I have built some simple bash > script to use this tool to "switch" some Huawey 3G USB dongle... > I remenber that usb_modeswitch needs libusb to compile correctly; it is > capable to use udev, but i didn't make tests on this, I have used it in > "manual" mode on command line.... > > > bye > Graziano > > Il 16/06/2013 11.49, david M brooke ha scritto: > > Hi, > > > > I am just wondering how much interest there would be in support for 3G > > (or 4G, where available) wireless Internet network connectivity for > > Bering-uClibc. Does anybody have this working already? > > > > I recently purchased a Huawei E3131 USB "dongle" and this works well on > > other Linux distributions (e.g. Fedora) so it should be possible to make > > it work on Bering-uClibc. > > > > That particular Huawei model presents itself as a USB Ethernet device > > (rather than a USB Modem) which uses the cdc_ether driver. It has > > provision for connecting an external antenna and mine cost 20 Euros. > > > > Typical use cases might be: > > - An alternative for high-speed, wired Internet in case that fails > > - Automatic fail-over? > > - Mobile or temporary installations where there is no option for > > wired Internet connectivity > > > > I think the main Package we are missing in order to support this is > > http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ > > > > dMb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
