On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Read, James C <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Read, James C wrote: >>> > I just installed 5.8, I know my dongle is detected and correctly >>> > switched to the right mode because >>> > >>> > a) I can see in dmesg output that the device is detected and >>> > labelled ugen0 >>> >>> See ugen(4). Basically, the dongle isn't supported. > >>There was recently a good discussion about which WiFi dongles are >>reliably supported. I'd suggest finding cheap well-reviewed options >>online and searching their names on the list archives. > > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man4/umsm.4?query=umsm > &sec=4 > > My modem is explicitly listed here (Huawei Mobile E353). And, in fact, the > dmesg mentions umsm0 when the device is detected in dmesg. > > Like I said I know the device is detected and working because I can see the > light continuous. This only happens when the device mode has been succesfully > switched. > > What do I need to do to bring this up with ifconfig? > > Raed Samej >
I'm jumping in late, sorry if I'm missing context. If you have your dongle plugged in and it is supported, ifconfig (no switches) should show it as an interface like urtwn0 or another chipset family (in your case, umsm0). I have a Verizon MiFi unit for my wireless internet. Your setup will naturally be different unless you're using the same Verizon MiFi unit for internet. (with root privileges) ifconfig umsm0 up nwid Verizon-291LVW-0007 wpakey <some hex digits for password> You may need firmware for the driver. I have to install iwn firmware for the intel wireless on my X201 ThinkPad. If your network associates with that command above, then dhclient umsm0 I always test by pinging google ping www.google.com Good luck. FWIW, OpenBSD does a better on wireless stick driver support than do the other BSD's, at least last time I went through this a couple years back. The trick is buying a chip (manufacturers switch them out all the time, so you can't depend on the unit model name) that's supported. Carl T.
