On Mon, 2015-10-19 at 09:40 +0200, Aleksander Morgado wrote: > Hey John, > > On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 3:16 PM, John Whitmore <arig...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is a development list so possibly the wrong place for this question but > > please redirect me as necessary. > > > > No, this is the correct place to ask :) > > > I've got a problem using two USB LTE Dongle modems of exactly the same > > model. They each have a different operators SIM installed. They will both > > get > > added to the linux system (I'm using Arch on a RPi-2) as /dev/cdc-wdm0 and > > /dev/cdc-wdm1. BUt they will be added, I imagine, at random. > > > > Managing which is which is the job of UDEV rules so I've added the necessary > > rules to create symbolic links to the two modems as /dev/three and > > /dev/vodafone. > > > > That all works great my problem is that in the network manager when I add a > > connection it only offers me the devices /dev/cdc-wdm0 and /dev/cdc-wdm1. > > NOT > > my new symbolic links. > > > > Have you tried to rename the interfaces, as systemd does with the WWAN > net interfaces and the "predictable network interface names" setup? > You should need to do that before the MM udev rules are used. > > > So given that it's the NetworkManager agian this might be considered the > > wrong > > list. > > > > Maybe I should explain the system here. This is going into an RPi-2 in a > > boat > > that floats about a lake. So mobile coverage will change between the two > > operators. I'm taking this one step at a time and ultimately I'd like the > > system to use which ever connection it can. That might be a problem as the > > boat needs to have a web site open on the browser. That web page is used to > > upload data so the web page is opened and the boat floats about the lake > > populating forms in the web page. If the web page is connected via one > > connection and the connection changes that might cause a problem. I've not > > got > > there yet. Like I say one step at a time. > > > > This might not even be a problem. I mean maybe the NetworkManager creates a > > connection, but then the ModemManager has the intelligence to say that > > you're > > trying to open the "vodafone" connection on the wrong modem and just take > > care > > of it? > > So, the thing here is that NetworkManager should allow binding a given > set of mobile broadband settings to a given specific device (based on > 'Equipment ID') or SIM (based on ICCID or even MCCMNC); e..g as it can > be done with binding settings to a network interface based on the MAC. > If that is done, NM would be intelligent enough to enable the correct > settings in each modem. > > Dan, what's the status of this in NetworkManager? Was any change done > recently?
Um, I wrote it on a plane last week and this week, but not upstream yet: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/log/?h=dcbw/wwan-connection-filters Dan _______________________________________________ ModemManager-devel mailing list ModemManager-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/modemmanager-devel