On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 10:14 +0200, Aleksander Morgado wrote: > Hey Phil, > > > > > I think the problem lies with NetworkManager: > > > > root@raspberrypi3:/# nmcli con show > > > > NAME UUID TYPE > > DEVICE > > > > Wired connection 1 bdc6b7b3-1e60-453c-bfca-11ce7519826d 802-3- > > ethernet > > eth0 > > > > cellular bd4fbd79-329c-4af2-a68d- > > a330df553abd gsm -- > > > > root@raspberrypi3:/# > > > > > > > > cellular was created with: > > > > nmcli connection add type gsm con-name cellular ifname wwan0 apn > > mnet.bell.ca.ioe > > > > > > > > But my wwan0 interface shows “unmanaged” and I cannot bring it up: > > > > This is wrong; you shouldn't create a connection bound to ifname > wwan0. The "interface-name" connection property expected by > NetworkManager would be the control port of the modem as specified by > ModemManager. The data port, which is what you specified, is > transient, and is actually a decision of ModemManager which port to > use (your MC7354 may actually be configured with a pair of QMI+WWAN > interfaces instead of just one, and MM would tell you which one to > use). > > I believe you can actually just ignore the "interface-name" and leave > it blank, creating a "gsm connection setting that may be used with > any > modem"; e.g.: > > $ nmcli connection add type "gsm" con-name "cellular" apn > "mnet.bell.ca.ioe" ifname ""
Right. If you want to lock to a specific modem or specific SIM, we recommend using the "gsm.device-id" and "gsm.sim-id" properties instead. These come directly from ModemManager's "mmcli -m X" (device id) and "mmcli -i X" (IMSI) outputs. Dan _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
