On Mon, 2017-11-20 at 11:04 -0600, Dan Williams wrote: > On Fri, 2017-11-17 at 08:48 -0600, Greg Oliver wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 2:34 AM, Aleksander Morgado < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:44 AM, Greg Oliver <oliver.greg@gmail. > > > co > > > m> > > > wrote: > > > > On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 2:57 PM, Aleksander Morgado > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > [greg@dell-wifi ~]$ sudo mmcli -m 0 > > > > > > > > /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0 (device id > > > > '48d4cf9eceb8dbb2de4e13da073cb011be31f29e') > > > > ------------------------- > > > > Hardware | manufacturer: 'QUALCOMM INCORPORATED' > > > > | model: '42' > > > > | revision: 'L0290VWBB12F.248 1 [Nov 9 2011 > > > > > > 08:44:21]' > > > > | supported: 'gsm-umts > > > > | cdma-evdo > > > > | lte > > > > | cdma-evdo, gsm-umts > > > > | gsm-umts, lte > > > > | cdma-evdo, lte > > > > | cdma-evdo, gsm-umts, lte' > > > > | current: 'cdma-evdo' > > > > > > So this is being managed in QMI, which is ok, but as seen above > > > the > > > "current" mode is limited to cdma-evdo for some reason (i.e. no > > > LTE). > > > > > > Can you try to run this? > > > mmcli -m 0 --set-current-capabilities="cdma-evdo|lte" > > > > > > The device should reboot after that; then re-run "mmcli -m X" (X > > > will > > > likely be 1 after the reboot) and see if the "current" field > > > shows > > > "lte" as well. > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > [greg@dell-wifi ~]$ sudo mmcli -m 0 > > --set-current-capabilities="cdma-evdo|lte" > > error: couldn't set current capabilities: > > 'GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.Error.Core.Unsupported: > > Setting > > capabilities is not supported by this device' > > You may not actually be able to change the capabilities in > ModemManager, I don't recall exactly why and I thought we'd fixed it, > but perhaps just use qmicli for the time being. > > The UML290 is a bit particular in the options it wants, so try this > (it > works on my 290...) > > sudo qmicli -p -d /dev/cdc-wdm1 --nas-set-system-selection- > preference="cdma-1x|cdma-1xevdo|gsm|umts|lte"
And sorry, you want /dev/cdc-wdm0 here. I already had a QMI device plugged in, thus the UML290 got cdc-wdm1 for me... > > I am asking the guy I am incorporating this for to check his plan > > to > > see if > > his SIM card plan is even LTE capable. He is switching from T- > > Mobile > > 2g on > > his devices (since they are disbanding that network) to > > Verizon. I'll post > > back when I hear, but your earlier comment that evdo does not take > > APNs > > took me by surprise. I have never used 3rd party network > > subscriptions > > before until this guy, but what you are saying is that when using > > PPP > > on > > evdo networks there is no APN concept like in GSM? His original > > line > > of > > That's correct. Verizon is still a hybrid CDMA/EVDO (which doesn't > use > APNs at all) and LTE (which does) network. Your modem was originally > in CDMA/EVDO mode with LTE disabled, and thus NetworkManager would > not > allow APN entry because it would be useless as CDMA doesn't use one. > > But if you switch the device with the above command to enable LTE as > well, then you can enter the APN which will be used when the device > attaches to the Verizon LTE network. > > (I could go into what it does when it's dual-mode CDMA/EVDO + LTE, > but > that's a much longer mail). > > If that works and you can use your APN, great. If it doesn't work, > or > handoff between LTE and CDMA/EVDO doesn't work for you, let us know > because there's one more setting that needs to be on for dual-mode to > work correctly (eHRPD). > > > product on T-Mobile 2g was able to use 3rd party APNs just fine - I > > did not > > know the backend of the 2 technologies were that much different > > other > > than > > the framing used - guess I need to read up more. > > They are a ton different :) CDMA/EVDO store more of the subscriber > information with the carrier, thus you don't use APNs or SIM cards. > > Dan > _______________________________________________ > networkmanager-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
