On 23/02/2016 18:26, Bruno Randolf wrote: > On 02/23/2016 07:11 AM, Matti Laakso wrote: >>> Huawei HiLink ("h" model names) modems just provide a CDC Ethernet >>> interface >>> where we have to run DHCP to get an IP address (usually in the >>> 192.168.8.0 >>> range). While this may be bad design in general it's sometimes >>> necessary to >>> support these modems. >>> >>> This adds autodetection and handling of these to wwan. >>> >>> Tested with Huawei E3030h-1. >> >> Why do you need an extra protocol for these? They work just fine with >> the regular DHCP protocol. > > Hi, sorry I saw this so late... (cc: please). > > The reason is that I want different types of Modems to work with the > same interface configuration, using 'wwan'. E.g. it's configured like > this (/etc/config/network): > > config interface 'umts' > option proto wwan > option apn internet.eplus.de > option metric 4 > > And it will work with PPP, QMI, MBIM, HiLink or whatever modem supported > by "wwan" (which are hopefully more and more)... Doesn't that make > sense? It would help the user who doesn't want to guess wether QMI works > better than PPP for a specific modem and which serial port to use, etc... > > bruno
that does indeed make sense and is the core reason why i added the wwan proto/package. i am planning to merge stuff tomorrow during the day and will pick this one up aswell. John _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel