Re: USB repeater cable on Soekris net5501

[Ingo Feinerer]

On Sat, Mar 02, 2013 at 03:26:55PM -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote:
 Is your cable a usb2.0 only cable, or a usb1.1 only cable or some
 combination that won't work?

The product description of the USB repeater cable claims:

- Compatible with USB specification revision 2.0 and 1.1
- Supports USB low speed (1.5Mbps), full speed (12Mbps) and high speed 
(480Mbps)
- USB connection supports plug and play

Thanks.

Best regards,
Ingo

Re: USB repeater cable on Soekris net5501

[Christian Weisgerber]

Ingo Feinerer feine...@logic.at wrote:

 I have a problem with a Digitus USB 2.0 repeater cable in combination with a
 Soekris net5501 running OpenBSD 5.2 (see full dmesg at the very end of this
 mail).

Is this an active device?  Essentially a single-port hub?

 However, the problem occurs when I attach the repeater cable with the UMTS
 stick at its end. The stick is not recognized anymore.

I suspect the net5501's USB port is too weak to power the combination
of repeater and UMTS stick.

-- 
Christian naddy Weisgerber  na...@mips.inka.de

Re: USB repeater cable on Soekris net5501

[Matthias Appel]

Am 03.03.2013 18:26, schrieb Christian Weisgerber:

Ingo Feinerer feine...@logic.at wrote:


I have a problem with a Digitus USB 2.0 repeater cable in combination with a
Soekris net5501 running OpenBSD 5.2 (see full dmesg at the very end of this
mail).

Is this an active device?  Essentially a single-port hub?


However, the problem occurs when I attach the repeater cable with the UMTS
stick at its end. The stick is not recognized anymore.

I suspect the net5501's USB port is too weak to power the combination
of repeater and UMTS stick.

It is just an idea...why not choose a UMTS Sick with the possibility to 
attach an external antena?


With a little soldering-foo you will be able to make a decent external 
WLAN antenna.



Even if you cant attach an external antenna, you can disassemble the 
stick and with a little bit sodering knowledge you can solder a coax 
cable in place, where you can attach an external antenna.


Shure, you wont't get approval from Funkraumüberwachung, which is 
responsible for approval of such things in .at, but if the antenna gain 
is not too high, they won't notice at all.


Bot if you choose an antenna with the right gain, it won't make a 
difference if you move the stick, or just the antenna itself.


If you want, I disassebmle my dead USB stick (which is exact your type), 
tho help you with this!



Regards,

Matthias



PS: I would not choose DIGITUS as the vendor of choice...they only sell 
rebadged chinese crap, so I tend to NOT use DIGITUS!



Regards,

Matthias

Re: USB repeater cable on Soekris net5501

[Stuart Henderson]

On 2013-03-03, Christian Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de wrote:
 Ingo Feinerer feine...@logic.at wrote:

 I have a problem with a Digitus USB 2.0 repeater cable in combination with a
 Soekris net5501 running OpenBSD 5.2 (see full dmesg at the very end of this
 mail).

 Is this an active device?  Essentially a single-port hub?

 However, the problem occurs when I attach the repeater cable with the UMTS
 stick at its end. The stick is not recognized anymore.

 I suspect the net5501's USB port is too weak to power the combination
 of repeater and UMTS stick.


If this is the case, adding a powered hub may help.

Re: USB repeater cable on Soekris net5501

[Ingo Feinerer]

On 2013-03-03, Christian Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de wrote:
  I have a problem with a Digitus USB 2.0 repeater cable in
  combination with a Soekris net5501 running OpenBSD 5.2 (see full
  dmesg at the very end of this mail).

 Is this an active device?  Essentially a single-port hub?

Exactly.

  However, the problem occurs when I attach the repeater cable with
  the UMTS stick at its end. The stick is not recognized anymore.

 I suspect the net5501's USB port is too weak to power the combination
 of repeater and UMTS stick.

Thanks for the pointer. I will try with a USB hub with an external power
supply (as also suggested by Stuart Henderson).

Best regards,
Ingo

USB repeater cable on Soekris net5501

[Ingo Feinerer]

Hi,

I have a problem with a Digitus USB 2.0 repeater cable in combination with a
Soekris net5501 running OpenBSD 5.2 (see full dmesg at the very end of this
mail).

The aim is to improve the position of a UTMS stick (Option GlobeTrotter HSDPA
ICON225 USB) via the repeater cable. The UMTS stick works when directly
attached to the Soekris net5501:

umsm0 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 Option N.V. Globetrotter 
HSDPA Modem rev 1.10/0.00 addr 2
umsm0 detached
umsm0 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 Option N.V. Globetrotter 
HSDPA Modem rev 1.10/0.00 addr 2
ucom0 at umsm0
umsm1 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 1 Option N.V. Globetrotter 
HSDPA Modem rev 1.10/0.00 addr 2
ucom1 at umsm1
umsm2 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 2 Option N.V. Globetrotter 
HSDPA Modem rev 1.10/0.00 addr 2
ucom2 at umsm2

usbdevs -v:

Controller /dev/usb0:
addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x), AMD(0x1022), 
rev 1.00
 port 1 powered
 port 2 powered
 port 3 powered
 port 4 powered
Controller /dev/usb1:
addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, OHCI root hub(0x), AMD(0x1022), 
rev 1.00
 port 1 addr 2: full speed, power 500 mA, config 1, Globetrotter HSDPA 
Modem(0x6971), Option N.V.(0x0af0), rev 0.00, iSerialNumber Serial Number
 port 2 powered
 port 3 powered
 port 4 powered

Attaching the repeater cable alone works as well:

uhub2 at uhub0 port 1 Terminus Technology product 0x0101 rev 2.00/1.11 addr 2

usbdevs -v:

Controller /dev/usb0:
addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x), AMD(0x1022), 
rev 1.00
 port 1 addr 2: high speed, self powered, config 1, USB 2.0 Hub(0x0101), 
Terminus Technology(0x1a40), rev 1.11
  port 1 powered
  port 2 powered
  port 3 powered
  port 4 powered
 port 2 powered
 port 3 powered
 port 4 powered
Controller /dev/usb1:
addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, OHCI root hub(0x), AMD(0x1022), 
rev 1.00
 port 1 powered
 port 2 powered
 port 3 powered
 port 4 powered

However, the problem occurs when I attach the repeater cable with the UMTS
stick at its end. The stick is not recognized anymore.

uhub2 at uhub0 port 1 Terminus Technology product 0x0101 rev 2.00/1.11 addr 2

If I boot with the repeater cable and UMTS stick already attached:

uhub2 at uhub0 port 1 Terminus Technology product 0x0101 rev 2.00/1.11 addr 2
uhub2: device problem, disabling port 1

Do you have any ideas how to address this? (Yes, I have tested the
repeater cable on a different machine (running Linux) and it works there
with the same combination of cable and UMTS stick).

Thanks!

Best regards,
Ingo

dmesg:

OpenBSD 5.2 (GENERIC) #278: Wed Aug  1 10:04:16 MDT 2012
dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
cpu0: Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by AMD PCS (AuthenticAMD 586-class) 434 
MHz
cpu0: FPU,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,CX8,SEP,PGE,CMOV,CFLUSH,MMX,MMXX,3DNOW2,3DNOW
real mem  = 267972608 (255MB)
avail mem = 252731392 (241MB)
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 20/80/26, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfac40
pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.0 @ 0xf/0x1
pcibios0: pcibios_get_intr_routing - function not supported
pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing information unavailable.
pcibios0: PCI bus #0 is the last bus
bios0: ROM list: 0xc8000/0xa800
cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor)
amdmsr0 at mainbus0
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios)
io address conflict 0x6100/0x100
io address conflict 0x6200/0x200
pchb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 AMD Geode LX rev 0x30
glxsb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 2 AMD Geode LX Crypto rev 0x00: RNG AES
vr0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 VIA VT6105M RhineIII rev 0x96: irq 11, address 
00:00:24:c9:31:80
ukphy0 at vr0 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 3: OUI 0x004063, 
model 0x0034
vr1 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 VIA VT6105M RhineIII rev 0x96: irq 5, address 
00:00:24:c9:31:81
ukphy1 at vr1 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 3: OUI 0x004063, 
model 0x0034
vr2 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 VIA VT6105M RhineIII rev 0x96: irq 9, address 
00:00:24:c9:31:82
ukphy2 at vr2 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 3: OUI 0x004063, 
model 0x0034
vr3 at pci0 dev 9 function 0 VIA VT6105M RhineIII rev 0x96: irq 12, address 
00:00:24:c9:31:83
ukphy3 at vr3 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 3: OUI 0x004063, 
model 0x0034
glxpcib0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 AMD CS5536 ISA rev 0x03: rev 3, 32-bit 
3579545Hz timer, watchdog, gpio, i2c
gpio0 at glxpcib0: 32 pins
iic0 at glxpcib0
pciide0 at pci0 dev 20 function 2 AMD CS5536 IDE rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 
wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: SanDisk SDCFB-512
wd0: 4-sector PIO, LBA, 488MB, 1000944 sectors
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled)
ohci0 at pci0 dev 21 function 0 AMD CS5536 USB rev 0x02: irq 15, version 1.0, 
legacy support
ehci0 at pci0 dev 21 function 1 AMD CS5536 USB rev 0x02: irq 15
usb0 at ehci0: USB revision