Re: 3G wireless devices [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

From: Lars Engels <lars.engels_at_0x20.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 09:51:24 +0100
On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 02:23:45PM +0800, Wilkinson, Alex wrote:
> 
>     0n Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 11:38:15AM +1300, Andrew Thompson wrote: 
> 
>     >I am looking for people who have 3G cellular wireless devices which do
>     >not eject from Disk mode (provides daX or cdX drive with Win/Mac driver)
>     >into Modem mode. Please ensure you are running an up to date kernel from
>     >head r201681 or later.
> 
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> I can test a Sierra card (soon-ish). However, in the meantime can you please elaborate
> on what exactly is meant by: "eject from Disk mode (provides daX or cdX drive
> with Win/Mac driver) into Modem mode."

Those modern 3G devices present themselves as CD-ROM devices when you
insert them. Very useful when using Windows, so you can install the
drivers before using the device. However, FreeBSD doesn't need the
virtual CD, so it has to skip to the point where the device is attached
as a USB modem. So Andrew likes to know which cards stay in the virtual
CD mode.


-- 
Lars

Received on Thu Jan 07 2010 - 07:51:26 UTC

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