On 01/03/2016 12:14, Bruno Randolf wrote: > On 03/01/2016 08:43 AM, John Crispin wrote: >> >> >> On 26/02/2016 08:50, John Crispin wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 25/02/2016 08:23, John Crispin wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 24/02/2016 09:08, Bruno Randolf wrote: >>>>> On 02/24/2016 06:11 AM, Matti Laakso wrote: >>>>>>> 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... >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> That's a good goal, but I think it's confusing for the user when apn and >>>>>> pin options don't work with HiLink modems but do work with all other >>>>>> modems handled by wwan. >>>>> >>>>> Well, you can see it the other way round: they are not needed for HiLink >>>>> modems and it will "just work"... :) >>>>> >>>>> bruno >>>>> >>>> >>>> i have to say i agree most with bruno but i need to think about this a >>>> bit and i'll test it with the 2 hilinks i have here. i believe that >>>> having the wwan proto handle most of the options is desirable as it will >>>> not only unify the code path but also the config path which at the end >>>> will increase usability. >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> this only works if the sim card has no pin set. correct ? i tried it and >>> without logging into the webui and adding my pin/apn/ ... there it wont >>> go online >>> >>> John >> >> i have spent ages thinking about this. the main problem is that the unit >> wont go online unless we previously set the apn/pin, ... in the webui. >> although having a unified wwan proto is great and we should have hilink >> support in it, i fear that this will be rather ambiguous to users as >> they set the pin in uci and then it wont get applied. so i have heavy >> heartedly decided to NAK this. i wish i had more time so we could hack >> up a tiny tool to set the webui setting from uci. although that is >> really would be an ugly hack. >> >> sorry but i hope that the explanation makes sense. > > Well, it makes sense only when you need to set APN and PIN. But this > seems to depend on the Provider and SIM card settings. > > I know two cases where this is not necessary: "eplus.de" and > "vodafone.es" (PIN lock was disabled manually before in the vodafone.es > case). > > Anyhow, this is maybe not a generic enough situation to merit adding > this to OpenWRT... > > bruno
that is a SIM card feature. if you disable the pin none of the protos need a PIN. i tested it on a eplus card and it did require an APN. however there was a patch on the mailing list just now that posted the mikrotik scripts. they should be easy to integrate. i know its an extra todo but we really want to have a solution that will work for all SIM cards and not just some depending on the provide. hope you agree John > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel > _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
