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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 2:05 Post subject: Do ANY routers support the 4G UML295?
Looking for any router (not cradlepoint) that supports the Uml295 either out of the box or with an open even commercial version of dd-wrt. Builds I have used with the Uml290 do not work with the 295.
If it works out of the box in Cradlepoint then it may be your only option.
UML295 is currently not supported in any dd-wrt version and there is no plan to include it in a near future.
Support for this kind of device which isn't a 3G dialup modem but a 3G direct ethernet adapter is difficult in a router - this is a typical desktop device needing either the mfgrs original connection manager or access to dongles internal webserver pages.
There is no consistent usage of webserver url's between mfgrs of this kind of device, some of the pages/url's are even hidden or "secret". _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
MoFi Network 3500-3GN Version 2 Rev 2 $99 bux and supports all USB modems including even Phone tethering and the UML295! Reading great things about it.
AT&T:
AT&T: Lightning
AT&T: Sierra Compass 885 Mercury
AT&T: Option G10322 (Quicksilver)
AT&T: Option GI0461 (Velocity)
AT&T: Sierra Wirless 875U
AT&T: USB Connect 881 USB Sierra Wireless
AT&T: USBConnect 900
AT&T: Shockwave
AT&T: USBConnect Turbo LG LUU-2100TI
AT&T: Huawei E1815
AT&T: Momentum Sierra Wireless 313U (4G\LTE)
AT&T: Elevate Hotspot Sierra Wireless AC754S
AT&T: BEAM U340 (Full 4G/LTE) Plug & Play Support - Full support including latest update for 2014 with NetGear update 01.13.12.13
Millenicom:
Millenicom: USB760
Millenicom: Sierra Wireless 250U
Millenicom: MiFi 4620L and 4620LE (support both Wireless Bride mode and direct USB tethering)
Sprint:
Sprint: U300
Sprint: U301
Sprint: Compass 597
Sprint: Compass 598
Sprint: Sprint U720CDMA
Sprint: Novatel Wireless Ovation U727
Sprint: U720
Sprint: U760
Sprint: 250U
Sprint U770 (3g/4g/WiMax)
Sprint MiFi 500 3G/LTE
Sprint 341U Netgear 3G/4G/LTE Plug & Play (Update: Working with all firmware including latest March 2014 update NTG9X15C_45.04.20.00)
US Cellular:
US Cellular: UM185
US Celluar: NEW: UML397 (4G\LTE MODEM with 4G\LTE SPEEDS!!!) (PLUG & PLAY)
Verizon:
Verizon: U720
Verizon: U727
Verizon: MC760
Verizon: UM150
Verizon: UM175VW
Verizon: UMW190 Global USB Modem
Verizon: Novatel 551L LTE Modem (full support)
Verizon: Pantech UML290 (full support 3G + 4G/LTE)
Verizon: Pantech UML295 (Full support for 3G/4G/LTE)
Verizon: MiFi 4620L and 4620LE (support both Wireless Bride mode and direct USB tethering)
Verizon: Pantech MHS291L (support both Wireless Bride mode and direct USB tethering)
I found this thread from google searching for routers that support UML295... I currently have a UML295 plugged into a Cradlepoint MBR95. I bought a Netgear AC1450 (same hardware as R6300v2) and figured it could plug it to the cradlepoint with IP passthrough and move on with my life...
Turns out that the cradlepoint doesn't have IP passthrough! >.< Their cheapest model with that feature is like $300 and i can't see myself paying $300 for an intermediate device that does nothing but basically interfaces my USB modem to my network. Peplink, the second most popular 3G/4G router company, has a model that does IP passthrough for ONLY $499!
I will check out that router you linked because the specs do say it supports IP passthrough. Quite a shabby website with very poor grammar/spelling though.
Quite a shabby website with very poor grammar/spelling though.
That's what you get when a Chinese company opens a website for peddling their goods onto the US/CA market.
There is no company address or company registration info, no "About us", just a toll free number which most
likely is routed to China.
No support page for download of updated firmware, no GPL source code offer which is a breach of the Linux license.
The Mifi is, from what I've been told, not FCC approved.
The origin of this construction is AMIT Taiwan who sells it under their own brand name Zalip and they also
manufacture it for TrendNet, D-Link, Zoom, and Aluratek, companies who do customer support and who also have an
FCC approval for their model names.
It is a standard RaLink RT3050/52 construction combined with a good 3G support firmware written by AMIT.
The modem support list from Mofi is the same as for the known-brand versions, even spelling mistakes and
Chinese translation errors match..
So based on this I would rather buy a D-Link DWR-116 or DIR-510L than the Mofi.
elwood wrote:
I would really love it if i could just simply plug the UML295 directly to the Netgear with DD-WRT and live happily ever after..
It may be possibble but you'll have to do it manually without dd-wrt gui support, I think the cdc_ether driver is included in the dd-wrt build
for AC1450.
try:
modprobe usbnet
modprobe cdc_ether
and check in dmesg if you get a new wan device. _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
Quite a shabby website with very poor grammar/spelling though.
That's what you get when a Chinese company opens a website for peddling their goods onto the US/CA market.
There is no company address or company registration info, no "About us", just a toll free number which most
likely is routed to China.
No support page for download of updated firmware, no GPL source code offer which is a breach of the Linux license.
The Mifi is, from what I've been told, not FCC approved.
The origin of this construction is AMIT Taiwan who sells it under their own brand name Zalip and they also
manufacture it for TrendNet, D-Link, Zoom, and Aluratek, companies who do customer support and who also have an
FCC approval for their model names.
It is a standard RaLink RT3050/52 construction combined with a good 3G support firmware written by AMIT.
The modem support list from Mofi is the same as for the known-brand versions, even spelling mistakes and
Chinese translation errors match..
So based on this I would rather buy a D-Link DWR-116 or DIR-510L than the Mofi.
elwood wrote:
I would really love it if i could just simply plug the UML295 directly to the Netgear with DD-WRT and live happily ever after..
It may be possibble but you'll have to do it manually without dd-wrt gui support, I think the cdc_ether driver is included in the dd-wrt build
for AC1450.
try:
modprobe usbnet
modprobe cdc_ether
and check in dmesg if you get a new wan device.
Thanks for the tip and hope! I will definitely try this when i have some time to tinker.
Ok, I've been at this all day... I don't seem to have modprobe. There is a modprobe file in proc/sys/kernel but it's 0 bytes. Anyway...
The uml295 shows up as a pantech cd rom but also registers with cdc_ether as seen below...
Code:
usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
usb-storage 1-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
scsi0 : usb-storage 1-2:1.0
scsi 0:0:0:0: CD-ROM PANTECH CD-ROM 0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x xa/form2 caddy
cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
br0: port 4(eth2) entered forwarding state
br0: port 3(eth1) entered forwarding state
br0: port 2(vlan2) entered forwarding state
br0: port 1(vlan1) entered forwarding state
usb 1-2: USB disconnect, device number 2
usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
cdc_ether 1-2:1.0 eth3: register 'cdc_ether' at usb-0000:00:0a.1-2, CDC Ethernet
Device, d0:57:85:fe:c0:54
dmesg doesn't show any new wan devices. If you need a complete paste just let me know.
The modem is powered up and connected (solid green light) as the dialer/info is stored locally on the uml295 itself. I've tried with WAN settings on DHCP, iphone, and mobile broadband. As well as setting wan tags to ppp0 & eth3 (in diff instances) and nothing seemed to work.
Also, i'm using Kong's latest build of v24-K3_AC_ARM_STD. Let me know if you need anymore info.
Ok, I've been at this all day... I don't seem to have modprobe. There is a modprobe file in proc/sys/kernel but it's 0 bytes. Anyway...
The uml295 shows up as a pantech cd rom but also registers with cdc_ether as seen below...
My fault, dd-wrt has not implemented modprobe - uses insmod for loading modules. Check with lsmod that both cdc_ether and usbnet are loaded, otherwise insmod missing ones.
so check with ifconfig that it is listed there.
If it isn't "up and running" then:
ifconfig eth3 up
I don't know if ULM295 will give a fixed ip address on the eth3 device or if you have to pull one using dhcp but ifconfig will show you if that is needed.
elwood wrote:
I've tried with WAN settings on DHCP, iphone, and mobile broadband. As well as setting wan tags to ppp0 & eth3 (in diff instances) and nothing seemed to work.
Set it to Disabled while you are doing manual test.
Mobile Broadband is wrong in any case since UML295 is an ethernet adapter and is not handled as a dialup modem. IPhone tether is also wrong. _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
If you get an ip address with dhcp then you can do:
nvram set wan_ifname2 = eth3
nvram commit
reboot
After booting change WAN selection in the gui to "DHCP automatic configuration" and you should get connected. _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
If you get an ip address with dhcp then you can do:
nvram set wan_ifname2 = eth3
nvram commit
reboot
After booting change WAN selection in the gui to "DHCP automatic configuration" and you should get connected.
Thanks. Now, i notice when i've rebooted in the past that cdc_ether and usbnet were no longer loaded. Is there an insmod switch to load them automatically or do i have to create a script? nvram commit after loading them?
Yes it is possible to add the cmds into a startup script but that comes later, there's no use in making a script before you have confirmed that the cmds work when entered manually.
So, did you get an ip address when doing udhcpc -i eth3 ? _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!