Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 12:29 Post subject: Alcatel X232D 3G modem is not recognized on Asus RT-N10U
Hi All,
Please, could someone help me with the issue l am currently having? I have Asus RT-N10U with dd-wrt.v24-21061_NEWD-2_K2.6_mega.bin image installed. My 3G Alcatel X232D modem is not recognised. From where do l start?
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:38 Post subject:
I can not give you any specific advice but you are on a rather old k2.6 build. Support for 3G dongles is flaky but there have been fixes made in the latest builds : http://svn.dd-wrt.com/ticket/5779
For your router look in the Broadcom_K26 for Linux kernel 2.6 or Broadcom_K3X for Linux kernel 3.X.
The K2.6 are usually a bit faster but in your case for usb support try K3.X:
I don't mind really if K3 will be a slower as for me the main thing is to connect my modem and get it recognised by the router. Then my 8 Mbps 3g internet will be delivered by my Wifi Asus router in whole house.
While I was checking beta releases was able to find only .trx files. What is the difference between .trx and .bin files? Can I only upgrade the router with .trx file?
Mykhaylo
Last edited by myky on Thu Apr 20, 2017 15:24; edited 1 time in total
As soon as I have installed K3 release USB modem shows up as "connected" and exactly what l want. Appreciate your assistance. If you will have a time please could you answer my previous questions?
can you please give me the missing speed specification for X232D?
The D in the model number denotes dual mode ie that it can handle both UMTS and CDMA, right? _________________ Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
Hi Guys,
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HSPA/UMTS 900/2100MHz
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800MHz
max speed 21Mbps
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Do you think my post can be moved into correct Broadcom section? Sorry, l have just read your rules here
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Thanks for your help. I am impressed by the community :0
So the modem full model number is X232D-2BVDUA3 (my dad bought it in Ukraine). I am not sure if it is a dual band standard (UMTS/CDMA) or not and we do not have an original box (but l will confirm).
One think l have noticed yesterday while the modem is recognised by the router (when I created an APN 3G profile and chose my UMTS provider options) it shows up as "connected". So l tested, everything is good. Telnet`ed into the router, hit "reboot". After reboot, the router came back online and the modem was connected as expected. But if l will switch off router completely (power off) and switch on again modem no longer recognised. So it is not automatically detected by the router while it boots up. When the router is up and running l then tried manually trigger WAN 3G connection from the GUI, no luck.
When I manually pull off/on the modem it then gets recognised and "connected". So my internet is working.
Not sure why it is happening.