Connecting 3G usb dongle/modem to osmc on raspberry pi

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I don’t know what you mean by HiLink and non-HiLink. The only Huawei I have is a 4G/wifi puck which talks to computers with wifi and ethernet over usb. Is that what cdc_ether provides? I’ve never used the HiLink app.

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What’s the model number?

If you can talk to http://192.168.8.1 from your browser it’s probably HiLink. (That’s assuming they’ve kept the same network address.)

Now, most of the Huawei dongles seem to be HiLink.

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No it defaults to 192.168.0.1 and I haven’t noticed anything to suggest the ‘double NAT’ you mention. It’s an E5372 (branded 3).

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That’s nice. I was thinking more along the lines of the USB sticks, like the E3372.

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Sticks is what we are targetting. Anything else can connect with wifi.

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That’s what I thought. So I guess you’re now aware of the potential complications when using Huawei sticks. And the E3372 is very popular.

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According to this it looks like LTE support is lacking, unless they just haven’t bothered to update this list (highly likely IMO).

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Er, the last commit in doc was Sep 26, 2012 and for the whole repo was Oct 21, 2012. Either ofono is abandonware or there’s a more recent version elsewhere.

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OOps. Looking at a fork… Changed the link: file is the same.

Just for fun, I’ve bought this so we’ll see if it works. Gets sh*t reviews but for £22 worth a gamble.

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Just FYI, I found the ofono mailing list archive here and in Feb 2017 you’ll find a reference to the Huawei E3372. Looks like they were having issues even getting ppp to work. Oh the joy! (And I also seem to recall that there numerous different versions of the E3372, just to make things really interesting. :wink: )

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As anyone who has searched for 3G dongle bargains knows. The cheapest come from Russia with the wrong set of frequencies :wink:[quote=“dillthedog, post:50, topic:37651”]
I found the ofono mailing list archive here
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Thanks for that. Confirms what I have found - this guy sums it up nicely.

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I know it’s Wikipedia, but AFAICT most of the Russian LTE operators are on 800, 1800 or 2600, just like the rest of Europe.

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I do recall having an issue - frequencies, transport or something. I was on 3, I think, with no 4G signal here.