3G dongle - Better with Merlin but still not working

[wcndave]

Hi, I have a house network with a variety of devices and cat6a cabling in walls.

The one thing I don't have is an internet connection.

I got the AC87 as it supports 3G dongles, however it doesn't seem to work, and ASUS support sent me to a page that showed no modems at all for Italy where I live.

The reason I post here is that I see some differences when using Merlin latest _47 version of FW.

Before the home page showed HUEWAI USB Modem 3G, the log showed Huewai mass storage device.

Now I actually see some more positive messages in the log regarding the device:

Jan  1 00:00:14 WAN Connection: Ethernet link down.
Jan  1 00:00:14 rc_service: wanduck 584:notify_rc restart_wan_if 0
Jan  1 00:00:15 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
Jan  1 00:00:15 kernel: USB Serial support registered for generic
Jan  1 00:00:15 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
Jan  1 00:00:15 kernel: usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
Jan  1 00:00:15 kernel: USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
Jan  1 00:00:15 kernel: option 2-2:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
Jan  1 00:00:15 kernel: usb 2-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Jan  1 00:00:15 kernel: option 2-2:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
Jan  1 00:00:15 kernel: usb 2-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
Jan  1 00:00:15 kernel: option 2-2:1.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
Jan  1 00:00:15 kernel: usb 2-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
Jan  1 00:00:15 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver option
Jan  1 00:00:15 kernel: option: v0.7.2:USB Driver for GSM modems
Jan  1 00:00:17 dnsmasq-dhcp[583]: BOOTP(br0) 00:26:86:00:00:00 no address configured
Jan  1 00:00:25 rc_service: wanduck 584:notify_rc restart_wan_if 1
Jan  1 00:00:25 rc_service: waitting "restart_wan_if 0" via wanduck ...
Jan  1 00:00:27 dnsmasq[583]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM
Jan  1 00:00:27 dnsmasq[636]: started, version 2.72test3 cachesize 1500
Jan  1 00:00:27 dnsmasq[636]: warning: interface ppp1* does not currently exist

I am wondering how I can get this to work, as this was the main reason for purchasing this router.

Any help gratefully received!

Dave

 

[wcndave]

Can no one help with this? Any other ideas for connecting my house lan to a3g dongle?

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[samb]

Hello,

Its an old thread but I am having the same issues. Anyone any ideas where to start troubleshooting?

Thanks
Sam

 

[samb]

Hello,

The dongle I am using has an auto connect feature so I have set it to AutoConnect, its connected to the network and I setup the USB WAN settings to manual and WCDMA and everything else blank and adapter set to auto. The WAN IP is still not picked up by the internet status page.

-Sam