hostless dongle setup feature request

[setlec]

Hello there

is it possible to have a 3g/4g dongle setup for "hostless" usb modem?

my usb modem when is plugged to my windows machine it's recognized as an ethernet card, so i don't need to setup the internet address nor the 3G setup like others dongles...

Any ideas if it could be done?


Cheers

 

[sinshiva]

huawei/zte product? i don't believe for a second those things are sanitized.

 

[setlec]

oh yes, that's right! It's a huawei product! there are more and more of those hostless usb modems, at least where I am (tunisia). though none of many rooters have a support for such devices. so better to ask instead of waiting for a miracle.
here is the link to my other topic about the product that am using.

 

[sinshiva]

those things look like they function as mini routers, probably wouldnt work

 

[setlec]

Hello there once more i've come to this forum in order to get some help same issue as my previous posts in this topic but with some new info that i've managed to get.

my 3g dongle is called HiLink "driverless" from huawei and i don't know how but i managed to get it working as wan on my rt-ac66u with merlin's 34_2 yesterday evening but i had to reboot the router then it didn't reconnect. i've checked that the usb was found on the router (now with merlin's 38_2)

dmesg | grep usb
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usbcore: registered new interface driver asix
usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
usbcore: registered new interface driver net1080
usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_host
usbcore: registered new interface driver zaurus
usb 1-1.2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 1-1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
eth3: register 'cdc_ether' at usb-0000:00:04.1-1.2, CDC Ethernet Device, 58:2c:80:13:92:63
usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: v0.26:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters
usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, address 3
eth3: unregister 'cdc_ether' usb-0000:00:04.1-1.2, CDC Ethernet Device
usbcore: deregistering interface driver cdc_acm
usb 1-1.2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
usb 1-1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, address 4
usb 1-1.2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
usb 1-1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
eth3: register 'cdc_ether' at usb-0000:00:04.1-1.2, CDC Ethernet Device, 58:2c:80:13:92:63
usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: v0.26:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters
usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, address 5
eth3: unregister 'cdc_ether' usb-0000:00:04.1-1.2, CDC Ethernet Device
usbcore: deregistering interface driver cdc_acm
usb 1-1.2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
usb 1-1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, address 6
usb 1-1.2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
usb 1-1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
eth3: register 'cdc_ether' at usb-0000:00:04.1-1.2, CDC Ethernet Device, 58:2c:80:13:92:63
usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: v0.26:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters

the ifconfig result

ifconfig eth3
eth3       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 58:2C:80:13:92:63  
           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
           RX packets:21 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
           TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
           RX bytes:9456 (9.2 KiB)  TX bytes:180 (180.0 B)

but now here is my question how do i make my router to get the dhcp from the 3g dongle and make it permanent?

I tried find more info about how to setup this HiLink on linux and found this tutorial for rasberry pi but i don't want to brick my router. any suggestion?

also found this tutorial for openwrt but keep in mind that i've only got the 3g dongle as the internet connection