WL-500gP with 3G USB Modem and Oleg's Firmware

[Denoud]

Hi.

Got a WL-500gP with a Huawei E200 USB modem that has worked perfectly for years...

But today something happened when I moved the router in my house, and I can't figure out what...


System Log says nothing special (from what I can tell).

"Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/usb/tts/0" is there and
"USB Connection: connected to ISP"


* Wlan works, I can go to the admin web. I can telnet to the router and talk to other computers on the same wlan.

* When I telnet to the router I can (from there) ping IP numbers on internet, telnet to - for example - port 80 on google.com and get a response.

* DNS lookup works. If I - for example - ping www.123.com (never been there I'm sure) I get an IP address to send packets to but no response...


Well.. what doesn't work is connections from the wlan to internet.

If I browse to google.com it shows a "tcp SYN_SENT" in the NAT table (in Status & Log on the router) but never "tcp ESTABLISHED". And I never get a response at all.

The problem is in the router because it's the same symptoms on all computers in the wlan. The E220 works okay (I'm posting this "through it" plugged directly into a computer)


Suggestions anyone? Please? ;-)

[rghelase2001]

1. Implement cron package from this tutorial:
http://www.macsat.com/cron.php

2. Modify the following files:

/opt/etc/crontab

SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/opt/bin:/opt/sbin:/opt/usr/bin:/opt/usr/sbin:/opt/etc
MAILTO=""
HOME=/
# ---------- ---------- Default is Empty ---------- ---------- #
# Syntax for lines is : minute hour day month dayofweek command #
*/1 * * * * admin run-parts /opt/etc/cron.1min
*/5 * * * * admin run-parts /opt/etc/cron.5mins
01 * * * * admin run-parts /opt/etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * admin run-parts /opt/etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 admin run-parts /opt/etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * admin run-parts /opt/etc/cron.monthly



NOTE : instead of "admin" use your administrator account name!

/opt/bin/run-parts

#!/bin/sh

if [ -z "$1" ]
then
echo "Usage : $0 "
fi

RUNDIR=$1"/*"

for i in $RUNDIR ;do

# Ignore dangling symlinks (if any).
[ ! -f "$i" ] && continue

case "$i" in
*.sh)
# Source shell script for speed.
(
trap - INT QUIT TSTP
set start
. $i
)
;;
*)
# No sh extension, so fork subprocess.
$i start
;;
esac
done


3. mkdir /opt/etc/cron.1min

4. create /opt/etc/cron.1min/ping.sh

echo " " >> /tmp/pingtest.log
echo "********************************************* " >> /tmp/pingtest.log
date >> /tmp/pingtest.log
ping -c 3 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx >> /tmp/pingtest.log
echo "********************************************* " >> /tmp/pingtest.log
echo " " >> /tmp/pingtest.log


NOTE: -c 3 is the numer of pings
NOTE: instead of xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx put an IP address reacheble from your router, to be used for testing (try to put the default gateway for the connection, or the DNS server)


5. create /tmp/pingtest.log

6. append the /usr/local/.files by adding the folling line:
/tmp/pingtest.log
NOTE: in case of a restart, the content of the file is stored on the disk/stick



RESULT: every minute, 3 ICMP packages (ping) will be sent to the IP address, resulting in a keep-alive for the connection.

Good luck!

[Denoud]

For some reason (maybe when I shut off the power) the
"Backup Connection" / "Connection Possibility" was set to "GPRS/EDGE/UMTS".

Changed it to "WAN" and that solved my problem.

/D.

[avberk]

Write it down for the next time

[rghelase2001]

Feedback???

[P Still]

Sorry about no respons,
but the router is at my sisters place and she feels like not beeing able to do the changes in router.
But she is also a bit wondering if it will solve the problem cause the router/modem disconnects sometimes even during filetransfers.

But I will come back as soon as I have visited her and hopefully made necessary programming..

[Angel EYES]

Has anyone found a solution for sucessfully connecting E1750 to ASUS 500gP ?
Thanks.

[Angel EYES]

Has anyone succeeded conecting the E1750 to ASUS 500gP ?

If YES, please describe how you did it.

Huawei has it's own router, but I'd rather not buy another one.

[J0HNNY_B]

Hello!

Sorry for disturbing you here, but I need help and only you can help me!

I have a Asus Wl-500 GPv2 and I want to use a modem ZTE MF662 for internet connection.
I put this firmware on it : http://koppel.cz/cdmawifi/download/171

Can you help me or provide other viable solutions (new firmware or/and new settings)?

Thank you and I am looking forward to your answers

[maurer]

upgrade to latest version here ftp://core.dumped.ru/wl/
and will work

[J0HNNY_B]

upgrade to latest version here ftp://core.dumped.ru/wl/
and will work

Hello,

Can you help me with settings for a 3G connection. I put this firmware, but modem was so like an storage.

[yaqwsx]

How can I reconnect CDMA or any actual USB internet connection via shell (telnet)?

Thanks for answering me.

[Rymdis]

Hi all!

Im very new to this so maybe this will sound a bit stupid, i dont know. But I really cant get my E398 to work. It shows up under USB devices, but NOT under USB devfs devices. I have typed in the PIN and the APN, but i just cant connect. Has anybody got this device to work?


MANY thanks in advance!!

/R

[Transalpler]

Are there any attemps to support NDIS implementation for "Fast" Sticks (Huawei E398, E372,..) DC-HSPA. Something like i found here

I will soon replace my E230 Stick to an E372 and read around that there will be a speed limitation due to serial connection using to much CPU load.

[Edit]
Hmm someone has moved this - I am runnnig "Enthusist" Firmware - so i posted this in the Enthusiast Thread...

@Rymdis: Try another port (usbtts3 or 4) - then it should work - but beware aou will become limited to about 20 mbit/s because of lack of CPU Power of your router - Oleg and Enthusiast run the stick over serial connection. That will use more CPU Power than the NDIS connection you get when sticking it to a MS machine.

[Transalpler]

Are there any attemps to support NDIS implementation for "Fast" Sticks (Huawei E398, E372,..) DC-HSPA. Something like i found here

I will soon replace my E230 Stick to an E372 and read around that there will be a speed limitation due to serial connection using to much CPU load.