From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 7 17:17:29 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17E53106564A for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2012 17:17:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms16-1.1blu.de (ms16-1.1blu.de [89.202.0.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C51878FC1A for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2012 17:17:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.113.121.22] (helo=tiny.Sisis.de) by ms16-1.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ScgKt-0002jr-DI for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:17:27 +0200 Received: from tiny.Sisis.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tiny.Sisis.de (8.14.5/8.14.3) with ESMTP id q57HHNlT001330 for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2012 19:17:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by tiny.Sisis.de (8.14.5/8.14.3/Submit) id q57HHMJF001329 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 7 Jun 2012 19:17:22 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: tiny.Sisis.de: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 19:17:22 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120607171721.GB1128@tiny> References: <4FD0D01A.4080205@a1poweruser.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4FD0D01A.4080205@a1poweruser.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT r226986 (i386) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Con-U: 0-guru X-Originating-IP: 82.113.121.22 Subject: Re: driver for cell phone modem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:17:29 -0000 El día Thursday, June 07, 2012 a las 12:00:26PM -0400, Fbsd8 escribió: > Running 9.0 and thinking about changing to this verizon model 551L usb > cell phone modem. > http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=5632 > > It's a usb plugin cell modem for internet access. > > Before I go through the purchase and signup process I want to verify > Freebsd has a driver that works with this 4G cell device. I haven't accessed the above specifications (if there are any at all) because the page asks data I'm unwilling to enter; In general, it depends. If the cellphone (like my Openmoko Freerunner) acts on USB as an Ethernet device (man cdce) and itself then as a router to the provider, it will work; if it gives direct serial access to the chips, it must be checked based on the USB vendorID and productID. Look for a dealer who allows to connect it once to your laptop and read the ID with usbconfig(8). HIH matthias -- Matthias Apitz e - w http://www.unixarea.de/ UNIX since V7 on PDP-11, UNIX on mainframe since ESER 1055 (IBM /370) UNIX on x86 since SVR4.2 UnixWare 2.1.2, FreeBSD since 2.2.5