From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 27 13:04:48 2010 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 A9DEA106564A for ; Thu, 27 May 2010 13:04:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jessefrgsmith@yahoo.ca) Received: from n19.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com (n19.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.206.146]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 654C48FC14 for ; Thu, 27 May 2010 13:04:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [68.142.200.221] by n19.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 May 2010 12:51:50 -0000 Received: from [68.142.201.71] by t9.bullet.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 May 2010 12:51:50 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp423.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 May 2010 12:51:50 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 805383.44280.bm@omp423.mail.mud.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 23636 invoked from network); 27 May 2010 12:51:50 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.ca; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Subject:From:To:Content-Type:Date:Message-ID:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=rvdlrk5uwtzWtr+HfET/N+U8vnlXalsdIb406ZP31HXbfGYZux5t68f/VH8YpZMQ14da7LakTKDGBv0Qb2skCIzFVkzKYObplNkQPex4R1mxTXUEGYUINrFFOU7d+e0GeLdiwy++wyGhBOo3qkeCIxinKTI+2ew+auFe+5qg/QA= ; Received: from (jessefrgsmith@74.198.12.4 with plain) by smtp139.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 May 2010 05:51:49 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: NPm1JouswBClX_uJxHJINmnKUpROdMKvLL0- X-YMail-OSG: SQ3bjd0VM1lFddSmLv47oTbxsu4ut4SOmryd43XoV6M9tp0OECxEKS1mi_GLud_qwD.XOLBtSNFlfBlaLM_atrnseI850jvk06jEAasdp.W1eMztAuzTia5SiZ0CXSQk4hWu9VFQ6j36aWE.7J9j7k6oj2MJ1qlS1sGl7zyktRwlomYPWvOyFwSLnzdE_bJln72IUpczilY7ZqDi32Rx5ZeUmPW24M2Vv2g6qHGOYBwFqFH2F6AXmFLiQ5_UBkGVSESf.zJHKV1hGRYKQJI6E55QdBogQowSQTWgBqHtTWe5G6El_ee_76M- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 From: Jesse Smith To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 09:51:44 -0300 Message-ID: <1274964704.2463.6.camel@hp-laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Getting a USB mobile modem working X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 13:04:48 -0000 Hello List, I've recently installed FreeBSD on my laptop and everything seems to be working except my Novatel mobile modem. It's a modem that plugs into a USB port and gives me network access off nearby mobile towers. My issue is, I hope, mostly one of ignorance. When I was running Linux on my laptop, I'd plug the modem in and Network Manager would detect it and automatically start a connection. Making the transition to FreeBSD I've found there isn't any automated process. So I have two questions: 1. How can I find out if FreeBSD has the proper drivers/firmware to run the modem? 2. Assuming the modem is supported, how do I get it working? Thank you.