Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 10:16:47 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCEngines alix.6 with dual SIM Message-ID: <4FABCDCF.2080203@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <E1SSMQR-0005Lf-LU@kabab.cs.huji.ac.il> References: <E1SS89T-000H1R-W1@kabab.cs.huji.ac.il> <4FAA86B0.4070202@sentex.net> <E1SSMQR-0005Lf-LU@kabab.cs.huji.ac.il>
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On 5/10/2012 2:00 AM, Daniel Braniss wrote: > hi all, > I removed the line I added to urg.c, then kldloaded u3g, and voila: > ugen0.2: <AirCard Sierra Wireless, Incorporated> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON > > Mike, which minipci cards do you recomend? > thanks all, > danny > ps: now the fun begins - coding Hi, The Sierra ones seem to work ok, but I have used Ovation units in the past as well. I dont know much behind the technology, but I get the sense that some cards will work better with some carriers than others. So if your local carrier / telco sells Ovation units, get those. If they sell Sierra, get those. Obviously, supported frequency is a big thing, but generally they just work. The nice thing about the Sierra ones is they provide a bit more diagnostic info. Signal strength etc. One small challenge I often run into is that the manufactures will make new versions of the devices and their USB ids will change. Even though the model# is the same, they present differently. Oh, and serial ports too. Some units will be cuaU0.0 others might be cuaU0.3. There doesnt seem to be any rhyme or reason sometimes.... ---Mike -- ------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/
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