Greetings gentle folk of FreeBSD Forums.
I’ve installed release 8.0 on a 4GB usb memstick for an HP mini.
I’m trying to get my wwan with Verizon going, but have gotten nowhere.
I may have a few questions about setting this up, but first things first.
I can’t see my card, a Qualcomm Incorporated HP un2400 EV-DO/HSPDA.
I just don’t get how to turn it on or what device it would be listed as.
No such device is listed when I run "camcontrol devlist -v" or "usbconfig".
I do detect the Broadcom thing, which has little to do with my wwan, except there is a button at the front of the computer that manually turns on/off power to all wireless devices. Under FreeBSD only this Broadcom thing is detected when I turn it on or off. Reported as ugen1.2.
It may be that if I took the computer apart, removed the card, booted to FreeBSD, and then inserted the card, it would be recognized. But then again, maybe not. And there should be a solution that doesn’t require major disassembly anyhow.
Under XP
This is what I can tell from looking at Device Manager under Windows Xp.
I don’t see any devices for my wwan until I either start VZAccess Manager (the connection manager that came installed on the computer) or use the HP wireless assistant command line “wireless wwan onâ€
I kept my eye on the com ports listed, and what happens is it registers as “Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader (COM4)†when VZAccess Manager starts up , but once it detects the network that disappears and I get two other com ports “HP un2400 Mobile Broadband Module (COM5)†and “HP un2400 Mobile Broadband Device (COM6)â€
This is also when I see my “HP un2400 Mobile Broadband Module Ethernet Adapter†under “Network adapters†and “HP un2400 Mobile Broadband Module Modem†under “Modems†for the first time.
A few other values from checking properties of the modem:
Properties -> General -> Location -> “Location 0 (HP un2400 Mobile Broadband Module)â€
Properties ->Details->Hardware Ids->“USB\Vid_03f0&Pid_1f1d&Rev_0001&MI_02" "USB\Vid_03f0&Pid_1f1d&MI_02â€
It’s also listed, while alive, under “Universal Serial Bus controllers†as a “HP USB Composite Device†with properties similar to what is found under the modem.
More info available on request.
I hope I can get the network running on this thing under FreeBSD. The HP mini is a fairly nifty little device even when running XP. I didn’t care much using gnome or ked desktops for it, but luckily I mostly use Fluxbox anyhow, which couldn’t suit it better.
I’ve installed release 8.0 on a 4GB usb memstick for an HP mini.
I’m trying to get my wwan with Verizon going, but have gotten nowhere.
I may have a few questions about setting this up, but first things first.
I can’t see my card, a Qualcomm Incorporated HP un2400 EV-DO/HSPDA.
I just don’t get how to turn it on or what device it would be listed as.
No such device is listed when I run "camcontrol devlist -v" or "usbconfig".
Code:
ugen0.1: <UHCI root HUB Intel> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON
ugen1.1: <UHCI root HUB Intel> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON
ugen2.1: <UHCI root HUB Intel> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON
ugen3.1: <UHCI root HUB Intel> at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON
ugen4.1: <EHCI root HUB Intel> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON
ugen4.2: <A-DATA USB Flash Drive A-DATA> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON
ugen4.3: <Webcam-101 Image Processor> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON
ugen1.2: <Bluetooth 2.1 module Broadcom Corp> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON
ugen4.4: <A-DATA USB Flash Drive A-DATA> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON
I do detect the Broadcom thing, which has little to do with my wwan, except there is a button at the front of the computer that manually turns on/off power to all wireless devices. Under FreeBSD only this Broadcom thing is detected when I turn it on or off. Reported as ugen1.2.
It may be that if I took the computer apart, removed the card, booted to FreeBSD, and then inserted the card, it would be recognized. But then again, maybe not. And there should be a solution that doesn’t require major disassembly anyhow.
Under XP
This is what I can tell from looking at Device Manager under Windows Xp.
I don’t see any devices for my wwan until I either start VZAccess Manager (the connection manager that came installed on the computer) or use the HP wireless assistant command line “wireless wwan onâ€
I kept my eye on the com ports listed, and what happens is it registers as “Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader (COM4)†when VZAccess Manager starts up , but once it detects the network that disappears and I get two other com ports “HP un2400 Mobile Broadband Module (COM5)†and “HP un2400 Mobile Broadband Device (COM6)â€
This is also when I see my “HP un2400 Mobile Broadband Module Ethernet Adapter†under “Network adapters†and “HP un2400 Mobile Broadband Module Modem†under “Modems†for the first time.
A few other values from checking properties of the modem:
Properties -> General -> Location -> “Location 0 (HP un2400 Mobile Broadband Module)â€
Properties ->Details->Hardware Ids->“USB\Vid_03f0&Pid_1f1d&Rev_0001&MI_02" "USB\Vid_03f0&Pid_1f1d&MI_02â€
It’s also listed, while alive, under “Universal Serial Bus controllers†as a “HP USB Composite Device†with properties similar to what is found under the modem.
More info available on request.
I hope I can get the network running on this thing under FreeBSD. The HP mini is a fairly nifty little device even when running XP. I didn’t care much using gnome or ked desktops for it, but luckily I mostly use Fluxbox anyhow, which couldn’t suit it better.