Problem USB Cablemoden CDCE

Hello I have a problem my FreeBSD not recognize my Moden SB4200 MOTOROLA USB
# dmesg
Code:
ugen0.2: <Motorola Corporation> at usbus0
cdce0: <Communication Interface Class> on usbus0
cdce0: No valid alternate setting found
device_attach: cdce0 attach returned 6

# usbconfig list
Code:
ugen0.2: <SB4200 USB Cable Modem Motorola Corporation> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON

# kldload if_cdce
Code:
kldload: can't load if_cdce: No such file or directory

#ls /boot/kernel
Code:
acpi.ko            alpm.ko            iicbus.ko          opensolaris.ko
acpi_aiboost.ko    amdpm.ko           iicsmb.ko          pcf.ko
acpi_asus.ko       amdsmb.ko          intpm.ko           pfsense_kernel.txt
acpi_dock.ko       cpufreq.ko         ipdivert.ko        puc.ko
acpi_fujitsu.ko    dummynet.ko        ipfw.ko            runfw.ko
acpi_hp.ko         fdescfs.ko         ipmi.ko            smb.ko
acpi_ibm.ko        glxsb.ko           ipmi_linux.ko      smbus.ko
acpi_panasonic.ko  ichsmb.ko          kernel.gz          viapm.ko
acpi_sony.ko       if_ic.ko           linker.hints       zfs.ko
acpi_toshiba.ko    if_stf.ko          lpbb.ko
acpi_video.ko      iic.ko             ndis.ko
acpi_wmi.ko        iicbb.ko           nfsmb.ko


Please help me.

Thanks
 
I'm going to assume that you're using a custom kernel if that's all there is in /boot/kernel.

I believe you need to rebuild the kernel with these options (copied from /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC in my case):

Code:
device       miibus      # MII bus support
device       cdce        # Generic USB over ethernet
 
wblock said:
Using the Ethernet port is likely to be easier and give faster speeds.

I didn't even think about that :p Definitely easier to just use ethernet (assuming there is a port available).

I've never actually connected a cable modem over USB. Assuming it's connected to a USB1 port, you should be able to get about 1.4 MB/s right?
 
The Motorola SB4200 does have an Ethernet port, according to the manual. It's possible some are supplied with only USB.

AFAIR, networking via USB was less than half the speed of 10baseT, maybe less.
 
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