Huawei E3372h-320 not working as LTE dongle on router

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Hi all,
I’ve seen a few other topics about my issue, however the solutions did not work for me (yet).

I’m trying to use a Huawei E3372h-320 with my wdr4300 running openwrt 23.05.0.rc2. The dongle works on my laptop, however so far no luck with my router

What have I tried:

What works:

  • dongle on laptop
  • tethering with a phone on the same SIM card

Any suggestions what I can try to get the LTE dongle working?

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[MODERATOR EDIT: Adding English translation]:
the first step if it were you, is to install the following package:

usbutils

then could you post the output of the command:

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il primo passo se fossi te, è installare il seguente pacchetto:

usbutils

dopodichè potresti postare l'output del comando:

lsusb
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wrong language, eh?

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the first step if it were you, is to install the following package:

usbutils

then could you post the output of the command:

lsusb

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oops ...

yes unfortunately I'm an Italian and I mainly rely on google translate.

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The instructions you mentioned are for old good E3372h, not for -320 or -325.
See Huawei E3372h-320 in NCM mode - #12 by woec that is specific to your model.

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I assume that AndrewZ is right only whoever created the post will be able to dispel this doubt ...

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To be honest, I do not understand the solution there, or how to apply it....

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most likely it is the same device and then you need to modify the following files:

/etc/usb-mode.json
/etc/gcom/ncm.json

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lsusb gives me:
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 12d1:14db Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E353/E3131

However the two files you mentioned do not exist on my system (laptop in which the usb dongle is active)

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The dongle should be attached to the router, the files should modified on the router.
Your laptop is unrelated.

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from the router it gives the same id
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 12d1:14db HUAWEI_MOBILE HUAWEI_MOBILE

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You don't need to provide any information, just follow the solution that I linked.

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Hi.
As H stand for hilink
Try here:
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/how-to-run-lte-stick-e3372h-320/120045/7
and
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/huawei-e3372-does-not-work-with-openwrt/71340/3

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Thank you for trying to help me, but I just do not get how to apply your solution

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It is not mine. As mentioned by @ncompact earlier, you need to edit 2 files on your router.
If they are not there make sure you have installed cdc_ncm driver and usb-modeswitch.

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Do I need to add ID 12d1:14db, as it does not exist in /etc/usb-mode.json?

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That is fine, but please post in English (you may also post Italian, of course). You can also edit your posts to add the English translation, as I have just done for you above.

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sorry I copied by mistake the version written in Italian instead of the one written in English

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No, because there was no such instruction.
12d1:14db is what you have now after switching, before that you should have 12d1:1f01 as initial configuration.