LTE not working on GL.iNET GL-X750

xmpp · October 10, 2022, 1:59pm

Out of the box when flashing Gl.INET GL-X750 (Spitz) LTE (using a sim card to get internet) is not setup at all (did work with stock firmware). I thought it was simply disabled (like wifi), but seems it's not setup at all. I've tried ModemManager and guides like this one where QMI is used but it does not work. RX and TX stays at 0 and the light on the router indicating LTE stays dead.

ModemManager picks up the modem device as Quactel - Ep06-E while QMI calls it /dev/cdc-wdm0.

Currently I have my previous LTE router's LAN port connected to OpenWRT router's WAN port in order to get internet access, which is unfortunate since I wanted to replace that router with this router.

Since I can compare settings from my old router that the APN is set to 'internet' that should be the correct value.

Has anybody got internet access from a sim card working on GL-X750? If so, how? Since it's an officially supported device and did work with GL-iNET's stock firmware it should be possible.

As I've understood it I need to install some extra packages and create an interface for it. After creating an interface I should already be able to see that it works and then I can assign firewall-zone etc.

Any help on this is hugely appreciated... I've tried many times during a 6 month period and I'm stuck.

frollic · October 10, 2022, 9:09pm

Try https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wan/wwan/ltedongle instead.

NofanTasi · October 11, 2022, 1:39am

I have GL-X750 working mobile 22.03.0 but also several older versions of OpenWRT for a long time. I remember I needed a kernel module...

here are mine: maybe you spot a difference with yours

root@gateway:~# lsmod
ath 18944 4 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw,ath10k_core
ath10k_core 445568 1 ath10k_pci
ath10k_pci 36304 0
ath9k 103024 0
ath9k_common 11904 1 ath9k
ath9k_hw 347840 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
cdc_wdm 8512 1 qmi_wwan
cfg80211 285648 5 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath10k_core,ath,mac80211
chacha_mips 5728 1 libchacha20poly1305
cmac 2304 0
compat 992 4 ath9k,ath9k_common,mac80211,cfg80211,[permanent]
crc_ccitt 1664 1 ppp_async
crc16 1024 1 ext4
crc32c_generic 1376 3
drbg 17536 0
ehci_fsl 3456 0
ehci_hcd 38128 2 ehci_platform,ehci_fsl
ehci_platform 4992 0
ext4 448352 1
fsl_mph_dr_of 3632 0
gpio_button_hotplug 6592 0
hmac 2496 0
hwmon 8384 1 ath10k_core
ip_tables 11456 2 iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
ip6_udp_tunnel 1760 1 wireguard
ipt_REJECT 1152 0
iptable_filter 928 0
iptable_mangle 1120 0
jbd2 55504 1 ext4
jitterentropy_rng 7136 0
kpp 896 0
libchacha20poly1305 4224 1 wireguard,[permanent]
libcrc32c 592 1 nf_tables
libcurve25519_generic 10432 1 wireguard
libsha256 8640 1 sha256_generic
mac80211 523424 2 ath9k,ath10k_core
mbcache 3216 1 ext4
mii 5152 1 usbnet
nf_conntrack 69104 7 nft_redir,nft_nat,nft_masq,nft_flow_offload,nft_ct,nf_nat,nf_flow_table
nf_defrag_ipv4 1216 1 nf_conntrack
nf_defrag_ipv6 5584 1 nf_conntrack
nf_flow_table 22224 4 nf_flow_table_ipv6,nf_flow_table_ipv4,nf_flow_table_inet,nft_flow_offload
nf_flow_table_inet 576 0
nf_flow_table_ipv4 448 0
nf_flow_table_ipv6 448 0
nf_log_common 2912 2 nf_log_ipv6,nf_log_ipv4
nf_log_ipv4 3584 0
nf_log_ipv6 3904 0
nf_nat 22032 4 nft_redir,nft_nat,nft_masq,nft_chain_nat
nf_reject_ipv4 2560 3 nft_reject_ipv4,nft_reject_inet,ipt_REJECT
nf_reject_ipv6 2880 2 nft_reject_ipv6,nft_reject_inet
nf_tables 148464205 nft_fib_inet,nf_flow_table_ipv6,nf_flow_table_ipv4,nf_flow_table_inet,nft_reject_ipv6,nft_reject_ipv4,nft_reject_inet,nft_reject,nft_redir,nft_quota,nft_objref,nft_numgen,nft_nat,nft_masq,nft_log,nft_limit,nft_hash,nft_flow_offload,nft_fib_ipv6,nft_fib_ipv4,nft_fib,nft_ct,nft_counter,nft_chain_nat
nfnetlink 5152 1 nf_tables
nft_chain_nat 864 2
nft_counter 1728 15
nft_ct 7616 6
nft_fib 1376 3 nft_fib_inet,nft_fib_ipv6,nft_fib_ipv4
nft_fib_inet 672 0
nft_fib_ipv4 2080 1 nft_fib_inet
nft_fib_ipv6 2784 1 nft_fib_inet
nft_flow_offload 3520 0
nft_hash 2336 0
nft_limit 3456 5
nft_log 1664 0
nft_masq 1792 1
nft_nat 2592 0
nft_numgen 1440 0
nft_objref 1664 0
nft_quota 1952 0
nft_redir 1760 0
nft_reject 1120 3 nft_reject_ipv6,nft_reject_ipv4,nft_reject_inet
nft_reject_inet 1152 2
nft_reject_ipv4 672 0
nft_reject_ipv6 672 0
nls_base 4896 3 nls_utf8,nls_iso8859_1,usbcore
nls_iso8859_1 2880 0
nls_utf8 864 0
option 33344 0
poly1305_mips 3552 1 libchacha20poly1305
ppp_async 7104 0
ppp_generic 25008 3 pppoe,ppp_async,pppox
pppoe 9568 0
pppox 1296 1 pppoe
qmi_wwan 16608 0
scsi_mod 88112 2 usb_storage,sd_mod
sd_mod 29680 2
seqiv 1600 0
sha256_generic 2400 0
slhc 5152 1 ppp_generic
tun 33120 0
udp_tunnel 10704 1 wireguard
usb_common 2736 2 ehci_platform,usbcore
usb_storage 43248 1
usb_wwan 4512 1 option
usbcore 146400 10 option,usb_wwan,qmi_wwan,usbserial,usbnet,usb_storage,cdc_wdm,ehci_platform,ehci_fsl,ehci_hcd
usbnet 17232 1 qmi_wwan
usbserial 17936 2 option,usb_wwan
wireguard 52400 0
x_tables 15568 13 iptable_mangle,iptable_filter,ipt_REJECT,ip_tables,xt_time,xt_tcpudp,xt_multiport,xt_mark,xt_mac,xt_limit,xt_comment,xt_TCPMSS,xt_LOG
xt_LOG 768 0
xt_TCPMSS 3200 0
xt_comment 512 0
xt_limit 1312 0
xt_mac 640 0
xt_mark 672 0
xt_multiport 1312 0
xt_tcpudp 1824 0
xt_time 2016 0

xmpp · October 11, 2022, 8:44am

So far no luck, tried installing the packages listed, most of them I already had.

uqmi -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --get-data-status

Doesn't return anything.

xmpp · October 11, 2022, 8:45am

Mine looks like so, not sure which one I need.

ath                    18976  4 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw,ath10k_core
ath10k_core           441120  1 ath10k_pci
ath10k_pci             36496  0 
ath9k                 103536  0 
ath9k_common           12064  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              349568  2 ath9k,ath9k_common
cdc_mbim                4544  0 
cdc_ncm                14272  1 cdc_mbim
cdc_wdm                 8608  4 cdc_mbim,qmi_wwan
cfg80211              278080  5 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath10k_core,ath,mac80211
chacha_mips             5696  1 libchacha20poly1305
compat                  1088  4 ath9k,ath9k_common,mac80211,cfg80211
crc_ccitt               1664  1 ppp_async
crypto_hash             8992  1 poly1305_mips
ehci_fsl                3424  0 
ehci_hcd               37136  2 ehci_platform,ehci_fsl
ehci_platform           4896  0 
fsl_mph_dr_of           3568  0 
gpio_button_hotplug     6720  0 
hwmon                   7360  1 ath10k_core
ip_tables              10816  4 iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
ip6_tables             10752 24 ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
ip6_udp_tunnel          1728  1 wireguard
ip6t_REJECT             1216  2 
ip6table_filter          896  1 
ip6table_mangle         1376  1 
ipt_REJECT              1152  2 
iptable_filter           864  1 
iptable_mangle          1056  1 
iptable_nat             1056  1 
kpp                      800  0 
libblake2s              1760  1 wireguard
libblake2s_generic      5888  1 libblake2s
libchacha20poly1305     4256  1 wireguard
libcurve25519_generic   10400  1 wireguard
mac80211              521120  2 ath9k,ath10k_core
mii                     5376  1 usbnet
nf_conntrack           69040  8 xt_state,xt_nat,xt_conntrack,xt_REDIRECT,xt_MASQUERADE,xt_CT,nf_nat,nf_flow_table
nf_defrag_ipv4          1184  1 nf_conntrack
nf_defrag_ipv6          5360  1 nf_conntrack
nf_flow_table          15088  2 xt_FLOWOFFLOAD,nf_flow_table_hw
nf_flow_table_hw        2240  1 
nf_log_common           2880  2 nf_log_ipv4,nf_log_ipv6
nf_log_ipv4             3520  0 
nf_log_ipv6             4224  0 
nf_nat                 21616  4 iptable_nat,xt_nat,xt_REDIRECT,xt_MASQUERADE
nf_reject_ipv4          2240  1 ipt_REJECT
nf_reject_ipv6          2592  1 ip6t_REJECT
nls_base                5024  1 usbcore
option                 32864  0 
poly1305_mips           3392  1 libchacha20poly1305
ppp_async               7040  0 
ppp_generic            24048  3 pppoe,ppp_async,pppox
pppoe                   8640  0 
pppox                   1264  1 pppoe
qmi_wwan               16576  0 
slhc                    5152  1 ppp_generic
udp_tunnel              2560  1 wireguard
usb_common              2672  2 ehci_platform,usbcore
usb_wwan                4448  1 option
usbcore               140256 13 option,cdc_mbim,usb_wwan,qmi_wwan,cdc_ncm,usbserial,usbnet,cdc_wdm,ehci_platform,ehci_fsl,ehci_hcd
usbnet                 17424  3 cdc_mbim,qmi_wwan,cdc_ncm
usbserial              17648  2 option,usb_wwan
wireguard              48464  0 
x_tables               15248 24 xt_state,xt_nat,xt_conntrack,xt_REDIRECT,xt_MASQUERADE,xt_FLOWOFFLOAD,xt_CT,ipt_REJECT,xt_time,xt_tcpudp,xt_multiport,xt_mark,xt_mac,xt_limit,xt_comment,xt_TCPMSS,xt_LOG,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter,ip_tables,ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter,ip6_tables,ip6t_REJECT
xt_CT                   2848  0 
xt_FLOWOFFLOAD          3200  0 
xt_LOG                   736  0 
xt_MASQUERADE            800  1 
xt_REDIRECT              672  0 
xt_TCPMSS               3136  4 
xt_comment               480127 
xt_conntrack            2400 14 
xt_limit                1312 20 
xt_mac                   608  0 
xt_mark                  640  0 
xt_multiport            1280  0 
xt_nat                  2400  0 
xt_state                 800  0 
xt_tcpudp               1760 12 
xt_time                 1888  0

NofanTasi · October 11, 2022, 9:11am

Not sure either which one (kernel module) might be missing
Are you on 22.03.0 ?

xmpp · October 11, 2022, 9:16am

Apparently I'm on 21.02.3. I will upgrade later today and see if it makes a difference.

xmpp · October 11, 2022, 2:03pm

Now I'm on 22.03.0. I followed the link @frollic gave, installed those pakcages from the documentation.

On Luci side when following "QMI wizard" I'm getting:

Protocol: QMI Cellular
RX: 0 B (0 Pkts.)
TX: 0 B (0 Pkts.)
Error: Unknown error (PIN_STATUS_FAILED)

From CLI side at least I'm getting some output:

# uqmi -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --get-data-status
"disconnected"

# uqmi -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --get-signal-info
{
	"type": "wcdma",
	"rssi": -69,
	"ecio": 4
}

# uqmi -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --start-network internet --
autoconnect
"No effect"

Light on the router indicating LTE is off like before.

Kernel modules post upgrade:

# lsmod
ath                    18944  4 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw,ath10k_core
ath10k_core           445568  1 ath10k_pci
ath10k_pci             36304  0 
ath9k                 103024  0 
ath9k_common           11904  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              347840  2 ath9k,ath9k_common
cdc_ether               5120  1 cdc_ncm
cdc_mbim                4608  0 
cdc_ncm                15616  1 cdc_mbim
cdc_wdm                 8512  2 cdc_mbim,qmi_wwan
cfg80211              285648  5 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath10k_core,ath,mac80211
cmac                    2304  2 
compat                   992  4 ath9k,ath9k_common,mac80211,cfg80211,[permanent]
crc_ccitt               1664  1 ppp_async
crc32c_generic          1376  1 
drbg                   17536  0 
ehci_fsl                3456  0 
ehci_hcd               38128  2 ehci_platform,ehci_fsl
ehci_platform           4992  0 
fsl_mph_dr_of           3632  0 
gpio_button_hotplug     6592  0 
hmac                    2496  0 
hwmon                   8384  1 ath10k_core
jitterentropy_rng       7136  0 
libcrc32c                592  1 nf_tables
libsha256               8640  1 sha256_generic
mac80211              523424  2 ath9k,ath10k_core
mii                     5152  1 usbnet
nf_conntrack           69104  7 nft_redir,nft_nat,nft_masq,nft_flow_offload,nft_ct,nf_nat,nf_flow_table
nf_defrag_ipv4          1216  1 nf_conntrack
nf_defrag_ipv6          5584  1 nf_conntrack
nf_flow_table          22224  4 nf_flow_table_ipv6,nf_flow_table_ipv4,nf_flow_table_inet,nft_flow_offload
nf_flow_table_inet       576  0 
nf_flow_table_ipv4       448  0 
nf_flow_table_ipv6       448  0 
nf_log_common           2912  2 nf_log_ipv6,nf_log_ipv4
nf_log_ipv4             3584  0 
nf_log_ipv6             3904  0 
nf_nat                 22032  4 nft_redir,nft_nat,nft_masq,nft_chain_nat
nf_reject_ipv4          2560  2 nft_reject_ipv4,nft_reject_inet
nf_reject_ipv6          2880  2 nft_reject_ipv6,nft_reject_inet
nf_tables             148464215 nft_fib_inet,nf_flow_table_ipv6,nf_flow_table_ipv4,nf_flow_table_inet,nft_reject_ipv6,nft_reject_ipv4,nft_reject_inet,nft_reject,nft_redir,nft_quota,nft_objref,nft_numgen,nft_nat,nft_masq,nft_log,nft_limit,nft_hash,nft_flow_offload,nft_fib_ipv6,nft_fib_ipv4,nft_fib,nft_ct,nft_counter,nft_chain_nat
nfnetlink               5152  1 nf_tables
nft_chain_nat            864  2 
nft_counter             1728 21 
nft_ct                  7616  3 
nft_fib                 1376  3 nft_fib_inet,nft_fib_ipv6,nft_fib_ipv4
nft_fib_inet             672  0 
nft_fib_ipv4            2080  1 nft_fib_inet
nft_fib_ipv6            2784  1 nft_fib_inet
nft_flow_offload        3520  0 
nft_hash                2336  0 
nft_limit               3456  5 
nft_log                 1664  0 
nft_masq                1792  1 
nft_nat                 2592  0 
nft_numgen              1440  0 
nft_objref              1664  0 
nft_quota               1952  0 
nft_redir               1760  0 
nft_reject              1120  3 nft_reject_ipv6,nft_reject_ipv4,nft_reject_inet
nft_reject_inet         1152  2 
nft_reject_ipv4          672  0 
nft_reject_ipv6          672  0 
nls_base                4896  1 usbcore
option                 33344  0 
ppp_async               7104  0 
ppp_generic            25008  3 pppoe,ppp_async,pppox
pppoe                   9568  0 
pppox                   1296  1 pppoe
qmi_wwan               16608  0 
seqiv                   1600  0 
sha256_generic          2400  0 
slhc                    5152  1 ppp_generic
usb_common              2736  2 ehci_platform,usbcore
usb_wwan                4512  1 option
usbcore               146400 12 option,cdc_mbim,usb_wwan,qmi_wwan,cdc_ncm,cdc_ether,usbserial,usbnet,cdc_wdm,ehci_platform,ehci_fsl,ehci_hcd
usbnet                 17232  4 cdc_mbim,qmi_wwan,cdc_ncm,cdc_ether
usbserial              17936  2 option,usb_wwan

NofanTasi · October 11, 2022, 3:36pm

Not sure what is wrong. Sorry.
Last time I saw PIN_STATUS_FAILED was when I had swapped SIM card and forgotten to change APN setting accordingly.
Once I also had no connection because of bad contact. The nanoSIM was not properly pushed into the microSIM adapter.

mrhaav · October 11, 2022, 7:54pm

Hi
It looks like your default APN is incorrect since your modem is registered on wcdma (3G). You can check default APN with qmicli or with my customized version of uqmi.
You can download with:
wget https://github.com/mrhaav/openwrt/raw/master/22.03.0/uqmi_2022-09-13-0.9_mips_24kc.ipk
Installation:
opkg install uqmi_2022-09-13-0.9_mips_24kc.ipk

Reboot after installation and use with luci-proto-uqmi.

xmpp · October 12, 2022, 6:10am

@mrhaav APN has to be internet, I tried plugging it into a phone and it's set to internet there as well and does work.

@NofanTasi now there's been a bit of progress, still not working, but by ditching luci-proto-qmi and going cli for the initial interface setup I started to see different output.

Now there is some signal info

# uqmi -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --get-signal-info
{
	"type": "lte",
	"rssi": -72,
	"rsrq": -17,
	"rsrp": -111,
	"snr": 11.600000
}

and upon running uqmi -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --start-network internet --autoconnect it does connect and stays connected during reboot of router

# uqmi -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --get-data-status
"connected"

So I followed the wiki provided by @frollic and added this to /etc/network (since using luci-proto-qmi does not seem to work for me)

config interface 'wwan'
        option ifname 'wwan0'
        option proto 'dhcp'

and in luci it tells me there's a new interface, it reloads the GUI and I added that new interface wwan to wan firewall zone.

As can be seen in screenshot WWAN does have TX but no RX. I can not reach the internet however and the LTE light on router is as dead as before.

Seems like I'm potentially getting close though...... Any ideas?

mrhaav · October 12, 2022, 6:19am

What happens when you use Luci-proto-qmi? Can you paste the syslog?

Can you run:

uqmi -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --uim-get-sim-state
uqmi -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --get-pin-status

xmpp · October 12, 2022, 12:25pm

Here's the output of those commands:

# uqmi -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --uim-get-sim-state
{
	"pin1_status": "disabled",
	"pin1_verify_tries": 3,
	"pin1_unlock_tries": 10,
	"pin2_status": "not_verified",
	"pin2_verify_tries": 3,
	"pin2_unlock_tries": 10
}

# uqmi -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --get-pin-status
"Not supported"

Here's when using luci-proto-qmi:

# logread -f
Tue Oct 11 14:22:03 2022 daemon.notice netifd: 4g (4678): Waiting for network registration
Tue Oct 11 14:22:04 2022 daemon.notice netifd: 4g (4678): Starting network 4g
Tue Oct 11 14:22:05 2022 daemon.notice netifd: 4g (4678): Unable to connect IPv6
Tue Oct 11 14:22:05 2022 daemon.notice netifd: 4g (4780): Stopping network 4g
Tue Oct 11 14:22:05 2022 daemon.notice netifd: 4g (4780): Command failed: ubus call network.interface notify_proto { "action": 0, "link-up": false, "keep": false, "interface": "4g" } (Permission denied)
Tue Oct 11 14:22:05 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface '4g' is now down
Tue Oct 11 14:22:05 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface '4g' is setting up now
Tue Oct 11 14:22:05 2022 daemon.notice netifd: 4g (4788): Waiting for SIM initialization
Tue Oct 11 14:22:06 2022 daemon.notice netifd: 4g (4788): Failed to parse message data
Tue Oct 11 14:22:06 2022 daemon.notice netifd: 4g (4788): PIN verification is disabled
Tue Oct 11 14:22:07 2022 daemon.notice netifd: 4g (4788): Device does not support 802.3 mode. Informing driver of raw-ip only for wwan0 ..

So two interesting errors there, permission and device not supporting a certain mode.
I did notice compared to the wiki that there's no permissions for group and others:

# ls -l /dev/cdc-wdm0 
crw-------    1 root     root      180, 176 Oct 11 14:08 /dev/cdc-wdm0

While the wiki shows read permission for both group and others as well. I changed that so they got read permissions (owner permission stays the same) and now it just gets stuck here (note I changed name from 4g to to LTE for the interface)

# logread -f
Tue Oct 11 14:35:40 2022 daemon.notice netifd: 4g (9565): Stopping network 4g
Tue Oct 11 14:35:40 2022 daemon.notice netifd: 4g (9565): Command failed: ubus call network.interface notify_proto { "action": 0, "link-up": false, "keep": false, "interface": "4g" } (Permission denied)
Tue Oct 11 14:35:40 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface '4g' is now down
Tue Oct 11 14:36:13 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'LTE' is setting up now
Tue Oct 11 14:36:13 2022 daemon.notice netifd: LTE (9721): Waiting for SIM initialization

Then if I restart the interface in luci (here I made a new interface again and deleted the old one, so in this case it's called "sim")

Tue Oct 11 14:43:44 2022 daemon.notice netifd: sim (10078): Stopping network sim
Tue Oct 11 14:43:44 2022 daemon.notice netifd: sim (10078): Command failed: ubus call network.interface notify_proto { "action": 0, "link-up": false, "keep": false, "interface": "sim" } (Permission denied)
Tue Oct 11 14:43:44 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'sim' is now down
Tue Oct 11 14:43:44 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'sim' is setting up now
Tue Oct 11 14:43:44 2022 daemon.notice netifd: sim (10092): Waiting for SIM initialization

And as before, the LTE light is not on.

mrhaav · October 12, 2022, 3:40pm

It looks like there is an issue in /lib/netifd/proto/qmi.sh script with uqmi -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --get-pin-status

	echo "Waiting for SIM initialization"
	local uninitialized_timeout=0
	while uqmi -s -d "$device" --get-pin-status | grep '"UIM uninitialized"' > /dev/null; do
		[ -e "$device" ] || return 1
		if [ "$uninitialized_timeout" -lt "$timeout" -o "$timeout" = "0" ]; then
			let uninitialized_timeout++
			sleep 1;
		else
			echo "SIM not initialized"
			proto_notify_error "$interface" SIM_NOT_INITIALIZED
			proto_block_restart "$interface"
			return 1
		fi
	done

I have solved it differently in my version of uqmi, if you want to test.

xmpp · October 13, 2022, 12:01pm

If your version would work that would be great, but how can I trust it? The ipk package you send is just a binary. Having the source would also prob be too complicated. So I think I in most cases I will only run stuff in official repos.

frollic · October 13, 2022, 12:05pm

it's been tested by other users (although mostly using previous release), the ipk is a zip afaik, you can extract the content, and check it yourself.

mrhaav · October 13, 2022, 12:36pm

The source code and some information are available at: https://github.com/mrhaav/openwrt-packages

Some part are uploaded upstream, but not all are approved yet.

xmpp · October 13, 2022, 1:12pm

Thank you for everybodies help, I got it working!!

Not exactly sure what fixed it. I removed the earlier mentioned QMI generated interface and followed instructions for ModemManager https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wan/wwan/modemmanager

So I ran this:

opkg update && opkg install kmod-usb-serial kmod-usb-net kmod-usb-serial-wwan kmod-usb-serial-option kmod-usb-net-qmi-wwan kmod-usb-net-cdc-mbim luci-proto-modemmanager

And then followed the screenshot for Luci ModemManager after a reboot and added the newly created BROADBAND interface to wan firewall rule.

As mentioned before, earlier tries with ModemManager failed, possible I installed some missing package. Probably upgrading to latest OpenWRT version and powering off the interface before inserting SIM seems to have helped as well (since at one point those cli commands related to LTE gave no output initially).

And in case it helps anybody, here's the current kernel modules:

root@openwrt:~# lsmod
ath                    18944  4 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw,ath10k_core
ath10k_core           445568  1 ath10k_pci
ath10k_pci             36304  0 
ath9k                 103024  0 
ath9k_common           11904  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              347840  2 ath9k,ath9k_common
cdc_ether               5120  1 cdc_ncm
cdc_mbim                4608  0 
cdc_ncm                15616  1 cdc_mbim
cdc_wdm                 8512  3 cdc_mbim,qmi_wwan
cfg80211              285648  5 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath10k_core,ath,mac80211
cmac                    2304  1 
compat                   992  4 ath9k,ath9k_common,mac80211,cfg80211,[permanent]
crc_ccitt               1664  1 ppp_async
crc32c_generic          1376  1 
drbg                   17536  0 
ehci_fsl                3456  0 
ehci_hcd               38128  2 ehci_platform,ehci_fsl
ehci_platform           4992  0 
fsl_mph_dr_of           3632  0 
gpio_button_hotplug     6592  0 
hmac                    2496  0 
hwmon                   8384  1 ath10k_core
jitterentropy_rng       7136  0 
libcrc32c                592  1 nf_tables
libsha256               8640  1 sha256_generic
mac80211              523424  2 ath9k,ath10k_core
mii                     5152  1 usbnet
nf_conntrack           69104  7 nft_redir,nft_nat,nft_masq,nft_flow_offload,nft_ct,nf_nat,nf_flow_table
nf_defrag_ipv4          1216  1 nf_conntrack
nf_defrag_ipv6          5584  1 nf_conntrack
nf_flow_table          22224  4 nf_flow_table_ipv6,nf_flow_table_ipv4,nf_flow_table_inet,nft_flow_offload
nf_flow_table_inet       576  0 
nf_flow_table_ipv4       448  0 
nf_flow_table_ipv6       448  0 
nf_log_common           2912  2 nf_log_ipv6,nf_log_ipv4
nf_log_ipv4             3584  0 
nf_log_ipv6             3904  0 
nf_nat                 22032  4 nft_redir,nft_nat,nft_masq,nft_chain_nat
nf_reject_ipv4          2560  2 nft_reject_ipv4,nft_reject_inet
nf_reject_ipv6          2880  2 nft_reject_ipv6,nft_reject_inet
nf_tables             148464256 nft_fib_inet,nf_flow_table_ipv6,nf_flow_table_ipv4,nf_flow_table_inet,nft_reject_ipv6,nft_reject_ipv4,nft_reject_inet,nft_reject,nft_redir,nft_quota,nft_objref,nft_numgen,nft_nat,nft_masq,nft_log,nft_limit,nft_hash,nft_flow_offload,nft_fib_ipv6,nft_fib_ipv4,nft_fib,nft_ct,nft_counter,nft_chain_nat
nfnetlink               5152  1 nf_tables
nft_chain_nat            864  2 
nft_counter             1728 24 
nft_ct                  7616  3 
nft_fib                 1376  3 nft_fib_inet,nft_fib_ipv6,nft_fib_ipv4
nft_fib_inet             672  0 
nft_fib_ipv4            2080  1 nft_fib_inet
nft_fib_ipv6            2784  1 nft_fib_inet
nft_flow_offload        3520  0 
nft_hash                2336  0 
nft_limit               3456  5 
nft_log                 1664  0 
nft_masq                1792  1 
nft_nat                 2592  0 
nft_numgen              1440  0 
nft_objref              1664  0 
nft_quota               1952  0 
nft_redir               1760  0 
nft_reject              1120  3 nft_reject_ipv6,nft_reject_ipv4,nft_reject_inet
nft_reject_inet         1152  2 
nft_reject_ipv4          672  0 
nft_reject_ipv6          672  0 
nls_base                4896  1 usbcore
option                 33344  3 
ppp_async               7104  0 
ppp_generic            25008  3 pppoe,ppp_async,pppox
pppoe                   9568  0 
pppox                   1296  1 pppoe
qmi_wwan               16608  0 
seqiv                   1600  0 
sha256_generic          2400  0 
slhc                    5152  1 ppp_generic
usb_common              2736  2 ehci_platform,usbcore
usb_wwan                4512  1 option
usbcore               146400 13 option,cdc_mbim,usb_wwan,qmi_wwan,cdc_ncm,cdc_ether,usbserial,usbnet,cdc_wdm,ehci_platform,ehci_fsl,ehci_hcd
usbnet                 17232  4 cdc_mbim,qmi_wwan,cdc_ncm,cdc_ether
usbserial              17936  8 option,usb_wwan

Feels unreal, this has been a dream setup, finally I can retire the other router and learn more about this marvelous project. Got the LTE indicator working by activating it in System > LED Configuration.

THANK YOU!

system · October 23, 2022, 1:13pm

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