Using usb 3g Onda wm301

Hi everyone ,
I saw that the 3g usb stick "wave wm301" is not present in "hardware supported",

I asked: could I try with a similar one, could it work?

Thanks in advance

To start to find out if a driver exists, you'll likely need the manufacturer and device IDs from lsusb or the like (not installed by default on OpenWrt, often present on desktop Linux-based distros).

For example:

Bus 001 Device 030: ID 1199:9091 Sierra Wireless, Inc
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USB sticks are not listed in the Table of Hardware. As @jeff said, you have to determine if the chip is compatible with available drivers.

hi tnx

my pendrive is:
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1ee8:0069 ONDA COMMUNICATION S.p.a.

Exist a table with the drivers available for usb sticks (or other) ?


So, I'm certain a Linux driver must exist somewhere.

Onda
WM301
HSPA+ 21.6/5.76
1ee8:0068
1ee8:0069
ACM
Possible

Hi, thanks

Which version of linux should I look for drivers?

Look at kernel.org, most kernel related parts of OpenWrt are direct from the mainstream.

With any of these devices you should first prove it working on a Linux desktop or laptop, that will solve a lot of confusion about if or how it is going to work on OpenWrt. Most Linux distros have almost every driver already built in, so you can plug in the device and it will start working. Then you can use dmesg to see what driver is actually running it. On the other hand, if it doesn't take off and Just Work on a desktop, it is likely to be difficult or impossible to get it to run on OpenWrt.

Once you know what protocol it uses you can install that driver and see if it works. In some cases you may need to force the driver to attach to your USB ID, because it is not compiled in.

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Hi

This is a report of dmesg

it seems that it has many usb modalities,
what would be better to use?

root@OpenWrt:~# dmesg  | grep usb
[    3.974865] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    3.980935] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    3.986779] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    5.708636] usb 2-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using ohci-platform
[    6.050662] usb 2-1: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub
[   16.147949] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
[   16.976292] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_wdm
[   17.343353] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[   17.349803] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[   17.356934] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
[   17.477385] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[   17.512243] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ncm
[   17.984532] usbcore: registered new interface driver qmi_wwan
[   18.365416] usbcore: registered new interface driver option
[   18.371564] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
[   22.976354] usb 2-1: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ohci-platform
[   23.310631] usb 2-1: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub
[   23.379783] cdc_ether 2-1:1.4 usb0: register 'cdc_ether' at usb-ohci-platform-1, CDC Ethernet Device, 02:a0:aa:f7:a8:4e

thanks again

Some help?