NAME
u3g —
USB support for 3G datacards
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
umodeswitch* at uhub? port
?
u3g* at uhub? port ?
ucom* at u3g?DESCRIPTION
Theu3g driver provides support for the multiple
USB-to-serial interfaces exposed by many 3G USB/PC Card modems.
The device is accessed through the ucom(4) driver which makes it behave like a tty(4).
HARDWARE
The u3g driver supports the following
adapters:
- Huawei E171
- Huawei E220 (E270?)
- Huawei Mobile
- Novatel MC950D
- NTT DOCOMO L-02C
- Option Globetrotter 3G
- Option Globetrotter 3G Fusion (only 3G part, not WLAN)
- Option Globetrotter 3G Fusion Quad (only 3G part, not WLAN)
- Option Globetrotter 3G Quad
- Vodafone Mobile Connect Card 3G
The supported 3G cards provide the necessary modem port for ppp, pppd, or mpd connections as well as extra ports (depending on the specific device) to provide other functions (diagnostic port, SIM toolkit port).
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The u3g driver appeared in
NetBSD 5.0. The
ubsa(4) manual page was modified for u3g by
Andrea Guzzo
<aguzzo@anywi.com> in
September 2008.
AUTHORS
The u3g driver was written by
Andrea Guzzo
<aguzzo@anywi.com>.
Hardware for testing provided by AnyWi Technologies, Leiden, NL.