Can't get Sierra Wireless Aircard 340U to be recognized

[fctr]

At this point, we're getting into personal preference, so let's do the simple thing and leave well enough alone. If it's always been this way, then leave it this way.

But there still is a bug in the editing of the Interfaces once a ppp assignment has been made. I'd be happy to make a cinematic masterpiece and post it, if you'd like, showing you what I mean.

[franco]

A fix for editing PPP in interface settings was put into 24.7.3 BTW.

I plan to move the whole PPP device thing to MVC as it really needs a refactor anyway, but as far as utility goes it works fine minus that bug I introduced in 24.7.2:

https://github.com/opnsense/core/commit/090c6518d762

Last but not least the modem support is in FreeBSD now:

https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=4b6e76eff8


Cheers,
Franco

[fctr]

I would like to personally thank everyone who made my problem their priority. I'm really happy everything works now. If you need me for any kind of beta testing or hardware information, do not hesitate to reach out.

OPNSense and their support is the best!

[ron476543]

A fix for editing PPP in interface settings was put into 24.7.3 BTW.

I plan to move the whole PPP device thing to MVC as it really needs a refactor anyway, but as far as utility goes it works fine minus that bug I introduced in 24.7.2:

https://github.com/opnsense/core/commit/090c6518d762

Last but not least the modem support is in FreeBSD now:

https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=4b6e76eff8


Cheers,
Franco

OPNSense is the best!

[fctr]

Well it seems all this work has been for nothing. AT&T has discontinued PPP support for its "Broadband" APN, so now unless someone has a better idea, I've got another paperweight.

[franco]

I'm not really surprised given the low efforts around PPPoE coding and perpetual issues in the last decade and all the bugs we did address in our own scope to make it more bearable.

[fctr]

So does anyone have any idea on how to make this dinosaur work now?

Or is this just another piece of e-waste that's eventually going to end up in a third world country for supposed "recycling"?

Does it have a proprietary protocol that allows it to work in Linux or *GASP* Windows?