TP-Link WDR4900 + Huawei EC 178 (EV-DO / CMDA) modem problem

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 14:13    Post subject: TP-Link WDR4900 + Huawei EC 178 (EV-DO / CMDA) modem problem Reply with quote
Modem detects fine, switches fine. The router gets WAN IP and brings up wwan0 interface for 10-15 minutes but during this window, there is no internet access on clients and then finally the WAN ip addresses completely vanish from WAN info page.

Same modem with same settings works fine on 1043ND. It also works fine in OpenWRT using same WDR4900.

What could be the reason? The dd-wrt build is latest one and is working great apart from this mobile broadband issue.

dmesg:

Code:
root@WDR4900:~# dmesg | grep usb
<6>[    6.421118] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
<6>[    6.426719] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
<6>[    6.432713] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
<6>[    6.646908] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
<6>[    6.653705] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
<6>[    6.660927] usb usb1: Product: Freescale On-Chip EHCI Host Controller
<6>[    6.667367] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.10.30 ehci_hcd
<6>[    6.672853] usb usb1: SerialNumber: fsl-ehci.0
<6>[    6.974355] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
<6>[    7.025313] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using fsl-ehci
<6>[    7.170546] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=05e3, idProduct=0608
<6>[    7.177265] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
<6>[    7.184411] usb 1-1: Product: USB2.0 Hub
<6>[    7.473543] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using fsl-ehci
<6>[    7.570410] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=1058, idProduct=1010
<6>[    7.577295] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
<6>[    7.584614] usb 1-1.1: Product: External HDD
<6>[    7.589234] usb 1-1.1: Manufacturer: Western Digital
<6>[    7.594287] usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: 88842D575838314138304638318545
<6>[    7.601554] usb-storage 1-1.1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
<6>[    7.610871] scsi0 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.0
<6>[    7.689544] usb 1-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 4 using fsl-ehci
<6>[    7.786909] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1505
<6>[    7.793795] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=4
<6>[    7.801114] usb 1-1.2: Product: HUAWEI Mobile
<6>[    7.805477] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: HUAÿWEI TECHNOLOGIES
<6>[    7.810965] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
<6>[    7.818946] usb-storage 1-1.2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
<6>[    7.828227] scsi1 : usb-storage 1-1.2:1.0
<6>[   19.367313] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
<6>[   19.373217] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
<6>[   19.379839] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
<6>[   19.494756] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_wdm
<6>[   19.552245] usbcore: registered new interface driver qmi_wwan
<6>[   19.594072] usbcore: registered new interface driver zte_ev
<6>[   19.599710] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for zte_ev
<6>[   19.643620] usbcore: registered new interface driver option
<6>[   19.649338] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
<6>[   19.945175] usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 4
<6>[   23.217528] usb 1-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 5 using fsl-ehci
<6>[   23.315018] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=140c
<6>[   23.321942] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=4
<6>[   23.331404] usb 1-1.2: Product: HUAWEI Mobile
<6>[   23.335837] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: HUAÿWEI TECHNOLOGIES
<6>[   23.341380] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
<6>[   23.349907] usb-storage 1-1.2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
<6>[   23.365928] usb 1-1.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
<6>[   23.381143] usb-storage 1-1.2:1.1: USB Mass Storage device detected
<6>[   23.396253] qmi_wwan 1-1.2:1.1 wwan0: register 'qmi_wwan' at usb-fsl-ehci.0-1.2, WWAN/QMI device, xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:4e
<6>[   23.419085] usb-storage 1-1.2:1.2: USB Mass Storage device detected
<6>[   23.433886] usb 1-1.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
<6>[   23.454238] usb-storage 1-1.2:1.3: USB Mass Storage device detected


ifconfig:

Code:
wwan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
          inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.164  Bcast:xxx.xxx.xxx.167  Mask:255.255.255.252
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:89 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:612 (612.0 B)  TX bytes:11194 (10.9 KiB)
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 13:11    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 16:42    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sash wrote:
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Upgrade what?
Firmware?
Already using latest build - 19/02/2014 - r23598.
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