How to get internet up on my BeagleboardXM

Hi Guys,

I need some information regarding getting internet on my BB-xM with angstrom.
I have a USB 3G dongle and, Im not able to figure out if BBXM or angstrom has any kind of support to connect to internet from a USB-dongle. The USB-3G signals seems to have been interfering with my serial console signals, as I see a lot of random messages in middle.

I don’t have ethernet broadband either. So, I was trying to use my Laptop as a bridge and connect my BB to the network. I Have some problems in that too…

Please shed some light on this topic. any specific logs u require to debug this , I will share them ASAP.

Hi,

Send the dmesg log after you connect the Dongle. Let me see if I can find any problem on kernel.

BR,
Leví

2012/11/9 bumble omap <ti.omap35x@gmail.com>

I feel that the BB identified the usb dongle as a mass storage device, since it also has a memory card slot.
anyways, here are the dmesg logs…

[ 39.984954] usb0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 3502.985412] usb 2-2.4: new high speed USB device using ehci-omap and address 4
[ 3503.114929] usb 2-2.4: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1446
[ 3503.126586] usb 2-2.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 3503.138488] usb 2-2.4: Product: HUAWEI Mobile
[ 3503.147247] usb 2-2.4: Manufacturer: HUAWEI Technology
[ 3503.166961] scsi0 : usb-storage 2-2.4:1.0
[ 3503.188323] scsi1 : usb-storage 2-2.4:1.1
[ 3508.191986] scsi 0:0:0:0: CD-ROM HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 3508.217834] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access HUAWEI SD Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 3508.235931] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 3508.249847] sr0: scsi-1 drive
[ 3508.257507] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 3508.270263] sr 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 3508.270660] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 3508.283203] sr 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[ 3639.960388] usb 2-2.4: USB disconnect, address 4
[ 3655.305725] usb 2-2.5: new high speed USB device using ehci-omap and address 5
[ 3655.433410] usb 2-2.5: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1446
[ 3655.444702] usb 2-2.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 3655.456329] usb 2-2.5: Product: HUAWEI Mobile
[ 3655.464843] usb 2-2.5: Manufacturer: HUAWEI Technology
[ 3655.484313] scsi2 : usb-storage 2-2.5:1.0
[ 3655.508514] scsi3 : usb-storage 2-2.5:1.1
[ 3660.502624] scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 3660.524475] sr0: scsi-1 drive
[ 3660.536926] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access HUAWEI SD Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 3660.551544] sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 3660.552154] sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5
[ 3660.582366] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[ 3660.598815] sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk

Yes, it is recognizing your device only as Storage.

I believe you have to install a module to get the things up and running.

Try these two:

  • usb_wwan.ko
  • option.ko

After that I believe you can find your 3G modem at /dev/ttyUSB*

Good Luck,
BR,
Leví

2012/11/9 bumble omap <ti.omap35x@gmail.com>

You could try sakis3g (http://www.sakis3g.org/). It is a nice tool to help switch the 3G dongle storage mode off, and make the connection. You should have a ppp0 interface up when it is done.

Thank you guys, I will try these and get back…