TomatoUSB

Hi first off just want to say great job, I have been using DD-WRT on some buffalo's for a new years now and last month I brought a RT-N16 and flashed it to tomato and I'm impressed, much better than DD-WRT, good job.

I thought I would try to set it up with my usb modem, its a Maxon BP3-EXT, an oldie but a goodie.
I erased the NVRAM so I was starting with a clean slate.
Made sure usb1 and 2 where turned on and ticked the box for 3g Modem.
Then I went to setup and selected 3G modem for my WAN connection.
Tried with 'modem init string' set to nothing, *99# & #777
Tried all the setting in 'Modem device'
Tried with and without my pin.
Entered the correct APN
I don't have a user name or password.
I read somewhere else that if your modem isn't supported it will say in the logs "3G MODEM not found … sorry"
checked my logs and can't see that anyway

Jan  1 10:09:19 RT-485B39E80BFA user.info redial[3308]: Started. Time: 10
Jan  1 10:09:19 RT-485B39E80BFA user.notice root: 3G MODEM - previous proces of switch3g still working
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA user.info redial[3308]: WAN down. Reconnecting...
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA daemon.info dnsmasq[3252]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA user.debug init[1]: 182: pptp peerdns disabled
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA daemon.info dnsmasq[3348]: started, version 2.61 cachesize 1500
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA daemon.info dnsmasq[3348]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-RTC no-DBus no-i18n no-IDN DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP no-conntrack
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA daemon.info dnsmasq[3348]: asynchronous logging enabled, queue limit is 5 messages
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[3348]: DHCP, IP range 192.168.1.2 -- 192.168.1.51, lease time 1d
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA daemon.warn dnsmasq[3348]: no servers found in /etc/resolv.dnsmasq, will retry
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA daemon.info dnsmasq[3348]: read /etc/hosts - 2 addresses
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA daemon.info dnsmasq[3348]: read /etc/dnsmasq/hosts/hosts - 3 addresses
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[3348]: read /etc/dnsmasq/dhcp/dhcp-hosts
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA user.debug kernel: vlan2: del 33:33:00:00:00:01 mcast address from vlan interface
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA user.debug kernel: vlan2: del 33:33:00:00:00:01 mcast address from master interface
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA user.debug kernel: vlan2: del 01:00:5e:00:00:01 mcast address from vlan interface
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA user.debug kernel: vlan2: del 01:00:5e:00:00:01 mcast address from master interface
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA user.warn kernel: vlan2: Setting MAC address to  ** ** ** e8 ** **.
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA user.debug kernel: vlan2: add 01:00:5e:00:00:01 mcast address to master interface
Jan  1 10:09:39 RT-485B39E80BFA user.debug kernel: vlan2: add 33:33:00:00:00:01 mcast address to master interface
Jan  1 10:09:40 RT-485B39E80BFA daemon.err pppd[3402]: In file /tmp/ppp/wanoptions: unrecognized option '/dev/ttyUSB1'

Modem works and connects with those settings when I plug it straight into my computer.
Is my modem not supported or am I doing something stupid.
I'm running 1.28.0000 MIPSR2-105.1 K26 USB AIO shibby build.
I can mount a usb drive to the usb port and it works.
If you need anymore information let me know
Thanks for reading my post

You try rebooting the router, selecting /dev/ttyUSB0, or use the other USB port?

Thanks for the reply mate, sorry for the long delay in answering, been away for a few days.
Yes I tried rebooting the router, and selecting USB0 (and all the others)think i tried both usb ports will retry that to make sure.
Also tested it over at a mates place with another usb modem, (can't remember the model) used his sim and user name and password but it gave the same message in the logs.
Maybe something broken in this build?

Just flashed the latest firmware(106) and tried it again.
Same as before, made sure I tried it in both usb ports and rebooted it.
I am getting this in my logs now
unknown daemon.err pppd[478]: In file /tmp/ppp/wanoptions: unrecognized option '/dev/ttyUSB0'
the same when I select USB1,2 and 3.

ps
I remembered to log in this time too ;)

I had the same problem with recent builds on my N66 (builds from 102 onwards didn't give me any /dev/ttyUSBX devices). I went back to build 097 because I had a saved config from that build and the ttyUSB devices show up fine.

Hope that helps,
Joel

Thanks Joel I will try that when I get a change.
Cheers.

It seems that the release notes for v107 show a fix to the switch3g script, and a bug titled "3g support does not work" was fixed by shibby for the v107 release. It would certainly be worth trying v107 before going back to the older builds.

Good luck,
Joel.

Just saw the new version up I haven't cheeked the site for a few days will definitely try the new one first
Thanks