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== Note -
When you plug a usb dongle into the Firebrick, to test if it is working you can use the CLI ‘<code>show dongle</code>’ command in a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telnet Telnet] session. However, unfortunately this command fails to detect the dongle if <usb> and <dongle> elements have not been added to the XML configuration file. You can at first just add the following to the XML by using the web UI of the Firebrick, under Config > XML Edit:
Following the application of either of these two alternative methods, the CLI ‘<code>show dongle</code>’ command will now work and will detect the presence of the dongle. You will need to fit an appropriate SIM into the dongle. The result will be something like the following:
With no SIM:
> show dongle
You do not have any 3G/ppp sessions
You do not have any 4G/eth sessions
And with a 3G SIM installed:
> show dongle
Attached USB devices
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Socket Vendor Product Name Functions
1 12d1 1003/1003 Dongle-AA Memory-stick 3G(AT-ppp)
3G/PPP Dongle Sessions
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Socket T Name MTU Status
1 0 Dongle-AA 1440 Up tcp-fix
You do not have any 4G/eth sessions
=== Inserting a dongle ===
To insert a SIM into a Huawei 3G dongle, for example, you will need to have a large-size SIM, so do not pop out a small-size SIM from its enclosing card. You remove a SIM-carrier tray tray from the dongle, fit the SIM into the tray and reinsert it into the dongle.
=3G Fallback=
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