Category:FireBrick USB Dongles: Difference between revisions

A 4G dongle will usually work as an ethernet device, and so the FireBrick will need an interface on the IUSB port, set as a DHCP client. If your config doesn't have an Interface already, then add one such as:

 

<interface name="Dongle" port="USB" graph="Dongle">

<subnet name="DHCP Client" nat="true" comment="Dongle"/>

</interface>

 

==Unknown or not yet working==

<route ip="::/0" gateway="81.187.81.6" comment="IPv6 default route using IPv4 tunnel"/>

</syntaxhighlight>

 

=== Configuration and testing ===

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 >&nbsp;XML Edit:

 

<usb>

<dongle name="AA" />

</usb>

 

If you prefer not edit the XML, then you can make the change by using the web UI commands Config >&nbsp;Edit choose ‘Interface’ and then ‘USB and 3G/dongle settings’. Drill down until you see whole lot of options in a number of ‘3G/dongle config settings’ fields. Set the option fields appropriately, at a minimum fill in the ‘Name’ field, and then hit ‘Save’. This will add the <code><usb></code> and <code><dongle></code> elements for you in the XML configuration.