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21.Dd February 8, 2012
22.Dt U3G 4
23.Os
24.Sh NAME
25.Nm u3g
26.Nd USB support for 3G datacards
27.Sh SYNOPSIS
28To compile this driver into the kernel,
29place the following lines in your
30kernel configuration file:
31.Bd -ragged -offset indent
32.Cd "device usb"
33.Cd "device ucom"
34.Cd "device u3g"
35.Ed
36.Pp
37Alternatively, to load the driver as a
38module at boot time, place the following line in
39.Xr loader.conf 5 :
40.Bd -literal -offset indent
41u3g_load="YES"
42.Ed
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm
46driver provides support for the multiple USB-to-serial interfaces exposed by
47many 3G USB/PCCard modems.
48.Pp
49The device is accessed through the
50.Xr ucom 4
51driver which makes it behave like a
52.Xr tty 4 .
53.Sh HARDWARE
54The
55.Nm
56driver supports the following adapters:
57.Pp
58.Bl -bullet -compact
59.It
60Option GT 3G Fusion, GT Fusion Quad, etc. (only 3G part, not WLAN)
61.It
62Option GT 3G, GT 3G Quad, etc.
63.It
64Vodafone Mobile Connect Card 3G
65.It
66Vodafone Mobile Broadband K3772-Z
67.It
68Qualcomm Inc. CDMA MSM
69.It
70Huawei B190, E180v, E220 ('<Huawei Mobile>')
71.It
72Novatel U740, MC950D, X950D, etc.
73.It
74Sierra MC875U, MC8775U, etc.
75.El
76.Pp
77(See
78.Pa /sys/dev/usb/serial/u3g.c
79for the complete list of supported cards for each vendor
80mentioned above.)
81.Pp
82The supported 3G cards provide the necessary modem port for ppp, or mpd
83connections as well as extra ports (depending on the specific device) to
84provide other functions (additional command port, diagnostic port, SIM toolkit
85port).
86.Pp
87In some of these devices a mass storage device supported by the
88.Xr umass 4
89driver is present which contains Windows and Mac OS X drivers.
90The device starts up in disk mode (TruInstall, ZeroCD, etc.) and requires
91additional commands to switch it to modem mode. If your device is not
92switching automatically, please try to add quirks. See
93.Xr usbconfig 8
94and
95.Xr usb_quirk 4 .
96.Sh SEE ALSO
97.Xr tty 4 ,
98.Xr ucom 4 ,
99.Xr usb 4 ,
100.Xr usb_quirk 4 ,
101.Xr usbconfig 8
102.Sh HISTORY
103The
104.Nm
105driver appeared in
106.Fx 7.2 ,
107is based on the
108.Xr uark 4
109driver, and written by
110.An Andrea Guzzo Aq aguzzo@anywi.com
111in September 2008.
112.Sh AUTHORS
113The
114.Nm
115driver was written by
116.An Andrea Guzzo Aq aguzzo@anywi.com
117and
118.An Nick Hibma Aq n_hibma@FreeBSD.org .
119Hardware for testing was provided by AnyWi Technologies, Leiden, NL.
120