On Wed, 2013-03-06 at 11:11 -0500, Shawn J. Goff wrote: > On Wed 06 Mar 2013 10:52:48 AM EST, Dan Williams wrote: > > On Tue, 2013-03-05 at 13:29 -0500, Shawn J. Goff wrote: > >> I have a Franklin Wireless u770 modem here that ModemManager doesn't > >> know how to deal with. Its configuration is all done through a web > >> interface. Is there any interest or existing effort to get ModemManager > >> to handle this type? > > > > It depends on the functionality of the device and how far we'd go to try > > to shoehorn it into the MM model. If all the webui really supports is > > signal strength, operator, and registration, then perhaps it's not worth > > supporting. > > > > We already want to handle "upstream provider" information in > > NetworkManager for interfaces that look like etherent (eg, iPhone > > tethering which reports signal strength and stuff via mDNS) but clearly > > are WWAN. These aren't suitable to be handled by ModemManager because > > there simply isn't a reason to; most of the MM dbus interface would be > > useless, and in the end, they don't need any kind of control. > > > > Perhaps the best way to support these devices (as long as they don't > > need any extensive) is like the iPhone; since they are usable > > immediately after plugging in just like ethernet is, we just handle them > > like ethernet devices and then have small helpers that scrape the HTML > > for "upstream provider" information like signal strength, operator name, > > roaming/not roaming, etc, and have NetworkManager export a D-Bus > > interface for that info that GUI applets can use. > > > > Dan > > > > The web interface has connection information like RSSI, Ec/Io, and > access technology. It also provides the ability to disconnect it and to > change settings like autoconnect and access technology and to disable > the radio (airplane mode). I don't see any way to specify an APN for > the LTE mode.
In that case, maybe it does make sense to support it in ModemManager. Mind posting the HTML source for the status page? Dan _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
