4G Aircard tests
1. Cheap aircard from Shopee
Notes: Wi-fi cannot be turned off.
USB Modem Tests:
| OS | Result |
|---|---|
| Windows 11 | Y |
| Mikrotik Router OS 7 | Y |
| OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (Kernel 6.8.1) | Y1 |
OpenSUSE - after plug the device to USB port, wait for the name of the device from ’lsusb’ change to ‘Qualcomm, android’ then do ‘modprobe rndis_host’. Another solution is to overide usb_modeswitch udev rule for 05c6:9024 by creating a file at ’/etc/udev/rules.d/99-rndis-host.rules’ with the content
#USB LTE Dongle - report itself as android
ATTR{idVendor}=="05c6", ATTR{idProduct}=="9024", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe rndis_host"
2. Another aircard from Shopee
USB Modem Tests:
| OS | Result |
|---|---|
| Windows 11 | Y |
| Mikrotik Router OS 7 | Y |
| OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (Kernel 6.8.1) | Y1 |
OpenSUSE - need to use udev rules as #1 above.
#USB LTE Dongle - report itself as android
ATTR{idVendor}=="05c6", ATTR{idProduct}=="9024", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe rndis_host"
3. Yet another aircard from Shopee
Notes: Wi-fi cannot be turned off. Do not work with usb3.0 ports on Dell Inspiron 7460 notebook computer, possibly due to power issue.
USB Modem Tests:
| OS | Result |
|---|---|
| Windows 11 | Y |
| Mikrotik Router OS 7 | Y |
| OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (Kernel 6.8.1) | Y1 |
OpenSUSE - need to use udev rules similar to #1 above but with different USB device ID.
#USB LTE Dongle - report itself as android
ATTR{idVendor}=="05c6", ATTR{idProduct}=="f00e", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe rndis_host"
4. True aircard - ZTE MF833 with custom firmware
USB Modem Tests:
| OS | Result |
|---|---|
| Windows 11 | Y |
| Mikrotik Router OS 7 | Y |
| OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (Kernel 6.8.1) | Y |
5. Huawei E8372
USB Modem Tests:
| OS | Result |
|---|---|
| Windows 11 | Y |
| Mikrotik Router OS 7 | Y |
| OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (Kernel 6.8.1) | Y |
6. D-Link DWR-910M
USB Modem Tests:
| OS | Result |
|---|---|
| Windows 11 | Y |
| Mikrotik Router OS 7 | Y |
| OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (Kernel 6.8.1) | Y1 |
OpenSUSE - need to use udev rules similar to #1 above but with different USB device ID.
#D-Link DWR-910M
ATTR{idVendor}=="1782", ATTR{idProduct}=="000c", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe rndis_host"