Netgear 341U -- Gobi 3000 / Sierra Wireless "Gobi 9x15 Multimode 3G/4G LTE Modem (IP passthrough mode)"?

JamesB · January 29, 2016, 12:36am

Hello,

Is it possible to get the Netgear AirCard 341U (Sprint) working on Mikrotik?

Netgear’s knowledge base at http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/27019/~/aircard-341u-(sprint)-downloads-and-documentation has a whole section on getting it to run with Linux, so I assumed it would work with Mikrotik… Its Linux drivers appears to be Gobi 3000.

I have not had any luck getting it to appear on Mikrotik, but it installs on Windows fine without any special work. I have it set to IP Passthrough mode to give myself a public IP, and it appears as “mobile broadband” for the actual connection and “local area network” for the management IP.

If it helps, the USB Vendor ID is 0x1199 and the Product ID is 0x9057. According to http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids, this is “Gobi 9x15 Multimode 3G/4G LTE Modem (IP passthrough mode)” from Sierra Wireless.

Thank you!

James

JamesB · January 29, 2016, 6:55am

Alternatively, does anyone know who I should contact about this? Thanks!

Hammy · April 2, 2016, 5:49pm

bump

RogerWilco · April 3, 2016, 12:32am

The 312U and the 320U both work.

Have you tried turning off the IP-passthrough stuff and seeing if you can connect with a PPP interface to start with?

Hammy · April 3, 2016, 2:43am

Do those have a similar chipset? I just ordered my 341U. I don’t know about the OP.

kristaps · April 4, 2016, 9:04am

341U should work in NAT mode with latest 6.34.4 Version. But in future passthrough mode should also be possible, Because this modems uses standard CDC_ECM driver.

Hammy · April 9, 2016, 5:34pm

What kind of future?

Hammy · April 9, 2016, 6:58pm

Any tips on getting this to work? I’m using Brian Vargyas’s presentation as a guide.

http://mum.mikrotik.com/presentations/US15/brian.pdf

Hammy · April 9, 2016, 8:13pm

/port
set 0 name=usb1
/port firmware
set ignore-directip-modem=yes

/interface ppp-client
add apn=r.f6.ispsn data-channel=1 dial-on-demand=no name=FreedomPOP port=usb1 user=XXX@mvno189.sprintpcs.com

[admin@MikroTik] > /log print 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet    <magic 0x42cef3f6> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet    <pcomp> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet    <accomp> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: rcvd LCP ConfReq id=0x28 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet    <asyncmap 0x0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet    <magic 0xb0d17391> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet    <pcomp> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet    <accomp> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet    <auth  chap> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: sent LCP ConfAck id=0x28 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet    <asyncmap 0x0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet    <magic 0xb0d17391> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet    <pcomp> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet    <accomp> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet    <auth  chap> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: rcvd LCP ConfAck id=0x3 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet    <magic 0x42cef3f6> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet    <pcomp> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet    <accomp> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: LCP opened 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: rcvd LCP DiscReq id=0x29 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <magic 0xb0d17391> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: rcvd CHAP Challenge id=0x1 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <challenge len=16> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <name UMTS_CHAP_SRVR> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: sent CHAP Response id=0x1 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <response len=16> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <name XXX@mvno189.sprintpcs.com> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: rcvd CHAP Success id=0x1 
03:03:33 async,ppp,info FreedomPOP: authenticated 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: IPCP lowerup 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: IPCP open 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: sent IPCP ConfReq id=0x7 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <addr 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <ms-dns 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <ms-dns 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: IPV6CP lowerup 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: sent IPV6CP ConfReq id=0x3 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <interface-identifier 0:0:0:7> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: IPV6CP open 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: MPLSCP lowerup 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: sent MPLSCP ConfReq id=0x2 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: MPLSCP open 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: BCP open 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: CCP lowerup 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: CCP open 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: rcvd LCP ProtRej id=0x2a 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet      82 81 01 02 00 04 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: rcvd IPCP ConfReq id=0x14 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <addr 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <ms-dns 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <ms-dns 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <ms-wins 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <ms-wins 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: sent IPCP ConfRej id=0x14 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <addr 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <ms-dns 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <ms-dns 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <ms-wins 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <ms-wins 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: rcvd IPCP ConfRej id=0x7 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <addr 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <ms-dns 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <ms-dns 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: sent IPCP ConfReq id=0x8 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: rcvd IPCP ConfReq id=0x15 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: sent IPCP ConfAck id=0x15 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: rcvd IPCP ConfNak id=0x8 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <addr 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: sent IPCP ConfReq id=0x9 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: rcvd IPCP ConfNak id=0x9 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <addr 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: sent IPCP ConfReq id=0xa 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: rcvd IPCP ConfNak id=0xa 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     <addr 0.0.0.0> 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: sent IPCP ConfReq id=0xb 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: rcvd IPCP ConfAck id=0xb 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: IPCP opened 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: IPCP close 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: IPCP closed 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: sent IPCP TermReq id=0xc 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet     no local IP address specified 
03:03:33 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: rcvd IPCP TermAck id=0xc 
03:03:34 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: LCP close 
03:03:34 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: LCP closed 
03:03:34 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: CCP lowerdown 
03:03:34 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: BCP lowerdown 
03:03:34 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: BCP down event in starting state 
03:03:34 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: IPCP lowerdown 
03:03:34 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: IPV6CP lowerdown 
03:03:34 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: MPLSCP lowerdown 
03:03:34 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: sent LCP TermReq id=0x4 
03:03:34 async,ppp,debug,packet     administrator request 
03:03:34 async,ppp,debug,packet  FreedomPOP: rcvd LCP TermAck id=0x4 
03:03:34 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: LCP lowerdown 
03:03:34 async,ppp,info FreedomPOP: terminating... - administrator request 
03:03:34 system,info device changed by admin 
03:03:34 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: LCP lowerdown 
03:03:34 async,ppp,debug FreedomPOP: LCP down event in initial state 
03:03:34 async,ppp,info FreedomPOP: disabled

[admin@MikroTik] > /interface ppp-client info ppp-out1 
       modem-status: call in progress
         pin-status: no password required
      functionality: full
       manufacturer: NETGEAR
              model: AirCard 341U
           revision: NTG9X15C_45.04.20.00 r18728 uscbd-fwbuild1 2014/02/26 03:50:31
      serial-number: 355745050959940
   current-operator: Sprint Sprint (cellid 7f7c202)
  access-technology: Evolved 3G (LTE)
     signal-strengh: -81 dBm
   frame-error-rate: n/a

Hammy · April 9, 2016, 8:34pm

Yes.

Hammy · April 16, 2016, 9:27pm

bump

SDFadfasdfadsf · June 11, 2016, 10:43pm

any update on this?

Hammy · June 11, 2016, 11:39pm

I’m working with support on it. Trying new RC builds, sending back Linux debugging information, etc.

wildermesser · July 20, 2016, 9:49am

I successfully connect Netgear 341U in IP Passthrough mode to Sprint network. I used 35.4 firmware.
As described above, you need set to yes “Ignore DirectIP modem” in System->Ports->Firmware.
After rebooting your mikrotik device, you should see usbX port. Use this port for ppp-client, DataCannel=1, InfoCannel=1, Modem Init=at+cgdcont=1,“ip”,“r.r5.ispsn”, APN=r.r5.ispsn. Default ppp profile is working with Sprint.

Hammy · July 20, 2016, 1:48pm

Is this what you have?

/interface ppp-client

add apn=r.r5.ispsn data-channel=1 dial-on-demand=no disabled=no info-channel=1 modem-init="at+cgdcont=1,\"ip\",\"r.r5.ispsn\"" name=ppp-out1 port=usb1

wildermesser · July 22, 2016, 8:40am

Yes, it is. And

/port firmware set ignore-directip-modem=yes

Hammy · July 22, 2016, 11:05am

Okay, then that must not work for FreedomPOP, a Sprint MVNO.

Hammy · July 24, 2016, 3:34pm

Can you compare my settings with yours? Trying to figure out what’s different.
Netgear 341U - Settings - Network - APN.PNG

Netgear 341U - Settings - Router - Basic.PNG

Hammy · July 24, 2016, 3:34pm

More screen shots.
Netgear 341U - Settings - General - Device.PNG
Netgear 341U - Settings - Network - Preferences.PNG

wildermesser · July 25, 2016, 4:59am

The only thing you must do is to enable “Ip pass through” mode. I couldn’t use this modem in default NAT mode. See screenshot number 3.
Don’t forget to use right APN name in modem init string. In my example, it is different from your APN name.