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====== 3G / Mobile support for APdesk and MESHdesk ====== | ====== 3G / Mobile support for APdesk and MESHdesk ====== | ||
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===== Introduction ===== | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
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* Since neither **MESHdesk** nor **APdesk** are driven by hardware sales but rather to provide creative solutions, this then offered just such an opportunity. | * Since neither **MESHdesk** nor **APdesk** are driven by hardware sales but rather to provide creative solutions, this then offered just such an opportunity. | ||
* We can now with pride say we also support mobile Internet connections as an alternative to Ethernet based Internet connections. | * We can now with pride say we also support mobile Internet connections as an alternative to Ethernet based Internet connections. | ||
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+ | {{ :user_guide:apdesk:mobile_connection.png?nolink |}} | ||
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===== A Catch-22 ===== | ===== A Catch-22 ===== | ||
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* **Enable** will enable all the fields which you can then populate. | * **Enable** will enable all the fields which you can then populate. | ||
* **Disable** will disable an existing mobile configuration (provided there is one) | * **Disable** will disable an existing mobile configuration (provided there is one) | ||
+ | * See the following screenshot which was for one of my 3G dongles | ||
+ | {{ :user_guide:3g_option.png?nolink |}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | <WRAP center round tip 90%> | ||
+ | * The following URL has a nice list of APN and usernames for various providers over the world: | ||
+ | * http://www.3g.co.za/index.php/information/mobile-data-connectivity | ||
+ | </WRAP> | ||
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* Now that the device is pre-configured it can use the mobile connection to get Internet access and fetch the rest of its settings from the RADIUSdesk server. | * Now that the device is pre-configured it can use the mobile connection to get Internet access and fetch the rest of its settings from the RADIUSdesk server. | ||
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+ | ------------- | ||
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+ | ===== What's the requirements? ===== | ||
+ | * There is not much extra requirements. You basically need the following things. | ||
+ | * A device that can support a mobile Internet connection, eg. one with a USB port that can take the 3G dongle. | ||
+ | * The extra modules required included with the firmware running on the device. See this bit on building your own firmware: [[http://www.radiusdesk.com/old_wiki/technical_discussions/md_on_lede#support_for_3g_dongles|Add Support for 3G dongles]] | ||
+ | * The latest version of the **MESHdesk Node Config Utility** | ||
+ | * Hardware that can access the mobile network eg. a 3G Dongle. | ||
+ | * On the exit points of both **MESHdesk** meshed and APdesk AP Profiles you **cannot** have an exit point that is bridged with Ethernet | ||
+ | * You can have a: | ||
+ | * Captive Portal | ||
+ | * NAT + DHCP | ||
+ | * OpenVPN Bridge | ||
+ | |||
+ | ----------------- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Lets get technical ===== | ||
+ | For those technical people, the next section is aimed at you. | ||
+ | * The MESHdesk Node Config Utility will insert an entry into the **/etc/config/meshdesk** config file that looks just like the interface declaration in the **/etc/config/network** file. Here is a sample | ||
+ | * This means you can actually pre-build / configure the device, provided they do not require a pin or the pin is common among the devices which you will flash the firmware on. | ||
+ | * It also means you can disable the interface in **/etc/config/meshdesk**. | ||
+ | * The script which sets up the device will check if there is a **wwan** entry in the meshdesk config file and if it is there and active it will include that declaration in the **/etc/config/network** file and reload the networking. | ||
+ | * If you need more inf on getting your mobile dongle working, refer to this pages: | ||
+ | * https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/recipes/3gdongle | ||
+ | * Although the above page has lots of information, I got two dongles tested and running with the minimal effort and using the default values. | ||
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+ | <code bash> | ||
+ | config interface 'wwan' | ||
+ | option proto '3g' | ||
+ | option service 'umts' | ||
+ | option pincode 1234 | ||
+ | option apn 'internet' | ||
+ | option username 'guest' | ||
+ | option device '/dev/ttyUSB0' | ||
+ | </code> | ||