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988 | W-600 Series Controllers Dell Networking W-Series ArubaOS 6.4.x| User Guide
2. From the controller command-line interface, issue the show usb command to that the modem is detected.
(host) (config-cellular new_modem)# show usb
USB Device Table
----------------
Address Product Vendor ProdID Serial Type Profile State
------- ------- ------ ------ ------ ---- ------- -----
18 Novatel Wireless CDMA 1410 4100 091087843891000 Cellular new_modem
Device ready
3. If your modem is not recognized (such as “type is unknown”, “no matching profile”, or “device not ready”),
use the show usb verbose command to verify your modem is listed.
(host) #show usb verbose
...
T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 3 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=1410 ProdID=4100 Rev= 0.00
S: Manufacturer=Novatel Wireless Inc.
S: Product=Novatel Wireless CDMA
S: SerialNumber=091087843891000
C:* #Ifs= 5 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=500mA
...
4. Issue the show uplink command to verify the modem as an active status, and is registered with the Uplink
Manager.
Cellular uplinks have a lower priority than wired links by default. You can change the default by changing the
profile-specific priority or by changing the default cell priority.
(host) (config) #cellular priority <prior>
5. Check the modem dialing status. The connection may take up to a 45 seconds to establish. To see the
connection progress, execute the show uplink connection uplink id command.
6. Verify the connection is established and IP addressed is programmed.
l Once the cellular link state is Connected, you can find the PPP dynamic entries by executing the
command show uplink connection id
l The IP address can be found using the command show ip interface brief
l The Gateway can be found using the command show ip route
l The DNS entries can be found using the command show ip domain-name
Configuring a New USB Modem
Cellular modems must be activated before they can “talk” on the cellular network. Typically, the activation is
done by the carrier. Some carriers use a proprietary PC client. In all cases, make sure that your modem works
on your PC before using it on the W-600 Series.
Verify your modem is activated and works with your Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac computers.
Each time a USB device is inserted, Linux assigns it a new USB address. This is true even if the same device is re-
inserted. Modem ports are organized under their individual addresses. For example, ttyUSB0 at address 3 is
separate than ttyUSB0 at address 7. The address is displayed when you execute the commands, show usb and
show usb verbose (the Dev# field).