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20.Dd October 8, 2017
21.Dt U3G 4
22.Os
23.Sh NAME
24.Nm u3g
25.Nd USB support for 3G datacards
26.Sh SYNOPSIS
27To compile this driver into the kernel,
28place the following lines in your
29kernel configuration file:
30.Bd -ragged -offset indent
31.Cd "umodeswitch* at uhub? port ?"
32.Cd "u3g* at uhub? port ?"
33.Cd "ucom* at u3g?"
34.Ed
35.\".Pp
36.\"Alternatively, to load the driver as a
37.\"module at boot time, place the following line in
38.\".Xr loader.conf 5 :
39.\".Bd -literal -offset indent
40.\"u3g_load="YES"
41.\".Ed
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45driver provides support for the multiple USB-to-serial interfaces exposed by
46many 3G USB/PC Card modems.
47.Pp
48The device is accessed through the
49.Xr ucom 4
50driver which makes it behave like a
51.Xr tty 4 .
52.Sh HARDWARE
53The
54.Nm
55driver supports the following adapters:
56.Pp
57.Bl -bullet -compact
58.It
59Huawei E171
60.It
61Huawei E220 (E270?)
62.It
63Huawei EM770W
64.It
65Huawei Mobile
66.It
67Novatel MC950D
68.It
69NTT DOCOMO L-02C
70.It
71Option Globetrotter 3G
72.It
73Option Globetrotter 3G Fusion (only 3G part, not WLAN)
74.It
75Option Globetrotter 3G Fusion Quad (only 3G part, not WLAN)
76.It
77Option Globetrotter 3G Quad
78.It
79Vodafone Mobile Connect Card 3G
80.El
81.Pp
82The supported 3G cards provide the necessary modem port for ppp,
83pppd, or mpd connections as well as extra ports (depending on the specific
84device) to provide other functions (diagnostic port, SIM toolkit port).
85.Sh SEE ALSO
86.Xr tty 4 ,
87.Xr ubsa 4 ,
88.Xr ucom 4 ,
89.Xr usb 4
90.Sh HISTORY
91The
92.Nm
93driver
94appeared in
95.Nx 5.0 .
96The
97.Xr ubsa 4
98manual page was modified for
99.Nm
100by
101.An Andrea Guzzo Aq Mt aguzzo@anywi.com
102in September 2008.
103.Sh AUTHORS
104The
105.Nm
106driver was written by
107.An Andrea Guzzo Aq Mt aguzzo@anywi.com .
108Hardware for testing provided by AnyWi Technologies, Leiden, NL.
109