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20.Dd June 28, 2010
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 "u3ginit* 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 E220 (E270?)
60.It
61Huawei Mobile
62.It
63Novatel MC950D
64.It
65Option Globetrotter 3G
66.It
67Option Globetrotter 3G Fusion (only 3G part, not WLAN)
68.It
69Option Globetrotter 3G Fusion Quad (only 3G part, not WLAN)
70.It
71Option Globetrotter 3G Quad
72.It
73Vodafone Mobile Connect Card 3G
74.El
75.Pp
76The supported 3G cards provide the necessary modem port for ppp,
77pppd, or mpd connections as well as extra ports (depending on the specific
78device) to provide other functions (diagnostic port, SIM toolkit port).
79.Sh SEE ALSO
80.Xr tty 4 ,
81.Xr ubsa 4 ,
82.Xr ucom 4 ,
83.Xr usb 4
84.Sh HISTORY
85The
86.Nm
87driver
88appeared in
89.Nx 5.0 .
90The
91.Xr ubsa 4
92manual page was modified for
93.Nm
94by
95.An Andrea Guzzo Aq aguzzo@anywi.com
96in September 2008.
97.Sh AUTHORS
98The
99.Nm
100driver was written by
101.An Andrea Guzzo Aq aguzzo@anywi.com .
102Hardware for testing provided by AnyWi Technologies, Leiden, NL.
103