call-failed using Huawei E398

[Aleksander Morgado]

> I am trying to establish an UMTS connection using latest version
> libqni and a E398 USB stick.
> Kernel (3.5.2) detects the cdc interface correctly after calling usb_modeswitch.
> 
> My steps so far:
> 
> qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --dms-uim-verify-pin=PIN,1234
> [/dev/cdc-wdm0] PIN verified successfully
> 
> qmi-network /dev/cdc-wdm0 start
> Starting network with 'qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --wds-start-network
> --client-no-release-cid'...
> error: couldn't start network: QMI protocol error (14): 'call-failed'
> call end reason: 1013
> verbose call end reason: 6, 27
> Saving state... (CID: 2)
> error: network start failed, no packet data handle
> Clearing state...
> 
> Sim card is from Vodafone and the APNs are configured as following:
> at+cgdcont?
> +CGDCONT: 1,"IP","web.vodafone.de","0.0.0.0",0,0
> +CGDCONT: 16,"IP","web.vodafone.de","0.0.0.0",0,0
> 
> at+cops?
> +COPS: 0,0,"Vodafone.de",2
> 
> Did I miss a step or is this Huawei modem not yet supported?
> 

I bet you're also hit by the missing APN TLV in the WDS Start Network
command. I should update qmicli and qmi-network to support that soon...

-- 
Aleksander