How to get IP address

[Tony]

Thank you very much.

On 24/11/15 17:46, Aleksander Morgado wrote:
> Hey,
>
>>          I have managed to connect to EE network. But how do I get an IP
>> address. I am using mmcli to make the connection. Most of the time it fails
>> to make the connection.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>> mmcli -m 0 --simple-connect="apn=everywhere" --timeout=600
>> error: couldn't connect the modem:
>> 'GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.Error.MobileEquipment.GprsUnknown:
>> Unknown error (256)'
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Or
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> mmcli -m 0 --simple-connect="apn=everywhere" --timeout=600
>> error: couldn't connect the modem:
>> 'GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.libmbim.Error.Status.Failure: Failure'
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>   But when it connects
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>> mmcli -m 0 --simple-connect="apn=everywhere" --timeout=600
>> successfully connected the modem
>>
>> mmcli -m 0
>>
>> /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0 (device id
>> 'ca3bb301f9abd2a39125f61329c9616d15d21e0f')
>>    -------------------------
>>    Hardware |   manufacturer: 'Generic'
>>             |          model: 'MBIM [8087:0911]'
>>             |       revision: 'M27260_V2.3_WW_01.1530.102'
>>             |      supported: 'gsm-umts, lte'
>>             |        current: 'gsm-umts, lte'
>>             |   equipment id: '3564040x0000xxx'
>>    -------------------------
>>    System   |         device: '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-5'
>>             |        drivers: 'cdc_mbim, cdc_acm'
>>             |         plugin: 'Generic'
>>             |   primary port: 'cdc-wdm0'
>>             |          ports: 'cdc-wdm0 (mbim), wwan0 (net), ttyACM0 (at),
>> ttyACM2 (at)'
>>    -------------------------
>>    Numbers  |           own : '0044795748xxxx'
>>    -------------------------
>>    Status   |           lock: 'none'
>>             | unlock retries: 'sim-pin2 (3)'
>>             |          state: 'connected'
>>             |    power state: 'on'
>>             |    access tech: 'hsdpa, hsupa'
>>             | signal quality: '19' (recent)
>>    -------------------------
>>    Modes    |      supported: 'allowed: 2g, 3g, 4g; preferred: none'
>>             |        current: 'allowed: 2g, 3g, 4g; preferred: none'
>>    -------------------------
>>    Bands    |      supported: 'unknown'
>>             |        current: 'unknown'
>>    -------------------------
>>    IP       |      supported: 'ipv4, ipv6, ipv4v6'
>>    -------------------------
>>    3GPP     |           imei: '3564040x0000xxx'
>>             |  enabled locks: 'fixed-dialing'
>>             |    operator id: '23433'
>>             |  operator name: 'EE'
>>             |   subscription: 'unknown'
>>             |   registration: 'home'
>>    -------------------------
>>    SIM      |           path: '/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/SIM/0'
>>
>>    -------------------------
>>    Bearers  |          paths: '/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Bearer/0'
>>
>>
>> -------
>>
>>
>>   mmcli -m 0 --simple-status
>>
>> /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0
>>    -------------------------
>>    Status |          state: 'connected'
>>           | signal quality: '22' (recent)
>>           |          bands: 'unknown'
>>           |    access tech: 'hsdpa, hsupa'
>>    -------------------------
>>    3GPP   |   registration: 'home'
>>           |  operator code: '23433'
>>           |  operator name: 'EE'
>>           |   subscription: 'unknown'
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> I do not have an ip address. I tried to manually bring the interface up and
>> get an ip address, without much luck.
>>
>> sudo ifconfig wwan0 up
>> sudo dhclient -d wwan0
>>
>> It keeps on sending DHCPDISCOVER on wwan0. Can somebody please advise what I
>> am doing wrong?
>>
>
> MBIM modems may not have their own DHCP built-in server, so
> ModemManager always defaults to STATIC IP configuration. If you see
> the Bearer object contents once you're connected, you'll get the IP
> details you have to use in the network interface:
>
> $ mmcli -b 0
>
> ModemManager doesn't set those; the user (or another app) would set
> those. E.g. when used alongside NetworkManager, it's NM the one
> setting the IP settings in the iface.
>