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@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $NetBSD: cdce.4,v 1.4 2004/12/08 18:35:56 peter Exp $
-.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 10, 2019
+.Dd May 26, 2025
.Dt CDCE 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -47,6 +46,13 @@ kernel configuration file:
.Cd "device cdce"
.Ed
.Pp
+Mobile Devices (eg. Huawei E3372, E5573 and others)
+may need additionally the u3g command port:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+.Cd "device ucom"
+.Cd "device u3g"
+.Ed
+.Pp
Alternatively, to load the driver as a
module at boot time, place the following line in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
@@ -77,22 +83,37 @@ received and transmitted over separate USB bulk transfer endpoints.
The
.Nm
driver does not support different media types or options.
+.Pp
+Mobile
+.Nm
+Network Devices may need a connect command sequence via u3g
+serial command port before they activate the NCM/ECM/ACM network
+interface.
+For example:
+.Dl echo 'AT^NDISUP=1,1,"internet"' > /dev/cuaU[0].0
+where
+.Dq internet
+is your providers apn name.
.Sh HARDWARE
-The following devices are supported by the
+The
.Nm
-driver:
+driver supports USB Ethernet interfaces implementing the
+USB Communication Device Class Ethernet Control Model (CDC ECM) or
+Network Control Model (CDC NCM) protocol, such as:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
+Android USB tethering
+.It
+iPhone USB tethering
+.It
Prolific PL-2501 Host-to-Host Bridge Controller
.It
Sharp Zaurus PDA
.It
Terayon TJ-715 DOCSIS Cable Modem
.It
-Realtek RTL8156 USB GBE/2.5G Ethernet Family Controller
-.It
-Planex USB-LAN2500R
+Huawei 3G/4G LTE (eg. E3372, E5573) and other mobile network devices
.El
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
@@ -125,6 +146,8 @@ is running low on mbufs.
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr ipheth 4 ,
.Xr netintro 4 ,
+.Xr u3g 4 ,
+.Xr ucom 4 ,
.Xr urndis 4 ,
.Xr usb 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8