How Do I Find The Mobile Provider From 4G Dongle?
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I have two or more 4G dongles connected via USB. I have set up multiple configuration files (one for each provider), but short of a visual inspection (which for this project won't be possible in the field) I have no way of knowing which SIM in which dongle is connected to which mobile provider.
Is there a way of interrogating the dongle from the command line - perhaps using the chat command - to ask it which mobile provider it is connected to? Obviously smartphones can do this - they display it, after all. Would this be possible with a dongle?
By the way, this would be before telling the modem to connect to the provider's APN, so I can then call pppd with the provider-appropriate config file.
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I have two or more 4G dongles connected via USB. I have set up multiple configuration files (one for each provider), but short of a visual inspection (which for this project won't be possible in the field) I have no way of knowing which SIM in which dongle is connected to which mobile provider.
Is there a way of interrogating the dongle from the command line - perhaps using the chat command - to ask it which mobile provider it is connected to? Obviously smartphones can do this - they display it, after all. Would this be possible with a dongle?
By the way, this would be before telling the modem to connect to the provider's APN, so I can then call pppd with the provider-appropriate config file.
linux command-line usb modem pppd
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What operating system(s) are you using?
– Jeff Schaller
3 hours ago
Linux, which is why I posted it here. :)
– uvdevops
2 hours ago
We have a variety of Unices here, so it helps to narrow it down.
– Jeff Schaller
2 hours ago
And what dongle do you have? Most support AT commands (extended with a lot of custom stuff). In which case, go get its (possibly "confidential") manual. But I once had a 4G dongle that was running itself some version of linux+busybox and working as an actual router -- if presented itself as CDC device no different from an android phone in tethering mode. I could get into it by "exploiting" the php(!) scripts from its web configuration interface ;-)
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1 hour ago
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I have two or more 4G dongles connected via USB. I have set up multiple configuration files (one for each provider), but short of a visual inspection (which for this project won't be possible in the field) I have no way of knowing which SIM in which dongle is connected to which mobile provider.
Is there a way of interrogating the dongle from the command line - perhaps using the chat command - to ask it which mobile provider it is connected to? Obviously smartphones can do this - they display it, after all. Would this be possible with a dongle?
By the way, this would be before telling the modem to connect to the provider's APN, so I can then call pppd with the provider-appropriate config file.
linux command-line usb modem pppd
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I have two or more 4G dongles connected via USB. I have set up multiple configuration files (one for each provider), but short of a visual inspection (which for this project won't be possible in the field) I have no way of knowing which SIM in which dongle is connected to which mobile provider.
Is there a way of interrogating the dongle from the command line - perhaps using the chat command - to ask it which mobile provider it is connected to? Obviously smartphones can do this - they display it, after all. Would this be possible with a dongle?
By the way, this would be before telling the modem to connect to the provider's APN, so I can then call pppd with the provider-appropriate config file.
linux command-line usb modem pppd
linux command-line usb modem pppd
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What operating system(s) are you using?
– Jeff Schaller
3 hours ago
Linux, which is why I posted it here. :)
– uvdevops
2 hours ago
We have a variety of Unices here, so it helps to narrow it down.
– Jeff Schaller
2 hours ago
And what dongle do you have? Most support AT commands (extended with a lot of custom stuff). In which case, go get its (possibly "confidential") manual. But I once had a 4G dongle that was running itself some version of linux+busybox and working as an actual router -- if presented itself as CDC device no different from an android phone in tethering mode. I could get into it by "exploiting" the php(!) scripts from its web configuration interface ;-)
– mosvy
1 hour ago
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What operating system(s) are you using?
– Jeff Schaller
3 hours ago
Linux, which is why I posted it here. :)
– uvdevops
2 hours ago
We have a variety of Unices here, so it helps to narrow it down.
– Jeff Schaller
2 hours ago
And what dongle do you have? Most support AT commands (extended with a lot of custom stuff). In which case, go get its (possibly "confidential") manual. But I once had a 4G dongle that was running itself some version of linux+busybox and working as an actual router -- if presented itself as CDC device no different from an android phone in tethering mode. I could get into it by "exploiting" the php(!) scripts from its web configuration interface ;-)
– mosvy
1 hour ago
What operating system(s) are you using?
– Jeff Schaller
3 hours ago
What operating system(s) are you using?
– Jeff Schaller
3 hours ago
Linux, which is why I posted it here. :)
– uvdevops
2 hours ago
Linux, which is why I posted it here. :)
– uvdevops
2 hours ago
We have a variety of Unices here, so it helps to narrow it down.
– Jeff Schaller
2 hours ago
We have a variety of Unices here, so it helps to narrow it down.
– Jeff Schaller
2 hours ago
And what dongle do you have? Most support AT commands (extended with a lot of custom stuff). In which case, go get its (possibly "confidential") manual. But I once had a 4G dongle that was running itself some version of linux+busybox and working as an actual router -- if presented itself as CDC device no different from an android phone in tethering mode. I could get into it by "exploiting" the php(!) scripts from its web configuration interface ;-)
– mosvy
1 hour ago
And what dongle do you have? Most support AT commands (extended with a lot of custom stuff). In which case, go get its (possibly "confidential") manual. But I once had a 4G dongle that was running itself some version of linux+busybox and working as an actual router -- if presented itself as CDC device no different from an android phone in tethering mode. I could get into it by "exploiting" the php(!) scripts from its web configuration interface ;-)
– mosvy
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I found the answer here. The command to send to the modem is AT+COPS?. The response will be something like
+COPS: 0,0,”Verizon Wireless”,7
OK
I just need to write some scripting now to automate this.
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I found the answer here. The command to send to the modem is AT+COPS?. The response will be something like
+COPS: 0,0,”Verizon Wireless”,7
OK
I just need to write some scripting now to automate this.
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I found the answer here. The command to send to the modem is AT+COPS?. The response will be something like
+COPS: 0,0,”Verizon Wireless”,7
OK
I just need to write some scripting now to automate this.
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I found the answer here. The command to send to the modem is AT+COPS?. The response will be something like
+COPS: 0,0,”Verizon Wireless”,7
OK
I just need to write some scripting now to automate this.
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I found the answer here. The command to send to the modem is AT+COPS?. The response will be something like
+COPS: 0,0,”Verizon Wireless”,7
OK
I just need to write some scripting now to automate this.
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What operating system(s) are you using?
– Jeff Schaller
3 hours ago
Linux, which is why I posted it here. :)
– uvdevops
2 hours ago
We have a variety of Unices here, so it helps to narrow it down.
– Jeff Schaller
2 hours ago
And what dongle do you have? Most support AT commands (extended with a lot of custom stuff). In which case, go get its (possibly "confidential") manual. But I once had a 4G dongle that was running itself some version of linux+busybox and working as an actual router -- if presented itself as CDC device no different from an android phone in tethering mode. I could get into it by "exploiting" the php(!) scripts from its web configuration interface ;-)
– mosvy
1 hour ago