[pfSense] Orange 3G+ USB Dongle

[Mehma Sarja]

On 2/2/12 11:09 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 00:44, Mehma Sarja <mehmasarja at gmail.com 
> <mailto:mehmasarja at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 2/2/12 12:44 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>>
>>     On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 21:01, Mehma Sarja <mehmasarja at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:mehmasarja at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         I'm trying to remotely setup an Orange 3G+ usb modem and am
>>         wondering if we can directly plug it into a pfSense's USB
>>         port and start configuring it? By remotely, I
>>
>>
>>     Hi Mehma,
>>
>>     You could have taken this first into the Kenyan technical forum -
>>     skunkworks.
>>     First tell me, which modem is this? ZTE MF192 or the older one? I
>>     cannot remember the model. Having the modem bundled with DIR-412
>>     means these guys (Orange) already disabled the virtual CD-ROM,
>>     right? That is the only way it would work with the D-Link DIR-412.
>>
>     Hi Washington,
>
>     Thanks for the quick reply!
>
>     I am not aware of the Kenyan tech forum - skunkworks. Checking
>     online it looks like a blog. Yours, perhaps?
>
>     I will get the model number shortly. We got the bundle in Kisumu a
>     month ago and have it running on a weekly pre-pay plan. You'll
>     have to excuse me, I do not know what a virtual CD-ROM is.
>
>     I was in Siaya over the new year's working on a medical records
>     automation project. We are trying to get ssh access to allow them
>     to go-live next month. The administrators are really green and
>     need much hand-holding. We carried most of our equipment over (3
>     servers, 5 switches, fiber optic cables) and are currently
>     challenged by Internet access and UPS.
>
>
>
> Hi Mehma,
>
> I am not sure I understand what you need to do here.
>
> Is it that you'd like to run pfSense on a workstation in Siaya, to 
> enable you get SSH access onto a server located there?
>
> Have you tried looking at this another way, like:
>
> 1. Using TeamViewer (http://www.teamviewer.com) - Get the guys at 
> Siaya to run it on a host there, run the same on your side,
>     access their Desktop, then you can download putty.exe from 
> http://lix.in/-adf819 and use it to ssh into the server you want
> 2. If you want to have pfSense at the site in Siaya, my question is - 
> how will you be accessing the pfSense box? Do you intend to configure 
> a VPN tunnel between the box and another endpoint at your end?
>
> I have not tried using Internet in Siaya, but if Safaricom was there, 
> I'd go for their 3G instead of this EvDO from Orange, although the 
> last time I used EvDO in Kisumu the speeds were pretty good. I hope 
> the same applies to Siaya.
>
> Please feel free to take this discussion off list with me. I have a 
> feeling you are not in Kenya at the moment. I can probably help you 
> sort out your needs.
>
>
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
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Washington,

I am not in Kenya anymore - back home in Northern California. What I am 
trying to grapple with is to get the orange 3g+ modem working directly 
connected to the pfSense firewall. It works on the Dlink router and we 
get Internet. However, I am not able to setup port forwarding because 
there are 3 devices involved.

Was hoping if we can get the dlink router out of the picture... 
Yesterday we tried the direct connection and tried to bring up an 
interface - no luck. The interface won't register under either of the 2 
cua's presented.

The only way you can help that I can think of is to help us get the 
dongle directly connected and working. Safaricon is charging 140 some 
dollars a month for shared 256K service. Way more than the 44 we pay 
now. We may do that to get to go-live.

Mehma

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Mehma

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