Couldn’t find a existing topic about this.
There’s very little information on running WWAN modems on linux, and anything that does exist is for extremely old kernels and for specific hardware. I’ve got a Gobi 3000 (Sierra Wireless MC8355) in my T420, running arch linux. Has anyone else had experience with this?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gobi_Broadband_Modems
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ThinkPad_mobile_internet
Never had any use for wwan on my x200s so never took an actual look at it, but seems to be pretty straight-forward.
All those seem to be for them being implemented in serial. I can see the modem with lsusb but there’s no /dev/ttyUSB* devices.
I just got it working. Installing the packages off the AUR worked.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gobi-loader/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gobi-firmware-mc8355/
Everything “just werkz” now!
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