ThinkPad モバイルインターネット
Lenovo の ThinkPad にはモバイルブロードバンドモデムが搭載されているものが多くあります。SIM カードをモデムに挿入することで、移動体通信ネットワークを使ってインターネットに接続することが可能です。
目次
要件
新しい ThinkPad のブロードバンドモデムでは QMI モデムプロトコルを使っています。詳しくは この記事 を参照してください。このようなモデムはファイルシステム上で /dev/cdc-wdm
と認識されます。
Linux で QMI モデムを初期化して使用することは現在まだ出来ません (2014年9月)。Windows で Lenovo のアクティベーションアプリ を使ってモデムを有効化してください (もしくはウェブで "Lenovo mobile broadband" を検索してあなたが使用しているモデム用の適切なアプリを探して下さい)。アプリを使って初期化を行わないかぎりモデムは動作しません。
手順
公式リポジトリから libqmi パッケージをインストールしてください。qmicli
と qmi-network
プログラムが入っています。また、net-tools もインストールしてください。ifconfig
コマンドが入っています。
qmi-network
を使うための ヘルパースクリプト が GitHub に存在します。$PATH
のどこかにスクリプトを保存して実行可能属性を付与して、スクリプトの中身を確認してください。変更する必要がある変数がいくつか存在します (特に WWAN_DEV
)。
qmi_wwan
と qcserial
カーネルモジュールをロードしてください:
$ modprobe qmi_wwan $ modprobe qcserial
他にやる必要があることについては GitHub page of the QMI helper の readme を読んで下さい。特に、あなたが使用するインターネットプロバイダーの APN を /etc/qmi-network.conf
に設定する必要があります:
/etc/qmi-network.conf
APN=foo.bar.net
最後に、qmi_setup.sh start
を実行するとインターネット接続が開始されます。
Alternative method
Reference information: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Gobi_2000
First of all you need to make sure what model your modem is. Open your thinkpads backplate and look for IC or FCC ID. For this example we're going to use GOBI2000 (IC: 2723A-GOBI2000, FCC ID: J9CGOBI2000-L)
Enable your modem device from you BIOS I/O settings.
Download the driver installer exe from support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS001302 and extract it with Wine. It will unpack the drivers to ~/.wine/drive_c/DRIVERS/WWANQL. The unpacker will prompt you to install the drivers automatically after unpacking, but if you need the installer again it's GobiInstaller.msi in previously mentioned folder. The installer will in turn unpack the firmware images to ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/QUALCOMM/Images/Lenovo . Now refer to the reference information on what firmware you want/need. Generally you are good to go with the Generic UMTS and Default Firmware (Forlders 6 an UMTS)
Download gobi loader from http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/gobi_loader/, follow the instructions to make and install (you might need to 'sudo make install'). Now copy the 3 previous firmware files to /lib/firmware/gobi (if the folder doesn't exist, create it). Insert your sim card to the port found under your battery pack and restart. Your modem should now show up in your network manager.
Getting around BIOS-level whitelist restrictions
In newer ThinkPad models, it is normally impossible to swap the LTE modem for a supported one due to BIOS-level restrictions ("whitelists" of allowed M.2 expansion cards) implemented in all modern Lenovo laptops. However, a method has been found to configure any Sierra Wireless EM73xx/EM74xx modem to "evade" the whitelist checks, so these modems can be used normally.
We will assume the model to be Sierra Wireless EM7455
here.
Settings for Sierra Wireless EM7455
General description
Use AT!CUSTOM="FASTENUMEN",0
AT command to disable the modem's USB fast enumeration feature. The modem will take a significantly longer time to appear on the USB bus and the firmware will "miss" the modem at boot time.
Alternatively, use AT!CUSTOM="FASTENUMEN",2
to selectively enable USB fast enumeration for warm boots only. The modem will reappear faster on S3 resume but still evade the whitelist checks on regular boots and reboots (the mechanism of this effect is not fully clear to the author).
This comes with a downside: because the firmware does not "see" the modem, it will not export the WWAN rfkill but instead it will unconditionally assert the W_DISABLE
pin of the M.2 slot, forcing the modem into "airplane mode".
Use AT!PCOFFEN=2
AT command to configure the modem to ignore this pin.
Step-by-step
1. Boot the laptop with the stock modem in place and WWAN card access enabled in BIOS setup.
2. Suspend the laptop (make sure it is configured to use S3).
3. Hot-swap the stock Fibocom modem with the Sierra Wireless one, then resume. Whitelists are not consulted at S3 resume.
Check that the modem is present on the USB bus:
# lsusb <...> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1199:9071 Sierra Wireless, Inc. <...>
Remember the VID (vendor ID) of the modem (1199
in this example).
4. Stop ModemManager, if it is running:
# systemctl stop ModemManager
5. Optionally, update the modem firmware with the qmi-firmware-update
tool:
# cd /path/to/extracted/firmware # qmi-firmware-update -d 1199 -u *.cwe *.nvu
6. Change the modem's USB composition to enable AT command ports:
# qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm1 --dms-swi-set-usb-composition=8
7. Power-cycle the modem as advised by qmicli
:
# qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm1 --dms-set-operating-mode=offline # qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm1 --dms-set-operating-mode=reset
8. Wait for the modem to reappear, then verify:
# qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm1 --dms-swi-get-usb-composition [/dev/cdc-wdm1] Successfully retrieved USB compositions: USB composition 6: DM, NMEA, AT, QMI [*] USB composition 8: DM, NMEA, AT, MBIM USB composition 9: MBIM
9. Verify that the three serial ports /dev/ttyUSB0
, /dev/ttyUSB1
and /dev/ttyUSB2
are now available (assuming you do not have any other USB-serial converters plugged in):
# ls -l /dev/ttyUSB* crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 0 Feb 14 20:11 /dev/ttyUSB0 crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 1 Feb 14 20:11 /dev/ttyUSB1 crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 2 Feb 14 20:11 /dev/ttyUSB2
10. Attach to /dev/ttyUSB2
with a serial terminal emulator of your choice (e. g. screen
):
# screen /dev/ttyUSB2 115200
11. Enter the AT commands (note that you do not need to type OK
, the replies are included here as part of a session transcript):
11.1. Enable command echo (if echo is initially disabled, you won't see this command as you type it):
ATE1 OK
11.2. Unlock engineering commands:
AT!ENTERCND="A710" OK
11.3. Check customization options (these are the author's options):
AT!CUSTOM? !CUSTOM: GPSENABLE 0x01 GPSSEL 0x01 IPV6ENABLE 0x01 SIMLPM 0x01 SINGLEAPNSWITCH 0x01 OK
11.4. Configure USB fast enumeration (swap 2
for 0
if you want to play it safe):
AT!CUSTOM="FASTENUMEN",2 OK
11.5. Verify:
AT!CUSTOM? !CUSTOM: GPSENABLE 0x01 GPSSEL 0x01 IPV6ENABLE 0x01 SIMLPM 0x01 FASTENUMEN 0x02 SINGLEAPNSWITCH 0x01 OK
(it should now show the FASTENUMEN
option alongside others)
11.6. Configure the modem to ignore W_DISABLE:
AT!PCOFFEN=2 OK
11.7. Verify:
AT!PCOFFEN? 2 OK
11.8. Reset the modem:
AT!RESET OK
(the terminal will disconnect after a while)
12. Wait for the modem to reappear, then verify configuration by rebooting / powering down / hard resetting the laptop.
Remarks
For more information (including the original thought process that led to this discovery), see these lenovo threads and this reddit thread.
You may also apply other useful configuration options described here.
トラブルシューティング
- Windows でモデムを初期化してください。