Solved: USB Tethering of Verizon Jetpack AC791L

[amadeuspzs]

Hello folks,

In response to my attempts to USB tether a Verizon MiFi jetpack to the Nano (TL;DR - it won't work):

I have switched to the Verizon Jetpack AC791L (https://www.verizonwireless.com/internet-devices/verizon-jetpack-4g-lte-mobile-hotspot-ac791l/) instead, which does not work out of the box but can be fixed pretty easily:

First off, make sure when you connect the device you enable USB Tethering through the on-screen prompt. Then you should see:

root@Pineapple:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0846:68e1 NetGear, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05e3:0745 Genesys Logic, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0cf3:9271 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR9271 802.11n
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:6254 Alcor Micro Corp. USB Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

and

root@Pineapple:~# lsusb -t
/:  Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-platform/1p, 480M
    |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/4p, 480M
        |__ Port 1: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Vendor Specific Class, Driver=ath9k_htc, 480M
        |__ Port 2: Dev 4, If 0, Class=Mass Storage, Driver=usb-storage, 480M
        |__ Port 3: Dev 5, If 0, Class=Wireless, Driver=rndis_host, 480M
        |__ Port 3: Dev 5, If 1, Class=CDC Data, Driver=rndis_host, 480M

Now, the device will be listed as `eth1` which won't be enabled:

root@Pineapple:~# ifconfig -a
br-lan    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:C0:CA:91:AD:EA
          inet addr:172.16.42.1  Bcast:172.16.42.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1340 errors:0 dropped:35 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1515 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:227079 (221.7 KiB)  TX bytes:1175120 (1.1 MiB)

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:C0:CA:91:AD:EA
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1355 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1519 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:248623 (242.7 KiB)  TX bytes:1175304 (1.1 MiB)
          Interrupt:4

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:A0:C6:00:00:00
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:164 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:164 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:11650 (11.3 KiB)  TX bytes:11650 (11.3 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:C0:CA:91:7F:19
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:212 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:24826 (24.2 KiB)

wlan0-1   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 02:C0:CA:91:7F:19
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:206 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:23207 (22.6 KiB)

wlan1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:C0:CA:91:96:32
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

You need to set this device up to receive an IP address via DHCP.

In /etc/config/network add:

config interface 'jetpack'
	option ifname 'eth1'
	option proto 'dhcp'
	option dns '8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4'

Restart, and you should be good to go ?.