# Gl\_modem: now I get it

**URL:** <https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/gl-modem-now-i-get-it/11693>\
**Category:** Router\
**Created:** [August 5, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/gl-modem-now-i-get-it/11693 "2020-08-05T03:39:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![darth458](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8dc957/32.png) [@darth458](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/darth458)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/gl-modem-now-i-get-it/11693/1 "2020-08-05T03:39:03Z")

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After spending a day or so trying to figure out how GLiNET is using openwrt to manage the modem  
in my spitz I finally understand that they are using a piece of code for which there is no source or manual. That code is called gl\_modem or possibly gl-modem. Can I get a manpage for that please at least? Or  
maybe I just don’t know where to look? Please save me the trouble of installing strace. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![robotluo](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/robotluo/32/17434_2.png) [@robotluo](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/robotluo)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/gl-modem-now-i-get-it/11693/2 "2020-08-05T04:34:33Z")

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Gl-modem we don’t have open source.  
Gl-modem takes some modem information back to the GUI, which you can get through the AT instruction.  
The modem’s dial-up Internet access was exactly the same as openwrt, and we only modified the network configuration file through gl-modem.

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**Author:** ![bruce](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/bruce/32/35649_2.png) [@bruce](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/bruce)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/gl-modem-now-i-get-it/11693/3 "2025-10-29T04:11:10Z")

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