Huawei E3372h-320 on GL-MT1300 connection problem

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Hello,
Getting a Huawei LTE working on a GL-Inet router seems to be a hard problem considering the numerous postings. I could not find one that solved my issue.

I would like to be able to simply insert the modem and connect via the webinterface of the router. I did not try to get the modem connecting on one of my computers.

I have a GL-Inet GL-MT1300 with:
firmware: Current Version 3.211
kmod-usb-net-cdc-ether 4.14.241-1
usb-modeswitch 2017-12-19-f40f84c2-2

And a 4G USB modem: Huawei E3372h-320

I edited /etc/usb-mode.json and inserted (a new version of usb-modeswitch probably has this device listed already) :

            "12d1:14db": {
                    "*": {
                            "t_vendor": 4817,
                            "t_product": [ 5321 ],
                            "mode": "HuaweiNew",
                            "msg": [  ]
                    }
            },

/sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices:

T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 5 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=02(comm.) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=12d1 ProdID=14db Rev= 1.02
S: Manufacturer=HUAWEI_MOBILE
S: Product=HUAWEI_MOBILE
C:* #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr= 2mA
A: FirstIf#= 0 IfCount= 2 Cls=02(comm.) Sub=06 Prot=00
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=02(comm.) Sub=06 Prot=00 Driver=(none)
E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 16 Ivl=2ms
I:* If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 0 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=(none)
I: If#= 1 Alt= 1 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=(none)
E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms

When the Huawei modem is inserted, dmesg shows:

[ 347.572851] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using xhci-mtk
[ 347.834655] cdc_ether 1-1:1.0 eth1: register ‘cdc_ether’ at usb-1e1c0000.xhci-1, CDC Ethernet Device, 00:1e:10:1f:00:00
[ 347.851116] cdc_ether 1-1:1.0 eth1: unregister ‘cdc_ether’ usb-1e1c0000.xhci-1, CDC Ethernet Device

To me the unregister seems wrong. Is that correct, and how can it be fixed?
And how can I connect to the Internet using the modem?

Thank you for any help.

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I just think you need to change the LAN IP of the router from 192.168.8.1, as I think most Huawei modems use this also.

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It should work in tethering and you should just leave it work in tethering.

Just change LAN IP to avoid IP conflict.

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What happens when you click on the Admin Panel → Internet → Tethering?

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EDIT: The “h” in “E3372h” is supposed to stand for “HiLink”, which works like Ethernet adapter.

I do not work for and I do not have formal association with GL.iNet

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Thank you. The panel looks like your image, and nothing happens.

I changed the network to 192.168.10.1 to allow for Huawei on 192.168.8.1

Reading about the Huawei modem I found out that there are many versions of Huawei E3372, and they are really different.

Last night I made a serious step forward. I booted my PC from a Debian live image (version 11.3 with non-free binaries), inserted the modem, selected it using the networkmanager, and opened a browser. The Huawei modem routed me to 192.168.8.1 that has a control page for the modem. After configuration I had an Internet connection via de Huawei modem.

When configuring the Huawei modem I learned that the Huawei mother-ship wants to know everything from you. I think this will be my last Huawei product.

I gave the Huawei modem another try with my GL-MT1300: the modem immediately unregisters.

Would kernel 4.14 (from 2017) be too old to handle the modem? Or is the modeswitch wrong?

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I have no idea why it unregisterred immediatelly. Very strange.

Can you make sure the power adapter is good?

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I switched the power-adapter for a known good one: same result,
unregister after 20ms

Interesting point: the LED turns blue, indicating a 4G connection

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There are some online posts from people who have flashed the firmware to switch from HiLink to modem. You can Google for them if you want to try. :grin:

I do not work for and I do not have formal association with GL.iNet

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Not really my cup of tea, but thank you pointing it out

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I’d try resetting the dongle (think they call it “system reset”) via the GUI and try again.
At the same time might be worth doing a factory reset of the router.

I have a 3372h (not exactly the same model as yours) and it works in tethering mode, no problem.

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I did a full reset of the modem and GL-MT1300, set the LAN-IP, and now it works! Some bit must have tumbled. All that is left is configuring Wifi and VPN.

Thank you all very much. I am so happy to have a truly wireless router with Wifi.

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