Mint 17.1 - 3G/4G connections drop after a short time

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Mint 17.1 - 3G/4G connections drop after a short time

Post by michaeldjcox »

Linux mint 17.1 Cinnamon

Lenovo N5321 gw (ttyACM0)
(rebranded Ericsson H5321gw)

This was rock solid in mint 16 after following:

http://forum.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.ph ... 21#p707130

but with mint 17.1 I can get a connection for only a short period and then it drops - sometimes instantly, usually after a second or two, once I got 15 minutes.

This is a real blocker for me - on the verge or returning to mint 16.

Anybody know how to solve this one?

Michael

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Jan 26 17:13:45 mintpad ModemManager[802]: message repeated 3 times: [ <info>  Modem /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0: signal quality updated (100)]
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad ModemManager[802]: <info>  Modem /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0: 3GPP location updated (MCC: '234', MNC: '30', Location area code: '481', Cell ID: 'C5C4B0')
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad ModemManager[802]: <info>  Modem /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0: access technology changed (hspa -> umts)
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad pppd[2135]: Modem hangup
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad kernel: [  210.402726] usb 2-4: USB disconnect, device number 2
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad pppd[2135]: Connect time 2.4 minutes.
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad pppd[2135]: Sent 112594 bytes, received 297427 bytes.
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad ModemManager[802]: <info>  (tty/ttyACM0): released by modem /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-4
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad pppd[2135]: Connection terminated.
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad avahi-daemon[885]: Withdrawing workstation service for wwan0.
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad avahi-daemon[885]: Withdrawing workstation service for ppp0.
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad NetworkManager[855]: <info> (ttyACM1): device state change: activated -> failed (reason 'ip-config-unavailable') [100 120 5]
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad ModemManager[802]: <info>  (tty/ttyACM1): released by modem /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-4
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad ModemManager[802]: <info>  (usbmisc/cdc-wdm0): released by modem /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-4
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad kernel: [  210.405025] cdc_ncm 2-4:1.6 wwan0: unregister 'cdc_ncm' usb-0000:00:14.0-4, Mobile Broadband Network Device
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad ModemManager[802]: <info>  (net/wwan0): released by modem /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-4
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad NetworkManager[855]: <info> NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad NetworkManager[855]: <warn> Activation (ttyACM1) failed for connection 'EE connection'
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad ModemManager[802]: <info>  Modem /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0: state changed (connected -> disconnecting)
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad NetworkManager[855]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices removed (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0)
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad dbus[745]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' (using servicehelper)
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad NetworkManager[855]:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices removed (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-4/2-4:1.6/net/wwan0, iface: wwan0)
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad NetworkManager[855]: <info> (ttyACM1): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0]
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad NetworkManager[855]: <info> (ttyACM1): deactivating device (reason 'none') [0]
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad kernel: [  210.417902] cdc_acm 2-4:1.10: acm_start_wb - usb_submit_urb(write bulk) failed: -19
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad dbus[745]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad NetworkManager[855]: <warn> (5) failed to find interface name for index
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad NetworkManager[855]: nm_system_iface_flush_routes: assertion 'iface != NULL' failed
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad NetworkManager[855]: <warn> (5) failed to find interface name for index
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad NetworkManager[855]: <warn> DNS: plugin dnsmasq update failed
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad NetworkManager[855]: <info> Removing DNS information from /sbin/resolvconf
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad dnsmasq[2192]: setting upstream servers from DBus
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad ModemManager[802]: <info>  (usbmisc/cdc-wdm1): released by modem /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-4
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad ModemManager[802]: <info>  (tty/ttyACM2): released by modem /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-4
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad NetworkManager[855]: <info> (ttyACM1) modem state changed, 'connected' --> 'disconnecting' (reason: user-requested)
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad NetworkManager[855]: <info> (ttyACM1): device state change: disconnected -> unmanaged (reason 'removed') [30 10 36]
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad NetworkManager[855]: <info> (ttyACM1): cleaning up...
Jan 26 17:14:14 mintpad NetworkManager[855]: <info> (ttyACM1): taking down device.
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Re: Mint 17.1 - 3G/4G connections drop after a short time

Post by kukamuumuka »

Continuous ping may help.

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ping -i 4 someaddress.com
PS. Replace someaddress.con using real address.
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