Raspberry Pi networked via NDIS

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Preparation

Please check the connection first

  • The USB interface (not the USB to UART) is connected to USB port of Pi
  • The SIM7600X module are powered normally
  • The PWR indicator is lighting, the NET indicator is blinking.

Configuration

If you have followed the RNIDS method, and you the usb0 interface is listed by command ifconfig -a, you need to first reset it by the AT command below

Disable usb0 port

  • Communicate SIM7600x Module by minicom
minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB2
  • Type the following command to reset the module and exit
AT+CUSBPIDSWITCH=9001,1,1
  • After setting, you can check if usb0 interface disppears
ifconfig -a

Install wwan0 driver

Raspberry Pi pre-built the wan0 driver of Qualcomm, we need to remove it and then install the driver of SIMCOM.

  • Use root permission and remove the wwan0 dirver
sudo su
rmmod qmi_wwan
  • Download the soucrs codes of wwan0 driver
wget https://files.waveshare.com/upload/0/00/SIM7600_NDIS.7z
sudo apt-get install p7zip-full -y
7z x SIM7600_NDIS.7z   -r -o./SIM7600_NDIS
cd SIM7600_NDIS
  • Install the kernel-headers of Raspberry Pi
sudo apt install raspberrypi-kernel-headers

Note: If the Raspberry Pi OS you use is the old version, you need to update the driver with the following commands

sudo apt-get install --reinstall raspberrypi-bootloader raspberrypi-kernel
  • Compile the driver
sudo su
make clean
make
ls

After command you can find the driver file simcom_wwan.ko is listed.

  • Install the driver
insmod simcom_wwan.ko
lsmod

Set up network

  • Check if the wwan0 is recognized
ifconfig -a
  • Open the wwan0 interface
sudo ifconfig wwan0 up
  • Dailing by AT command
minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB2
AT$QCRMCALL=1,1
  • Finnally, Assign the IP address
apt-get install udhcpc
udhcpc -i wwan0
  • Then you can try to ping a website for a try.
ifconfig -a
ping -I wwan0 www.waveshare.com
  • If there is dns error, you can fix it by the following command
route add -net 0.0.0.0 wwan0