3g UTMS Modem listed as eth device

Question

Hello All,

Attempting to set up a 3g USB connection on my home firewall as a failover device.

Using a Vodafone K4201-Z.

The UTM appears to recognise the device, but when I go to add an Interface, it isn't listed under the 3G/UMTS hardware, interestingly, it does appear if I select a different interface type, such as Ethernet, where it is listed as "eth4 USB ONDA Communications S.p.A".

Have run the following commands/results.

office:/root # setitfhw.plx
[eth4]
type = ethernet
supported_link_modes =
description = USB ONDA Communication S.p.A.
mii = 0
irq = 0
auto_negotiation = 0
hardware = eth4
pcidev = usb_1 (0x1)_3 (0x3)
mac = 00:a0:c6:00:00:00
slot =

office:/root # cc get_objects itfhw usbserial
[]

Any ideas or advice would be much appreciated!

Regards.

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WaseemFayed · Answer

This is more than one year old, but I stumbled on this with the same problem. 
 I actually resolved this simply by setting the newly created Ethernet device to use a DHCP IP. 
 This caused the USB to connect to the mobile vendor APN and provide me with internet access. 
 I have tested it and it is working ok with load balancing and all. 
 I have the same ZTE model from Vodafone Egypt.