3g modem

[sergbokh]

Hello Everyone,

Is there any USB 3g modem supported at the moment?

[topguy]

Its probably a whole bunch, 3G modems aren't really difficult to support.

Most of them just behaves like serial ports and are used almost the same as the modems you used for dial-up back in the day.

[sergbokh]

Its probably a whole bunch, 3G modems aren't really difficult to support.

Most of them just behaves like serial ports and are used almost the same as the modems you used for dial-up back in the day.

Could you please elaborate on how should it be supported?

I expect to use System.Net.HttpRequest, thus 3g modem should be supported on OS level, not on the application level.

So do you mean some kind of custom universal driver needed to be implemented?

[jtanner_msft]

At the moment here is the list of supported USB hardware:
http://ms-iot.github.io/content/win10/Peripherals.htm

Yes, it's a short list and likely to improve over time, but I don't see a 3G USB modem listed yet.

[topguy]

Its probably a whole bunch, 3G modems aren't really difficult to support.
Most of them just behaves like serial ports and are used almost the same as the modems you used for dial-up back in the day.

Could you please elaborate on how should it be supported?
I expect to use System.Net.HttpRequest, thus 3g modem should be supported on OS level, not on the application level.
So do you mean some kind of custom universal driver needed to be implemented?

Sorry I didn't see that this question was in the Win10IoT subforum, so I answered from a Linux perspective. Yes you would need some basic support in the OS for the usb device. ( slightly relevant info: https://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2013/03/05 ... evttyacmx/ )
But you also need support for the PPP protocol in the OS for creating an interface with IP-address.