MBIM-NETWORK(1)

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version 1.34.0 · 16 versions
, in alpine 3.24, ubuntu stonking

💖 MBIM-NETWORK(1) 💖

okay so this is a User Commands page, section 1 of the manual, and it's literally all about mbim-network — the cutest little script for doing simple network management of MBIM devices. bestie, let's get you connected 💅

✨ NAME ✨

mbim-network — simple network management of MBIM devices 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mbim-network [OPTIONS] [DEVICE] [COMMAND]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Simple network management of MBIM devices. that's the whole vibe, no cap.

👑 Commands:

  • start — start network connection 🔥 like, go get that connection bestie
  • stop — stop network connection 💀 hangs up, says bye
  • status — query network connection status 🔍 asks the device "how are we doing??"

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --profile=[PATH] — use the profile in the specified path. [PATH] is a placeholder, so swap in your actual path, iykyk
  • --help, -h — show help options 🫶 the classic "help meeee"
  • --version — show version ✨

🧚 Notes:

  1. [DEVICE] is given as the full path to the cdc-wdm character device, e.g.:
/dev/cdc-wdm0
  1. The mbim-network script requires a profile to work. Unless explicitly specified with --profile, the file is assumed to be available in the following path:
/etc/mbim-network.conf
  1. The APN to use should be configured in the profile, in the following way (e.g. assuming APN is called 'internet'):
APN=internet
  1. Optional APN user/password strings may be given in the following way:
APN_USER=user APN_PASS=password
  1. If APN user/password is specified, the authentication protocol to use (one of PAP, CHAP or MSCHAPV2) must also be specified in the following way:
APN_AUTH=protocol
  1. If you want to instruct the mbim-network script to use the mbim-proxy setup, you can do so by configuring the following line in the profile:
PROXY=yes
  1. Once the mbim-network script reports a successful connection you still need to run a DHCP client on the associated WWAN network interface. 🫠 no skipping this step, bestie, the connection is NOT fully cooked yet
⚠️ real talk: note 7 is not a suggestion. a "successful connection" report is not the whole story, bestie — you still gotta run that DHCP client on the WWAN interface.

Copyright © 2013-2021 Aleksander Morgado License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

(so like, yes you can remix and redistribute it, it's giving open source royalty, but there is literally NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. read that part again fr fr 👀)

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The full documentation for mbim-network is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and mbim-network programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info mbim-network

should give you access to the complete manual. go get that full lore, it's worth it 📖✨

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was mbim-network version 1.34.0, dated January 2026, filed under MBIM-NETWORK(1). stay connected, run your DHCP client, and slay 💖💅🎀

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