#!/bin/sh

# Mobile Broadband Startup Service script v0.1 alpha by The Fan Club - April 2012

# acts as startup service script for nmcli to fire up Mobile Broadband Connections

# NOTE: Use the name of the Mobile Connection in the Network Manager as the 'id'

# USAGE: start|stop|status

#

### BEGIN INIT INFO

# Provides: mobile-broadband-connect

# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog

# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog

# Should-Start: $network

# Should-Stop: $network

# Default-Start: 3 4 5

# Default-Stop: 0 1 6

# Short-Description: Autoconnect 3G GSM

### END INIT INFO

 

NAME="mobile-broadband-connect"

DESC="Autoconnect 3G/4G GSM USB modem at startup"

 

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

 

case "$1" in

        start)

           echo "Starting Mobile Broadband Connection."

 

           while true; do

              # testing...

              LC_ALL=C nmcli -t -f TYPE,STATE dev | grep -q "^gsm:disconnected$"

              if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then

                 break

              else

                 # no GSM modem detected yet, sleeping for a second

                 sleep 1

              fi

           done

 

           # Once GSM modem detected, run the script

           nmcli -t con up id YourMobileBroadbandConnectionNameHere

        ;;

        stop)

           echo "Stopping Mobile Broadband Connection."

           nmcli -t con down id YourMobileBroadbandConnectionNameHere

           nmcli -t nm wwan off

        ;;

        status)

           # Check to see if the process is running with nmcli

       nmcli -p dev

        ;;

       

        *)

           echo "Mobile Broadband Startup Service"

           echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status}"

           exit 1

esac

exit 0