Description

The SIM card is inserted and detected properly but returns configuration errors when the interface (cl-0/0/0) is added into the configuration for the site.


Hardware detection:

# ls /sys/bus/usb/drivers/qmi_wwan/*/net/

wwp0s21u1i8

Symptoms

Using variables:

“1: Error: cl-0/0/0 is not a valid interface on this device”

{{LTE_NAME}}

{{LTE_DESR}}

{{LTE_INTERFACE}}

 

Entered directly as described in Configure WAN Edge Templates for Session Smart Routers:

cl-0/0/0 (Error: cl-0/0/0 is not a valid interface on this device)

cl-1/0/0 (Error: cl-1/0/0 is not a valid interface on this device)

wwp0s21u1i8 (Not a valid interface for MIST)

Solution

Change the interface name from cl-0/0/0 to lte-0/0/0.


There is a documentation defect opened to have this addressed.

Modification History

2025-01-10 : Article Created

Related Information

https://docs.128technology.com/docs/howto_lte/

https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/mist/mist-wan/topics/task/influence-path-selection-from-hub-to-spoke.html#task_od3_slq_nbc