3g usb modem on linux?

zekiel

Has anyone managed to get this working on a linux box/laptop?

I'm using it with my windows machine and its working grand but I want to be able to use it with my linux laptop while on the move.. anyone any suggestions?

ethernet

USB modem I take it.

Here are two links which may help:

• Linux.ie
• Linux Forums

un.seen

Kernel versions <= 2.6.19 do not ignore HUAWEI E220 fake volume
and try to automount this pseudo SCSI CD-ROM (with windows drivers)
making the built-in usb-terminal not accessible. At the same time,
usbserial.ko does not know, that it is responsible for E220 modem
and it fails to assign itself to the device. Files included in this
package will help you avoid most of the problems. Even if you
use kernel > 2.6.19, take a look at the PPP configuration files.

Solutions are kernel specific.

openSUSE 10.2 (problem resolved) kernel 2.6.18
SUSE Linux 10.1 (problem resolved) 2.6.16
Fedora Core 5 (problem resolved) 2.6.15
Ubuntu 6.06 (problem resolved) 2.6.15
Ubuntu 7.04 (problem resolved) 2.6.20
GENTOO Linux 2.6.20.1 (no problems) 2.6.20


It worked for me out of the box with Ubuntu with the following wvdial.conf:

[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Baud = 3600000
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2
Init3 =
Area Code =
Phone = *99#
Username = ppp
Password = ppp
Ask Password = 0
Dial Command = ATDT
Stupid Mode = 1
Compuserve = 0
Force Address =
Idle Seconds = 0
DialMessage1 =
DialMessage2 =
ISDN = 0
Auto DNS = 1

Full information and conf : http://hackpospolita.webpark.pl/huawei.tar.bz2

zekiel

only got back to having a look at this now, will try it out and let ya know. Thanks.

limerick_woody

let me know if you don't sort this, i have it working fine using fc7

zekiel

Works like a charm.. thanks.

also found this handy little monitor you guys might like to use.

http://oozie.fm.interia.pl/pro/huawei-e220/

Tom Dunne

Would I be correct in saying this would work with the O2 modem too? AFAIR, they are the same device, aren't they?

Stephen

Yeah, Vodafone, O2 and 3 are all using the same hardware.

niallroche

I had some trouble getting the O2 USB broadband modem to work on my Ubuntu installation, I found many links including this one but could not get it to work. I found this article: <br>http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1596<br> and this application great. <br>https://forge.vodafonebetavine.net/projects/vodafonemobilec/<br>It is for Vodafone but I changed the DNS address and it works great for O2. After installing the Vodafone application I plugged in the modem but the application did not recognise the modem, after a restart it was fine. Hope this helps

weeder

my k610 works under gentoo afaik, i seen ti in a guide but nowhere else and i didnt try it myself, i was wondering would it be very hard to get working in sya debian or opensuse? would the w800i guide linked be of any use?