ZTE mobile broadband dongle
 

I would like to get a ZTE dongle that came with a subscription to Greek Cosmote On The Go mobile broadband working with Ubuntu/Kubuntu. Cosmote say it cannot be done. Gnome network connections lists Cosmote as a G3 connection so maybe somebody has succeeded in connecting. I have read various posts elsewhere that ZTE dongles work with Linux so if anybody has any info I would be grateful.

Patrick, we want to help you. But we need output from and from to understand your problem. What internet dial-up program you have used?

Mobile broadband dongle
 

Thank you for your interest. I am using the Gnome desktops network connections and here is the read out from Konsole:

pat@Linux:~$ lsusb
Bus 008 Device 003: ID 19d2:2000
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 0bda:0111 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Card Reader
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0803:3095 Zoom Telephonics, Inc.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
pat@Linux:~$

I think the Realtek Semiconductor corp. Card Reader is the ZTE Dongle. The Logitech is my wireless mouse and the Zoom Telephonics is the dongle modem which I use to get a wired connection via a 56k connection to the internet.

Ok. But we still need the output of dmesg | grep -i usb. I am not sure Card Reader can function as modem. But who knows? hence we need the dmesg output above.

Mobile broadband dongle
 

sorry about the delay in replying but I had to drop the -i when loading the grep | mesg -i usb to get waht I think you want. I have taken it from where it starts with the usb's as the whole file is 16 pages. If you want the lot I will have to send as an attachment. Here it is:

usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/input/input1
[ 5.029344] input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-2
[ 5.057807] Fixing up Logitech keyboard report descriptor
[ 5.058525] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.1/input/input2
[ 5.058838] input,hiddev96,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-2
[ 5.058906] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 5.058909] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[ 5.059039] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 5.066221] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[ 5.067445] scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 5.076022] usb-storage: device found at 2
[ 5.076025] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 5.076042] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 5.076045] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[ 5.098672] ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[ 5.101356] scsi 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 5.108205] ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[0011d800019254df]
[ 5.430613] ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[ 5.430679] pata_jmicron 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 5.430716] pata_jmicron 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 5.431141] scsi5 : pata_jmicron
[ 5.431272] scsi6 : pata_jmicron
[ 5.431778] ata5: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xdc00 ctl 0xd880 bmdma 0xd400 irq 16
[ 5.431781] ata6: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xd800 ctl 0xd480 bmdma 0xd408 irq 16
[ 5.447151] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[ 5.447265] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 156301488 512-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB)
[ 5.447282] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 5.447284] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 5.447309] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 5.447373] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 156301488 512-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB)
[ 5.447387] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 5.447389] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 5.447414] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 5.447417] sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 >
[ 5.491002] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 5.600534] ata5.00: ATAPI: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S202J, SB00, max UDMA/66
[ 5.600558] ata5.01: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR-H30N, 1.00, max UDMA/33
[ 5.616542] ata5.00: configured for UDMA/66
[ 5.632529] ata5.01: configured for UDMA/33
[ 5.788832] scsi 5:0:0:0: CD-ROM TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S202J SB00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 5.789044] scsi 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[ 5.789609] scsi 5:0:1:0: CD-ROM HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR-H30N 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 5.789800] scsi 5:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
[ 5.815601] Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[ 5.819255] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 5.819261] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 5.819657] sr 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 5.823639] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 4x/52x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 5.823751] sr 5:0:1:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[ 6.008749] PM: Starting manual resume from disk
[ 6.008753] PM: Resume from partition 8:5
[ 6.008755] PM: Checking hibernation image.
[ 6.008890] PM: Resume from disk failed.
[ 6.059027] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[ 6.059037] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[ 10.076215] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 10.106577] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic 2.0 Reader -0 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 10.136826] scsi 4:0:0:1: Direct-Access Generic 2.0 Reader -1 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 10.167074] scsi 4:0:0:2: Direct-Access Generic 2.0 Reader -2 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 10.168265] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 10.168394] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[ 10.169368] sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 10.169412] sd 4:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
[ 10.170361] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 10.170408] sd 4:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
[ 11.261960] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[ 11.333590] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (16384 buckets, 65536 max)
[ 11.333723] CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT is deprecated and will be removed soon. Plase use
[ 11.333725] nf_conntrack.acct=1 kernel paramater, acct=1 nf_conntrack module option or
[ 11.333727] sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=1 to enable it.
[ 12.083397] udevd version 124 started
[ 12.268770] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[ 12.311203] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel G33 Chipset
[ 12.311669] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 7164K stolen memory
[ 12.329521] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xd0000000
[ 12.424727] input: Power Button (FF) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3
[ 12.452030] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
[ 12.452162] input: Power Button (CM) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input4
[ 12.484031] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
[ 12.676781] parport_pc 00:07: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[ 12.676886] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,EPP,ECP,DMA]
[ 13.000780] cdc_acm 3-1:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
[ 13.010060] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
[ 13.010075] cdc_acm: v0.26:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters
[ 13.042719] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
[ 13.099244] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
[ 13.185438] iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
[ 13.270827] iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.03 (30-Apr-2008)
[ 13.281277] ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 13.282584] ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
[ 13.293664] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH9 TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0860)
[ 13.293783] iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
[ 13.311618] wlan: 0.9.4
[ 13.317931] ath_pci: 0.9.4
[ 13.317976] ath_pci 0000:04:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 13.981423] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input5
[ 13.995162] ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.4)
[ 13.995740] wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
[ 13.995746] wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
[ 13.995757] wifi0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
[ 13.995764] wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
[ 13.995768] wifi0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6
[ 13.995773] wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
[ 13.995775] wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
[ 13.995777] wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
[ 13.995779] wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
[ 13.995781] wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
[ 13.995782] wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
[ 13.999653] wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xfebf0000, irq=17
[ 14.416342] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 14.416370] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 14.450542] hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC883, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
[ 65.146679] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[ 65.268399] Adding 2996080k swap on /dev/sda5. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2996080k
[ 65.826354] EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
[ 66.915888] type=1505 audit(1239002290.875:2): operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" name2="default" pid=4741
[ 66.916130] type=1505 audit(1239002290.879:3): operation="profile_load" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" name2="default" pid=4741
[ 68.136051] ACPI: WMI: Mapper loaded
[ 69.031407] warning: `avahi-daemon' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)
[ 69.129296] apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16ac)
[ 69.129302] apm: disabled - APM is not SMP safe.
[ 69.272157] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 70.351460] RPC: Registered udp transport module.
[ 70.351466] RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
[ 70.405677] Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
[ 70.482570] NFSD: Using /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery as the NFSv4 state recovery directory
[ 70.495644] NFSD: starting 90-second grace period
[ 71.635776] sky2 eth0: enabling interface
[ 72.176299] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 72.177459] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[ 72.179344] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 73.322062] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
[ 73.322743] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 74.051332] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.13
[ 74.052712] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[ 74.052719] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 74.052724] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 74.066353] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.11
[ 74.066361] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 74.076527] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 74.076535] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 74.098301] Bridge firewalling registered
[ 74.115506] Bluetooth: SCO (Voice Link) ver 0.6
[ 74.115514] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 74.260133] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 74.260153] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 74.260156] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.10
[ 76.854454] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[ 76.861990] pci 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 76.862005] pci 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 76.863807] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20060119 on minor 0
[ 77.568192] set status page addr 0x00033000
[ 78.388310] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[ 83.328010] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 89.336012] ath0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 400.588570] ppdev0: registered pardevice
[ 400.636251] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice
[ 401.832136] ppdev0: registered pardevice
[ 401.880023] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice
[ 401.884081] ppdev0: registered pardevice
[ 401.936283] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice
[ 739.068024] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[ 739.485085] PPP BSD Compression module registered
[ 739.565026] PPP Deflate Compression module registered
[ 866.798791] DROPPED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=62.103.1.165 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=1 ID=56891 PROTO=2
[ 868.444844] DROPPED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=91.121.170.68 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=44 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=118 ID=5951 PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=9229 SEQ=330542394 ACK=510958890 WINDOW=16384 RES=0x00 ACK SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B4)
[ 870.807889] DROPPED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=91.121.170.68 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=44 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=118 ID=27107 PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=9229 SEQ=330542394 ACK=510958890 WINDOW=16384 RES=0x00 ACK SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B4)
[ 1129.069231] DROPPED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=62.103.1.165 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=1 ID=346 PROTO=2
[ 1154.120856] ABORTED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=212.205.43.8 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=60 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=3588 SEQ=3456803957 ACK=0 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 RST URGP=0
[ 1155.346868] ABORTED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=212.205.43.8 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=60 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=3588 SEQ=3456803957 ACK=0 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 RST URGP=0
[ 1166.540171] ABORTED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=212.205.43.8 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=60 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=3587 SEQ=3450060645 ACK=0 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 RST URGP=0
[ 1167.185162] ABORTED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=212.205.43.8 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=60 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=3587 SEQ=3450060645 ACK=0 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 RST URGP=0
[ 1189.778805] DROPPED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=212.205.43.6 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=60 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=3269 SEQ=3478976024 ACK=258371630 WINDOW=5840 RES=0x00 ACK SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B40101040201030302)
[ 1197.878924] DROPPED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=212.205.43.6 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=60 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=3277 SEQ=3494270761 ACK=481012399 WINDOW=5840 RES=0x00 ACK SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B40101040201030302)
[ 1208.730190] DROPPED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=212.205.43.6 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=60 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=3269 SEQ=3478976024 ACK=258371630 WINDOW=5840 RES=0x00 ACK SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B40101040201030302)
[ 1219.498470] DROPPED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=212.205.43.6 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=60 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=3277 SEQ=3494270761 ACK=481012399 WINDOW=5840 RES=0x00 ACK SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B40101040201030302)
[ 1254.707340] DROPPED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=212.205.43.6 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=60 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=3269 SEQ=3478976024 ACK=258371630 WINDOW=5840 RES=0x00 ACK SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B40101040201030302)
[ 1267.745641] DROPPED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=212.205.43.6 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=60 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=3277 SEQ=3494270761 ACK=481012399 WINDOW=5840 RES=0x00 ACK SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B40101040201030302)
[ 1309.746695] ABORTED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=212.58.226.141 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=54 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=3939 SEQ=1791124024 ACK=0 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 RST URGP=0
[ 1309.936682] ABORTED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=208.77.137.146 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=117 ID=29999 PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=4496 SEQ=3702226638 ACK=3702226638 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 RST URGP=0
[ 1318.346956] DROPPED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=210.217.58.251 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=109 ID=55523 PROTO=TCP SPT=3294 DPT=5060 SEQ=3805747763 ACK=2648226324 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B401010402)
[ 1432.875733] DROPPED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=62.103.1.165 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=1 ID=11198 PROTO=2
[ 1437.141838] DROPPED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=211.213.228.89 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=61 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=115 ID=48154 PROTO=ICMP TYPE=8 CODE=0 ID=512 SEQ=38680
[ 1439.450880] DROPPED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=211.213.228.89 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=61 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=115 ID=49343 PROTO=ICMP TYPE=8 CODE=0 ID=512 SEQ=10521
[ 1709.664037] usb 8-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 1709.809930] usb 8-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1709.818171] usb-storage: device ignored
[ 1714.230646] ABORTED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=69.88.148.130 DST=212.205.213.90 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=187 ID=7802 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=4717 SEQ=54631185 ACK=0 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 RST URGP=1
[ 1738.859244] DROPPED IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=62.103.1.165 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=1 ID=22300 PROTO=2
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pat@Linux:~$

Your phone is detected as /dev/ttyACM0. You can use this as dial-up modem either with Gnome PPP or wvdial.

how did you come to the conclusion that it was at /dev/ttyACM0
I am trying to do similar

|n KPPP it does have a box that says 'search for modem' and /dev/tty/ACM0 is the one that comes up. Gnome PPP does not give you that option so I guessed it would be the same. As it happens I have a dial up dongle modem from Hayes that works perfectly well with KPPP but will not work with Gnome PPP. To keep my internet connection and use the Gnome desktop, because although I like KDE it has many problems, I have to use another computer that has Windows as a gateway and accepts the ZTE dongle . Not a good solution because that means I have another computer burning away energy and being used only as a way into the internet.
It really is a problem that could do with sorting out by the 'brains' because I am sure that many who just want Linux (like myself) but have netbooks and laptops they use with wireless on the move broadband find connectability difficult to say the least.