how to get my usb dongle HUAWEI E1732 recognised by ubuntu 12.04 as a modem
 

i am currently using ubuntu 12.04 LTS but unable to get my E1732 HUAWEI dongle recognised by it..also ls -l /dev/ttyUSB* yeilds me no such file or directory. kindly help..

Regards
Ashish Mishra

Please use the LQ Search function, or Google. This has been asked (and answered), many, MANY times.

Run usb_modeswitch. It will 'flip' the device from CD-ROM/USB storage mode, into modem mode. From there, use Network Manager to configure your connection. If you don't have usb_modeswitch, you can install it through the Ubuntu package manager.

I once was lucky with just "eject /dev/usbname" to get the device into modem mode. Also this is dunno 3-5 years pass.

i have usb-modeswitch already installed but still i cannot find it in the network manager.

Ok...so did you RUN usb_modeswitch?? Unless you execute the command, it won't 'flip' the device.

did you mean after installing usb-modeswitch...i need to open the terminal and type the command usb_modeswitch..???

Yes...the very obvious step after INSTALLING a program, is the need to RUN IT. Until you actually execute the program, it won't do anything.

thanks for your reply. i finally got my modem recognised by linux.