o2 dongle
 

hi everyone im new on here had linex ubuntu for a couple of months and ive discovered a number of problems from convertin from vista but my main one is the most recent ive brought an 02 prepay dongle and it installs ok but when i edit connections on it some feilds arnt populated and it keeps askin for a passord ive set a password but sadly having no joy im going away for the week and i need my dongle active asap can anyone help me out please my email is damon.cook@ymail.com

No, we're not going to be your personal, one-on-one tech support line. If you want answers, you'll actually have to participate in the forums.

You don't say what version of Ubuntu, what fields aren't populated, or give any errors. Look in the /var/log/messages file when you try to connect, and see if there's anything that indicates there's a failure.

Also, try to spell and write clearly...and some punctuation wouldn't hurt either...your question is very hard to read and follow.

i thank yo very much for your speedy message the feilds un populated are as follows
network
pin
puk
and although im not as wise in these matters i dont appreciate being spoken down to about and i will try and improve my spelling for all further posts
thank you
damon cook

Did you check your docs? That information needs to come from when you signed up for O2...nothing much for us to help you with there.
And yet you still don't say what version of Ubuntu, give anything from your logs, or say what program you're using to try to get connected. We can't help if you don't provide information.

And if you think you're getting talked down to, oh well....if you want anyone to be able to understand what you're saying, you're going to have to talk/write clearly. One giant run-on sentence, no caps, etc., doesn't help. If you're even in grade school, those are things you should already know.

i dont no what version of ubuntu iv got its the connected icon at the top of the screen. ive left clicked on it and edit connections and thats what comes up.
and i dont see the importance of correct grammar and and spelling as im typing quite fast, and im rushed to try and activate it as i have to be up for work at 430 in the morning 4 hours and counting so excuse me for being short tempered.
and as for reading the documents theres nothing about linex and its pay as you go ive contacted o2 and there as much help as a chocolate teacup.

On the panel try clicking System->About Ubuntu
This should pop up a window indicating the version.

Clicked on what? Does the thing that comes up have a Help->About menu item. If so, that should tell you what it is.

Well, it is entirely up to you, but generally when asking for help from people you are far more likely to get it if you follow the usual accepted standards of social interactions.
What is "linex"?

Evo2.

Sorry to rain on your parade with a bit more netiquette/sensibly defensive online behaviour, but posting your e-mail details online in clear text is not a sensible way to behave, unless you like getting spam. Harvesters (not the less-than-brilliant restaraunt) go round and add such addresses to lists sold to spammers; this is not a good thing.

And, of course, as TB0ne indicated, the volunteers do this for the community, and not for an individual, so it is important to us that answers to questions remain in their entirety in order that they are useful for others in the community.

There are rules for the forum which are made available when you join and you will find that your life is easier if you actually obey them.

then i feel i should apologise this is my first time ive ever used a forum and no very little of their functions.
i intend on staying on here and if there arises a problem that i have the answer to il have every intention of assisting with what information i have. Also to add to my info my linux ubuntu is version 9.04 the Jaunty Jackalope - released in April 2009. thats all the info i have on it if anymore info is required please ask im still eager to to help out where i can .

I can suggest that you answer the questions people have already asked. Or if you don't know how to answer them, ask for help on how to answer them.

If you are unsure why you are not getting the help you want, please have a look at the following link:
http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Cheers,

Evo2.

will do and thanks again. ok as far as i know ive put my version on here and the feilds that need filling on when i edit connections are network, pin and puk as i said its an o2 dongle made by huawei mobile connect the model of it is E160 it wont connect at all if i try

if he's using gnome more than likely he is using the network-manager-applet.

can you open up a terminal and post the output of commands like lsusb, ifconfig -a

dude uve just flew right over my head i can tell u exactly what ive done and the name gnome 2.26.1 ive got that on my system drop down.
ive got a drop down on the right hand top bar for all network connections if i right click on it and use the edit connections button and select mobile broadband and edit my dongle i comes up with somthing like this

basic
number [*99#]
username [payandgo]
password [pasword]

advanced
APN [payandgo.o2.co.uk]
network [ ]
pin [ ]
puk [ ]

Ok, schneidz asked you to open a terminal an type some commands. Do you know what a terminal is? If not, say so. Better yet, try to find out by googling or similar.

Evo2.

yeh i have no idea how to do that i use ubuntu for basic stuff downloading, facebook and other general web browsing and trying to add music to my ipods and failing miserably. Il google it tommorow as its 1 am here and i got work thank you for all your advice so far hopefully il get this thing working soon

have tried opening a terminal and entering both commands the first wasn't recognized and the second flicked up a load of data at me but no joy dongle was in and wouldn't activate at all.

Ok, those commands were for diagnostic purposes... ie you need to post the output: even (especially) if it seems to be an error.

Evo2.

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:68:58:f1:c4
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:252 Base address:0xa000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:1096 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1096 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:80992 (80.9 KB) TX bytes:80992 (80.9 KB)

pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 8e:23:e1:b9:b5:fa
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:91:93:ad:05
inet addr:10.1.0.207 Bcast:10.1.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::221:91ff:fe93:ad05/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:39871 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:15042 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:16426979 (16.4 MB) TX bytes:1916638 (1.9 MB)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-21-91-93-AD-05-64-30-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

opend terminal and this is what has happend afer i entered the command, if my spelling is poor ul have to bear with me i cant c very well at the moment

then a wireless card is the least of your worries, hope you feel better soon ?

thanks for your concern i can see again now had a flash happen at close range at work off a socket cudnt focus but ive changed the resolution and brightness so its easier anyone know what all that jargon i put on here means ???

Are you drunk / on drugs ?

Why can't you spell, punctuate, use capitals, or post a sensible question ?

I'm worried about you.

Maybe you need to get help from somewhere other than here (LQ). Perhaps schedule an early appointment with your doctor?

No im not on drugs or drunk thanks and i was told to open a terminal and use the 2 commands i was told to.
As you can see Ive pasted the results of that diagnostic on here so can somebody tell me what im looking at or suggest another idea because im at a loss.

sorry i never used a cell phone broadband service so this is new to me also.
i am not sure what 02 is (i assume some cell fone company ?) i see this page about vodaphone (are they the same thing ?) - http://www.howtoforge.com/vodafone_m...d_driver_linux
i think you can get vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux from sourceforge.
someone asked this before but i must ask it again -- are you sure that pin, puk, and network are not supposed to be supplied by your cell phone company ?

O2 is a UK mobile / cell company

This might help:

http://forum.o2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?...19cda23bb5a11c

unfortunately no im not because o2 and yes they are a cell phone company are not supporting linux so wud not offer me any help, but the setup book showed a similar page setup for apple mac so its my thinking that those feilds puk, pin and network need occupying.
Il investigate the links you've both posted thank you very much for taking the time to read my problem and decipher what i was talking about and offering help.

after reading some of the installation methods for o2 dongles on linux i have found that apparently the first time it must be activated on a windows system i thank everyone who's tried to help me in my endeavor

look dude...I am an aussie so will be blunter than most.

I have no problem that you do not start sentences with a capital but separate the sentences...you are looking for help ok?

1) fact....you do not need to activate on windows. I have a different dongle to you...but most are the same so let me explain it to you in windows (ms) style.

in ms...insert modem....ms sees it first as a cd....and self extracts the drivers into ms system....you then disconnect thru the system tray....re-insert it and it becomes a modem.

2) Now in linux terms I call that a flip-flop.

You can insert it and get information from it.

You need to run some commands in a terminal.

You need to install or run some software to connect to the net.

so lets try something?

open a terminal....I assume you know what ubuntu uses?

insert modem

run this command

here is my output to command
lsusb
Bus 005 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 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05c6:f000 Qualcomm, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

The usb id is this bit.....05c6:f000 ...Yours will differ.

Now run a command to flip it into modem mode

You can see id has changed to 05c6:9000

the first bit did not change as its the manufacturer
the second bit is the model

3) So using a linux web browser go to your isp for the o2 and register that device....your documents should tell this.

4) The you edit a file created by installing software called wvdial....and you need to run the command with root powers but for ubuntu that means putting sudo at front of command.

Now I am not sure what your text editor is called...so navigate in ubuntu and look for it.....lets call it.."editor"

so to get root powers you do this

Then inside editor open a file called /etc/wvdial.conf

5) ring this o2 and tell them you are using windows and you just need some settings again......(yes we lie) or go to a wireless forum in the UK and ask there.

so you know what values to put into that wvdial.conf

6) if you get registered and get the values you open a normal terminal and run

wvdial.....and watch your modem....its lights should change after about 15 seconds to a constant light like red or blue or green ...depending on what strength radio signal it can get...like 2g or 3g or 4g....got the idea.

7) only if that all worked.....I can give you tips to automate process....but the deal is....you have to do some work....I can not register your modem= phone and I can not read your modem manual....so I assume you have installed sim card correctly....and I can not help you get the settings.

stick with linux....you do not need ms....but you will have a learning curve

ok leaping ahead here is how I automated mine
http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/?tag=linux_U6T

I used the aussie forum to find out what settings to use in wvdial.conf


good luck