What are the steps to getting a USB modem to work with Fedora 13
I have tried to get several USB modems to work with Fedora without success. Some time ago I was able to get a Maxon BPS6 to work but I no longer have that unit. I have tried a ZTE 636 which is recognised by the system and have run usb_modeswitch to make it be recognised as a modem and not a cdrom.
Seems that what ever I do the modem produces an error - unable to connect to modem. Can someone pleaase spell out the steps to take in getting my modem working on a completely fresh install of Fedora 13 |
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http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...onnect-852994/ http://www.techonia.com/install-huawei-usb-modem-fedora Good article. Regards Glenn |
Huawei E160/E220 in Slackware 13.0 (solution)
To get your USB dongle (Huawei E160 or Huawei E220) to work: (Slackware Linux 13.0 - kernel 2.6.38.6 but may work on other linux versions)
Step 1: Ensure PPP is compiled into your kernel Step 2: Ensure that you kernel does not spew any errors or does not panic (see kernel compilation howto in /usr/doc/Linux-HOWTOs) Step 3: Ensure that your kernel supports USB storage Step 3a: Ensure that kernel supports USB-Serial (generic usb_serial driver should work) Step 4: obtain software called comgt (http://sourceforge.net/projects/comgt/) Step 5: Boot your computer (LOL!) Step 6: At command prompt login (duh!) Step 7: su as root user (login as regular user, issue command "su" and put root password - risky to login directly as root) Step 8: Uncompress comgt.032.tgz (tar -xvzf comgt.032.tgz) Step 9:build the comgt and install comgt Step 10:insert Huawei modem Step 11: Huawei modem shall be detected as CD-ROM drive (/dev/sr1 or /dev/sdb) instead of a 3g modem (check using "dmesg") Step 12: To switch modes of modem from CD-ROM to a modem, you need to eject the Huawei CD-ROM device using the command (eject /dev/sr1 or eject /dev/sdb or eject /dev/<whatever is in you dmesg>) Step 13: To switch modes of huawei modem, use comgt "comgt -x -d /dev/-usb device-" where -usb device- is ttyUSB0 or ttyUSB1 -- e.g. "comgt -x -d /dev/ttyUSB0" Some message should display giving you the network provide name and the signal strength! Step 14: point /dev/modem to your Huawei modem at e.g. /dev/ttyUSB0. If /dev/modem does not exist, then create it LOL! "ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 /dev/modem" Step 15: Exit as root user and login as regular user! (if using "su" simply type exit) Step 16: Start your dialer program - wvdial or kppp Step 17: konfigure your dialer and dial! Step 18: A new device "ppp0" will be listed in list of networking hardware (check this using "ifconfig") Step 19: make sure your put your DNS server addresses in "/etc/resolv.conf" in format "nameserver -DNS server-" where -DNS server- is ip address of DNS server of your ISP Step 20: enjoy surfing! -END- |
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