Which is the suitable usb modem for rhel 6 & fedora.

robinselvam · 06-02-2014, 03:56 AM

Hi Frnds,

Recently i have installed FEDORA 20 on my laptop & my 3g usb modem doesn't seem compatabile with it.please suggest fedora 20, centos & rhel6 compatabile
usb modem with easy installation methods. and im from india here huawei series of usb modems are familiar,
please help

alfredo10 · 06-02-2014, 10:00 AM

Hi!
In 2009/ 2010 Fedora was my best distribution, I had different Huawei modems without any problem.
I had nothing to do (no installation), only 1 click of a mouse to connect.
Nowadays you need a couple of steps (including country, provider, PIN,...).
But the first thing to do is:
open a Terminal / Konsole:

Code:

lsusb

"l" like list to see if it is recognized.
You should see something like

Code:

...
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 12D1:1003 Huawei...E220 HSDPA/HSUPA Modem
...

The 8 digits of the hexadecimal number 12D1 1003 are representing the company and the model.
Sorry that I can' t give you further help, because I no longer use USB modems.