[SOLVED] usb mobile broadband modem.

scam · 01-10-2012, 09:33 AM

Hi all, i just bought a new usb mobile broadband modem but i can't see it in /dev/ttyUSB* which my old usb modem used to be.dmesg shows it as sdb, but when i eject /dev/sdb which used to work on my older modem, it doesn't create /dev/ttyUSB* . The modem works with NetworkManager on fedora but i don't want to use NetworkManager (if possible), i normally use wvdial.
Any suggestions will be helpful

...i've install everything apart from KDE.

My modem is Huawei E353

Thanks.

H_TeXMeX_H · 01-10-2012, 01:50 PM

First, run:

Code:

lsusb

Then use the product and vendor codes to run:

Code:

modprobe usbserial vendor=0x21f5 product=0x2008

this is just an example.

Then you setup a ppp connection using some tool, for example:

Code:

pppsetup

scam · 01-11-2012, 05:44 AM

Thanks H_TeXMeX_H, that worked