How to access mobile broadband from a USB stick on Mint

[Brahim Salem]

If you face a problem connecting to a mobile broadband connection on Linux Mint or Ubuntu do the following:

1- Type in terminal

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tailf /var/log/syslog

to see what happens.

2- Run

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eject sr1

to disable the CD mode and get the system to recognize it as modem.

3- Go to startup applications and add:

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eject sr1

in the command field.

4- reboot and hey presto you get a mobile broadband connection working out-of-the-box.

[rfs]

Not sure if I'm using this forum correctly, but this is "exactly" my problem.

I've just installed mint 15 on my acer one and it's excellent, but does not see my Rogers usb modem. (It sees my at home modem fine)
The rogers modem is about five yrs old, made by ZTE model MF636 ?? (hard to read)

Network does not see the modem at all.
Computer sees it as a storage device.

I've read the terminal suggestion, but am a complete senior nerwby, and would have no idea how to undo the terminal info. if it fails.
Is this the right place to post?
I previously posted it in newby but that didn't seem a good fit.
rfs

[Lingula]

The commands provided will not do any permanent damage to your system. If you change your mind later, just remove the startup command.

[kukamuumuka]

If mobile broadband does not work, you can re-wake it up resetting Udev and usb-modeswitch.

1. Run lsusb via terminal, which tells the information of usb-modem.
2. Reset Udev and usb-modeswitch. An example ZTE mf 668 mobile broadband
3. You can make a script and run it in terminal. Make the script executable before running (file, permissions, ... etc.)

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#! /bin/sh
## ZTE mf 668
sudo service modemmanager restart && sudo service udev restart && sudo usb_modeswitch -R -v 19d2 -p 0117 && sudo service modemmanager restart && sudo service udev restart 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy2MiU9oQsI

[rfs]

I tried Brahim's suggestion, but when I went to reboot, got a message that terminal still had a process running and that closing would kill it.
I closed it anyway but the reboot hadn't changed anything.
Was getting that message normal or, did I miss something in the instructions ?
rfs

[kukamuumuka]

I tried Brahim's suggestion, but when I went to reboot, got a message that terminal still had a process running and that closing would kill it.
I closed it anyway but the reboot hadn't changed anything.
Was getting that message normal or, did I miss something in the instructions ?
rfs

Brahim' s method does the same thing than usb-modeswitch does.