configurate 3G mobile broudband

[Raminzly]

I have a Dell station p 4 and two Operation systems (win XP and mint 11). when I want to use Internet in Linux mint first I must restart pc and go to win xp and enter my Internet password and then restart my pc and go to Linux mint then I can see 3G Internet icon and connect to Internet otherwise I cant connect to Internet directly in Linux mint. can someone help me.?

[xenopeek]

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What device do you have that gives you the 3G mobile broadband? (Is a USB stick, something built-in to your laptop, tethered to your mobile phone, what...)

[Capt Turk]

I've got the AT&T 305 3G USB dongle. I've never been able to get it to connect in any version of Mint. Had to go to PCLOS to finally get it to work. It works out of the box with no fiddling in PCLOS. I haven't tried 13 yet, but doubt it will work in it either.

[mank_in]

Do you see mobile broadband in network connection Sometime you must wait for 15-30 second for LM to recognize your usb modem :


you can add connection to mobile broadband, this is sample from "3 connection " in my country


IF you can connect to your ISP, but internet not working, try change PPP setting . In my another ISP "allow deflate data compression" must be uncheck


In some case you can not see/add your usb modem in network connection, examine the output of :

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lsusb

your modem must be listed there
and

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dmesg

this is sample from my dmesg output :

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17.216708] USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
[   17.217277] option 2-1:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[   17.217514] usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[   17.217555] option 2-1:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[   17.217696] usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[   17.217731] option 2-1:1.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[   17.217891] usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
[   17.217927] option 2-1:1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[   17.218046] usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB3
[   17.218077] option 2-1:1.4: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[   17.218148] usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB4
[   17.218173] usbcore: registered new interface driver option
[   17.218175] option: v0.7.2:USB Driver for GSM modems


[Capt Turk]

It recognizes the modem. It goes through all the setup with no problem. It just won't connect.

[caribriz]

@Capt Turk

Is the "AT&T 305 3G USB dongle" the same as "Sierra Wireless 305 Lightning"?

If it is the same......... if you haven't already seen it
check out this thread at Ubuntu forums, especially page 3, post #29 where someone has it working with usb-modeswitch.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1444849

They say they have it working on Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 (Mint 9/10).

caribriz

[Raminzly]

it is Usb stick so that i stick in my PC. inside of Usb stick has mobile Sim card.because of internet, i installed win XP otherwise i don't use XP.

[Raminzly]

i can see .but it is inactive i cant click on it .in live CD mode when i want to install Linux mint . i can configure my country, choose company name (Telia Telenor ,3) and then when i finished and wanted to connect to internet an object like ball or circle start to cycling but it didn't connect me to internet. i think by cable internet it s OK but with Usb mobile, it needs more configuration.

[caribriz]

Raminzly,

What is the model number/make of your usb modem?

Can you open a terminal (as mank_in did), and type in:

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lsusb

and then

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dmesg | grep -e "modem" -e "tty"

copy and paste the output and post back?

an object like ball or circle start to cycling but it didn't connect me to internet.

If this is happening, you must be close to making a connection.

caribriz

[tredegar]

usb-modeswitch is working correctly, as the device is being recognised as /dev/ttyUSBx

If it works with linux after you have booted into windows, and you then reboot to linux (without powering off completely) then it's a "firmware" issue:
The USB device needs the manufacturer's firmware uploading to it before it will work.

Usually this happens automatically, but you need to copy the firmware files from your windows installation over to linux so linux can do this for you.

Please tell us more about your device: Exactly how is it listed by the lsusb command?

(The one that caused me problems was a Gobi 2000 modem, once I had the firmware files installed in /lib/firmware/gobi/, it worked perfectly)

[Raminzly]

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i typed command that you referred.i got this result:
first i used first usb port:

mint@mint ~ $ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:3010 Dell Computer Corp. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 003 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 001 Device 005: ID 12d1:14ac Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:08ca Logitech, Inc. Mic (Fusion)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
mint@mint ~ $ dmesg | grep -e modem -e tty
[ 0.000000] console [tty0] enabled
[ 0.434160] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 0.570238] 00:08: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 70.324605] USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
[ 70.326766] option 1-2:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 70.336133] usb 1-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 70.336218] option 1-2:1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 70.338568] usb 1-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[ 70.338618] option 1-2:1.4: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 70.345648] usb 1-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
[ 70.348810] option: v0.7.2:USB Driver for GSM modems

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when i took out usb mobile from first usb port and stick in second usb port
i got result like this:

mint@mint ~ $ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:3010 Dell Computer Corp. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 003 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 001 Device 004: ID 046d:08ca Logitech, Inc. Mic (Fusion)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

mint@mint ~ $ dmesg | grep -e modem -e tty
[ 0.000000] console [tty0] enabled
[ 0.434160] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 0.570238] 00:08: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 70.324605] USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
[ 70.326766] option 1-2:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 70.336133] usb 1-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 70.336218] option 1-2:1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 70.338568] usb 1-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[ 70.338618] option 1-2:1.4: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 70.345648] usb 1-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
[ 70.348810] option: v0.7.2:USB Driver for GSM modems
[ 677.872041] option1 ttyUSB0: GSM modem (1-port) converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
[ 677.872320] option1 ttyUSB1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1
[ 677.872471] option1 ttyUSB2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now disconnected from ttyUSB2
mint@mint ~ $

[tredegar]

Thank you for the additional information.
Your device (12d1:14ac Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ) is known to work with Mint11
It does not need any firmware, or additional software installing.

Plug it in.
There should be a green flashing light on the stick. This means the stick has power, but cannot see any networks.

Wait.

The light changes to flashing blue when it can see a network signal.

Wait another 60 seconds at least so Network Manager has time to see that the USB device has detected a signal.

Now you should click on Network Manager. Your device should be listed, and enabled. If not, see the post by mank_in above.

[Raminzly]

it doesn't work

[caribriz]

We know your usb modem lists in lsusb as 12d1:14ac Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
but what is the model number of your modem?
eg. mine is Huawei e173

caribriz

[areximut]

Is your modem same like EC1261-2 usb modem?

I got same problem like this and still waiting to resolved this, and still try to resolve this

[caribriz]

Is your modem same like EC1261-2 usb modem?

You could try following this tutorial:
http://translate.google.com.au/translat ... %3Dimvnsfd

If it doesn't work, you could then try a newer usb-modeswitch download.

If no joy, try sakis3g:
http://www.sakis3g.org
It has worked for many people when usb-modeswitch itself couldn't connect their usb modem.

caribriz