[ILUG] Mobile Broadband under Linux

[Mean Machine]

I'm using the Huawei E220 from 3Ireland on ubuntu 8.04 without any problems.

this HowTo worked for me (ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=262867&highlight=e220#8

wvdial.conf edited by Andrew looks like this:

# wvdial for Vodacom Data. Created by Tazz_tux
# Version 1.0

# Change Log:
#
# Added support for HSDPA.
# Added Headers and version control.
# Added trial settings for 3ireland.ie

[Dialer Defaults]
Phone = *99#
Username = 3ireland
Password = 3ireland
Stupid Mode = 1
Dial Command = ATDT

[Dialer hsdpa]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Baud = 460800
Init2 = ATZ
Init3 = ATE0 V1 &D2 &C1 S0=0 +IFC=2,2
ISDN = 0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Init5 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","3ireland.ie"

Hope it helps.

Regards

Mean-Machine



On 5/7/08, Niall Sheridan <nsheridan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Gerard Cunningham
> <glenrambler at eircom.net> wrote:
> >  After almost three years, I'm still a complete newbie  when it comes to
> >  Linux, happy enough to use it on the desktop at home, but unwilling to
> >  take it on the road with my laptop.
> >
> >  Is there anything in here I can use to get Linux to work with my O2 usb
> >  dongle on my laptop? [currently running ubuntu, but willing to change
> if
> >  it helps]
>
> The USB dongle should be a Huawei E220. It's the same thing as 3 (and
> probably vodafone) are selling. Full support was added to 2.6.24 for
> the devices, but some firmware versions don't play nice with hal on
> fedora (anything after about 11.117.06.00.100 seems to work ok). If
> you see lots of connect/disconnect notices in /var/log/messages, you
> need to hal to ignore the virtual cdrom portion of the device.
>
> Edit /usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor/20-broken-usb-sticks.fdi
> and add the following lines immediately after '<!-- some usb sticks
> don't like polling -->' and restart hal:
> <match key="@storage.originating_device:usb.vendor_id" int="0x12d1">
>    <match key="@storage.originating_device:usb.product_id" int="0x1003">
>        <merge key="info.ignore" type="bool">true</merge>
>    </match>
> </match>
>
> In ubuntu 8.04, those lines should already be present. I've not tried
> using the thing on kernels older than 2.6.24.
>
> - Niall
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