F11: setting up a mobile 3G connection

[Joerg Bergmann]

seems you have to use usb_modeswitch. Under Windows,
this device comes up as an USB-CDROM, driver installation
sarts automatically, and at the end of the autorun script
a mode switch command will be send to the Huawei device.
After that the Huawei device shows up as a GSM Modem.
Under Linux, usb_modeswitch will do this task. usb_modeswitch
is a package to be installed, there may be other 3G/4G related
packages to be installed. Changes to udev rules (/etc/udev/rules.d/)
and modprobe (/etc/modprobe.d/) may appear or must be done.

Joerg

Am Mittwoch, den 29.07.2009, 10:58 +0200 schrieb Antonio M:
> 2009/7/29 Antonio M <antonio.montagnani at gmail.com>:
> > 2009/7/29 Antonio M <antonio.montagnani at gmail.com>:
> >> Yesterday I got an USB card (Huawei 169.2) for connection to my mobile
> >> provider (Tim in Italy)
> >> I went to Network Manager and I set up my connection but it doesn't
> >> show up in the available connection list (after wireless I suppose)
> >> I note that I cant' set connection available to alla users as when I
> >> apply modification I get:
> >> Could not add connection
> >> Saving connection failed: (0) Can't write connection type 'gsm'
> >>
> >> What shall I do??? I am using a fresh installed F11 with full updates...
> >>
> >> Tnx
> >> --
> >>
> >
> > Forgot to mention that when I set the connection there is no available
> > device ... :-)...is teh dongle too new for Fedora???
> >
> >
> this is the output of var/log/messages when the key is connected:
> 
> Jul 29 10:55:05 Acer5720 kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
> Jul 29 10:55:13 Acer5720 kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device
> using ehci_hcd and address 3
> Jul 29 10:55:13 Acer5720 kernel: usb 1-1: New USB device found,
> idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1446
> Jul 29 10:55:13 Acer5720 kernel: usb 1-1: New USB device strings:
> Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
> Jul 29 10:55:13 Acer5720 kernel: usb 1-1: Product: HUAWEI Mobile
> Jul 29 10:55:13 Acer5720 kernel: usb 1-1: Manufacturer: HUAWEI Technology
> Jul 29 10:55:13 Acer5720 kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> Jul 29 10:55:13 Acer5720 kernel: scsi8 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Jul 29 10:55:13 Acer5720 kernel: scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass
> Storage devices
> Jul 29 10:55:18 Acer5720 kernel: scsi 8:0:0:0: CD-ROM
> HUAWEI   Mass Storage     2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
> Jul 29 10:55:18 Acer5720 kernel: scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access
> HUAWEI   SD Storage       2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
> Jul 29 10:55:18 Acer5720 kernel: sr1: scsi-1 drive
> Jul 29 10:55:18 Acer5720 kernel: sr 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 5
> Jul 29 10:55:18 Acer5720 kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
> Jul 29 10:55:18 Acer5720 kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
> 
> and I do not see either files (installation files and so on) present
> on same Mass storage....
> 
> any hint???
> 
> 
> -- 
> Antonio Montagnani
> Skype : antoniomontag
> SIP: antoniomontag at ekiga.net
>