It seems fitting that my first post for project 52 (albeit a bit late) involves connecting to the internets. 'Cause that is generally the first step on all most of the stuff I do on the computer.
I have a HSD Reliance ZTE datacard/modem which I had been unable to run on Linux till tonight. The interesting bit is, I have had this card for around 7 months now -- and it was forcing me to use Windows Vista (the horror, the agony, the pain!).
As a log (in case my computer gets formatted sometime in the future -- a likely, but not hoped for occurrence -- ) as well as a possible guide to others, here are the steps I followed.
Note: I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 with a Reliance NetConnect ZTE AC8710 modem.
- Connect to the net using some other, temporary connection
- Get usb-modeswitch. Those with access to a repository can simply do
sudo apt-get install usb-modeswitch
Others can get the latest version from http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ .
- You will also need (do an apt-get as required)
lsusb, libusb-dev, wvdial, modprobe
- Get usb-modeswitch. Those with access to a repository can simply do
- Connect your modem and run
lsusb
You should see one of the usb ports having your modem -- it will probably be classified as ONDA and have a vendor/product id specified. Along the lines of
192d:fff6
The fff6 indicates that it has been detected as a flash drive/cd rom and not as a modem.
- Also do a
dmesg | tail
And observe where the modem has gone -- usbtty0 / 1 / 2/ 3 etc.
- Edit the usb-modeswitch configuration to make your computer recognize it as a modem
sudo vim /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf
Navigate till you find the settings for your vendor id/product id.
######################################################## 568 # ZTE AC8710 569 # 570 # Two ID variants known; check your default 571 # 572 # Contributor: Michael Khurtsiya 573 574 ;DefaultVendor= 0x19d2 575 ;DefaultProduct= 0xfff5 576 577 ;TargetVendor= 0x19d2 578 ;TargetProduct= 0xffff 579 <strong> 580 # No. 2 581 582 ;DefaultVendor= 0x19d2 583 ;DefaultProduct= 0xfff6 584 585 ;TargetVendor= 0x19d2 586 ;TargetProduct= 0xfff1 587 588 # only for reference 589 # MessageEndpoint=0x05</strong> 590 <strong> 591 ;MessageContent="5553424312345678c00000008000069f030000000000000000000000000000"</strong>
And remove the ';' before the required lines. Save and exit.
Run it.sudo usb_modeswitch
- Check whether it's worked -- do another
lsusb
and see that the product id has changed to fff1 (or whatever your target product was).
- Now we need to do a modprobe
modprobe usbserial vendor=0x19d2 product=0xfff1
Replace vendor and prodcut as you require.
- Once that's done, you need to make your wvdial.conf file. To edit the file:
sudo vim /etc/wvdial.conf
Copy paste the following in it.
[Dialer Defaults] Username = <enter your 10 digit modem number here> Password = <enter your 10 digit modem number here> Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 Modem Type = Analog Modem Phone = #777 ISDN = 0 SetVolume = 0 FlowControl = Hardware (CRTSCTS) Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0 <modify based on the results of your dmesg> Dial Command = ATDT Baud = 460800 Stupid Mode = 1
- Once that's done, you should be good to go. Simply run
sudo wvdial
And you should be connected. Hopefully this helps someone and prevents them from wasting as much time as I did.
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