[linuxkernelnewbies] Lynx Blog: Huawei E1550 Broadband Modem Howto

[Peter Teoh]

http://blog.lynxworks.eu/20090830/huawei-e1550-on-ubuntu I picked up a Huawei E1550 pre-pay mobile broadband dongle, £39.99 with 3 Mobile including 3Gb usage (note it’s not the device they’re picturing). I’m on a course next month so that’ll do fine, I have no reception at home and am not away enough to warrant a contract. It appears to identify itself as USB storage, to install drivers on Windows then flip-flops to a modem.  Nice idea, terrible implementation, even in Windows where it installs drivers every time you use a different USB port (it’s often wise to try such devices in Windows – so you don’t chase your tail with a faulty device).  Pretty sure it’s the autorun program that’s flipping the device. Anyway you need udev-extras: sudo apt-get install udev-extras Add a udev rule: gksu gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/15-huawei-e1550.rules What we’re doing is telling udev that when this device is plugged in to switch its mode.  Paste this and save: SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1446", SYSFS{idVendor}=="12d1", RUN+="/lib/udev/modem-modeswitch --vendor 0x12d1 --product 0x1446 --type option-zerocd" On next insertion, Network Manager’s mobile broadband configuration assistant will run – select “3 (handsets)”. Also, the booklet that came with mine was fairly unhelpful but flashing green lights are powered, flashing blue show available networks and solid blue is connected to a network. The differences with both Fedora and Arch are on my wiki pages. Please don’t ask if it works in Linpus Linux Lite because I haven’t had that installed in ages.  I suspect the Fedora guide will point the way but I know Acer have their own mobile broadband software for Huawei devices.  Whether that extends to this model I couldn’t say. Share and Enjoy: Related Posts Fedora from an Ubuntu point of view: In the interests of not becoming blinkered to one distribution, I thought I might give Fedora 11 a whirl.  Not having used Fedora since FC4, I was surprised to see the adoption of a live CD installation and relieved to avoid a DVD size download.  Just like Ubuntu it’s well polished, perhaps more so with [...] Watch TV with VLC and a Freecom DVB-T Stick: One of the things I need my Aspire One to do is watch TV.  When you’re away, it’s nice to be able to watch a little TV.  I bought a Freecom DVB-T USB stick years ago and have always had success under Linux.  It’s small, sensitive and selective. I was surprised, especially on Ubuntu, how easy [...] Replacing Firefox: I am a heavy web user.  Everything from webmail to banking, if I can do it on-line I will. So when I’m away from home (which is common) I like to have connectivity.  With WiFi access and mobile broadband what to connect to is straightforward.  As I like to travel light, I prefer to use a [...] By Dougie | Posted in Arch, Computing, Fedora, Ubuntu | Tagged Arch Linux, Fedora, Linux, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu | Comments (4)