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p04ty
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 Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 5:12 am Post subject: Getting Huawei E173 dongle to work |
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I can't get my Gentoo box to connect to the Internet via Huawei E173 USB dongle and a SIM card of a free Polish provider: Aero2.
Modem is properly installed and detected by kernel:
| Code: | dmesg
usb 2-2: new high speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
scsi12 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0
scsi13 : usb-storage 2-2:1.1
usb 2-2: USB disconnect, device number 2
usb 2-2: new high speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
option 2-2:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
usb 2-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
cdc_ether 2-2:1.1: wwan0: register 'cdc_ether' at usb-0000:00:1d.7-2, Mobile Broadband Network Device, 02:50:f3:00:00:00
option 2-2:1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
usb 2-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
option 2-2:1.4: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
usb 2-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2 |
| Code: | lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 12d1:1436 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E173 3G Modem (modem-mode) |
Kernel config
The problem is that it doesn't connect via network management service of KDE.
I get these logs after trying to connect via NetworkManager:
| Code: | Oct 7 15:37:22 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> Auto-activating connection 'aero2'.
Oct 7 15:37:22 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> Activation (ttyUSB0) starting connection 'aero2'
Oct 7 15:37:22 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> (ttyUSB0): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0]
Oct 7 15:37:22 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Oct 7 15:37:22 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Oct 7 15:37:22 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Oct 7 15:37:22 karbo modem-manager[1964]: <info> Modem /org/freedesktop/ModemManager/Modems/0: state changed (registered -> connecting)
Oct 7 15:37:48 karbo acpid: client 1942[0:0] has disconnected
Oct 7 15:37:48 karbo acpid: client connected from 1942[0:0]
Oct 7 15:37:48 karbo acpid: 1 client rule loaded
Oct 7 15:38:22 karbo modem-manager[1964]: <info> Modem /org/freedesktop/ModemManager/Modems/0: state changed (connecting -> registered)
Oct 7 15:38:22 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <warn> GSM connection failed: (32) No cause information available
Oct 7 15:38:22 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> (ttyUSB0): device state change: prepare -> failed (reason 'unknown') [40 120 1]
Oct 7 15:38:22 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <warn> Activation (ttyUSB0) failed for connection 'aero2'
Oct 7 15:38:22 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> (ttyUSB0): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0]
Oct 7 15:38:22 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> (ttyUSB0): deactivating device (reason 'none') [0]
Oct 7 15:38:25 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> Auto-activating connection 'aero2'.
Oct 7 15:38:25 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> Activation (ttyUSB0) starting connection 'aero2'
Oct 7 15:38:25 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> (ttyUSB0): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0]
Oct 7 15:38:25 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Oct 7 15:38:25 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Oct 7 15:38:25 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Oct 7 15:38:25 karbo modem-manager[1964]: <info> Modem /org/freedesktop/ModemManager/Modems/0: state changed (registered -> connecting)
Oct 7 15:39:25 karbo modem-manager[1964]: <info> Modem /org/freedesktop/ModemManager/Modems/0: state changed (connecting -> registered)
Oct 7 15:39:25 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <warn> GSM connection failed: (32) No cause information available
Oct 7 15:39:25 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> (ttyUSB0): device state change: prepare -> failed (reason 'unknown') [40 120 1]
Oct 7 15:39:25 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <warn> Activation (ttyUSB0) failed for connection 'aero2'
Oct 7 15:39:25 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> (ttyUSB0): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0]
Oct 7 15:39:25 karbo NetworkManager[1899]: <info> (ttyUSB0): deactivating device (reason 'none') [0] |
This is the configuration of KDE network management for the Aero2 network but I don't know how to display it in English.
I have exactly the same configuration in Kubuntu and it works there.
How would I solve it? |
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Logicien
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Location: Montréal
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:27 am Post subject: |
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I have the E1831 Huawei Usb dongle, it work with NetworkManager, but I use it with Wvdial. I have this configuration in my /etc/wvdial.conf:
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Dialer Defaults]
Auto Reconnect = no
Baud = 460800
Dial Attempts = 3
Idle = 0
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = AT&F0
ISDN = 0
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Password = dummy
Phone = *99#
Stupid Mode = 1
Username = dummy |
So give a try to Wvdial.
With Gentoo, the dongle do not put itself automatically in modem mode. It stay in storage mode intil I use the command | Code: |
usb_modeswitch -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf |
where the contain of /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf is | Code: |
# Configuration for the usb_modeswitch package, a mode switching tool for
# USB devices providing multiple states or modes
#
# Evaluated by the wrapper script /usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch_dispatcher
#
# To enable an option, set it to "1", "yes" or "true" (case doesn't matter)
# Everything else counts as "disable"
# Disable automatic mode switching globally (e.g. to access the original
# install storage)
DisableSwitching=0
# Enable logging (results in a extensive report file in /var/log, named
# "usb_modeswitch_<interface-name>" and probably others
EnableLogging=0
# Huawei E1831
DefaultVendor= 0x12d1
DefaultProduct= 0x1446
TargetVendor= 0x12d1
TargetProduct= 0x1404
MessageContent="55534243000000000000000000000011060000000000000000000000000000"
CheckSuccess=5 |
Then it goes in modem mode. The MessageContent line can be different for you. I got the mine from Internet. Usb_modeswitch must be emerge.
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p04ty
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| Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 3:34 am Post subject: |
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| It works with wvdial, but I don't want to run it every time for every network I use. I need automatic network management like NetworkManager can do. So, please, give me any clues you know to make it work with NetworkManager. Thx in advance. |
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