[ubuntu-in] Vodafone 3G USB dongle on Ubuntu

[Bhavani Shankar R]

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Prakash Advani <prakash at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Has anyone managed to get the Vodafone 3G dongle to work on Ubuntu?
>
> The Vodafone store claim it to be ZTE.
>
> lsusb shows:
>
> Bus 002 Device 004: ID 19d2:1008 ONDA Communication S.p.A.
>
> Vodafone says no user name password, network manager detects it but is not
> able to connect, log files shows.
>
> Dec 29 12:33:52 ThinkPad NetworkManager[1094]: <warn> GSM connection failed:
> (32) No cause information available
> Dec 29 12:33:52 ThinkPad NetworkManager[1094]: <info> (ttyUSB1): device
> state change: 4 -> 9 (reason 1)
> Dec 29 12:33:52 ThinkPad NetworkManager[1094]: <info> Marking connection
> 'Vodafone Vodafone Connect' invalid.
> Dec 29 12:33:52 ThinkPad NetworkManager[1094]: <warn> Activation (ttyUSB1)
> failed.
> Dec 29 12:33:52 ThinkPad NetworkManager[1094]: <info> (ttyUSB1): device
> state change: 9 -> 3 (reason 0)
> Dec 29 12:33:52 ThinkPad NetworkManager[1094]: <info> (ttyUSB1):
> deactivating device (reas
>


Hello prakash

Thanks for the heads up, I ll work on getting the settings included in
mobile-broadband-provider-info database asap. btw by any chance have
you tried to get dongle/modem working with usb-modeswitch?

regards


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