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    o2 Mobile Broadband

    can anyone help me to get the o2 mobile broadband working using the E1752 modem. ive tried nothing as i dont really know where to start. thanks in advanced-daniel

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    Re: o2 Mobile Broadband

    Quote Originally Posted by betterthanjordan79 View Post
    can anyone help me to get the o2 mobile broadband working using the E1752 modem. ive tried nothing as i dont really know where to start. thanks in advanced-daniel
    I've done a quick Internet search - it seems that the same question is being asked, nobody has got an answer for that modem.....however some of the other O2 modems seem OK.

    I'd suggest checking the forums for a (different) suitable modem.

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    Re: o2 Mobile Broadband

    Quote Originally Posted by betterthanjordan79 View Post
    can anyone help me to get the o2 mobile broadband working using the E1752 modem. ive tried nothing as i dont really know where to start. thanks in advanced-daniel
    Have you tried configuring usb_modeswitch to allow Linux to see the modem, rather than the memory card within the USB stick? See http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/iwri...540aad7f9edbd6 and post back if it works.

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    Re: o2 Mobile Broadband

    Quote Originally Posted by betterthanjordan79 View Post
    can anyone help me to get the o2 mobile broadband working using the E1752 modem. ive tried nothing as i dont really know where to start. thanks in advanced-daniel
    hi

    can you keep the device plugged in and

    from the menu / applications/ accessories ,select terminal

    in the terminal type or copy this code into the terminal

    lsusb

    you may see in the output list of a modem and model

    and post the results if possible



    thanks in advance

    alexfish
    Last edited by alexfish; December 1st, 2009 at 01:58 PM.

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    Re: o2 Mobile Broadband

    post output of these two commands, we go from there:
    Code:
    lsusb
    and
    Code:
    lsmod
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    Re: o2 Mobile Broadband

    I can confirm that the solution given in http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/iwri...540aad7f9edbd6 works perfectly.

    If you install usb_modeswitch, create the O2 connection in Network Manager, then edit /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf as described and run sudo usb_modeswitch in a terminal, then it will pick up the Huawei E1752 mobile broadband modem.

    This procedure only needs to be performed once, thereafter the connection will be made automatically whenever the USB stick is inserted.

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    Re: o2 Mobile Broadband

    Quote Originally Posted by StuartN View Post
    I can confirm that the solution given in http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/iwri...540aad7f9edbd6 works perfectly.

    If you install usb_modeswitch, create the O2 connection in Network Manager, then edit /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf as described and run sudo usb_modeswitch in a terminal, then it will pick up the Huawei E1752 mobile broadband modem.

    This procedure only needs to be performed once, thereafter the connection will be made automatically whenever the USB stick is inserted.
    just for info a update listing is available from this site

    worth reading

    other devices are listed here as well


    http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/

    you can use the copy and paste

    Load the latest usb_modeswitch.conf; the default place is "/etc". Last updated 2009-08-26
    Last edited by alexfish; December 5th, 2009 at 06:30 PM.

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    Re: o2 Mobile Broadband

    How do i do that?

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    Re: o2 Mobile Broadband

    Quote Originally Posted by pythonsyntax View Post
    How do i do that?
    If you have not already done so, then install usb-modeswitch using the Synaptic package manager, or whichever method you prefer. This will install a file /etc/usb_modesitch.conf belonging to root.

    Go to the website http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ using your browser and save the latest version of usb_modesitch.conf (right-click and Save link as...). You need to replace the old /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf with this new version, so either:

    Code:
    Open a terminal and go to the directory where you save the latest file, then
    sudo cp /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf.old
    sudo chown root:root usb_modesitch.conf
    sudo mv usb_modeswitch.conf /etc
    or:
    Code:
    Open the new conf file in your browser or text editor, then open a terminal
    sudo cp /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf.old
    sudo gedit /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf
    and delete all contents from the old file and paste the new contents

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