Mobile Broadband

[Odense]

I have an USB (Huawei 1751) modem for mobile broadband. I had it up and running in Ubuntu 9.10 but I had to clear the computer for various reasons.
I have decided to only use LTS versions so for the reinstall I have used Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.

I have downloaded and installed usb_modeswitch and can see that the modes IS changed to the right value.

After that I wanted to add a new mobile broadband connection in the network connections wizzard - but cannot see any settings for mobile broadband. I am sure it must be possible - but where is this function hidden in version 8.04 ?

[chewearn]

If my memory served, I think the network manager in 8.04 is too old and not supporting mobile broadband.

[alexfish]

hi

Lets find out if the modem is detected and which tty(piping) it should show ttyUSB(n)


from the terminal

Code:

dmesg | grep -e "modem" -e "tty"


then try follow this guide

Ubuntu Linux on the Move

also these threads Read first ( if you can connect with gnome ppp or wvdial then I would tend to stay with them)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ight=gsm+hardy
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ight=gsm+hardy
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1368645

[Odense]

Thank you alexfish and chewearn
Too much to read for my taste
I capitulated and upgraded to version 9.10 in order to get a network manager that includes mobile broadband