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How to set up Novatel Ovation U727 Mobile Broadband USB modem in Ubuntu

Asked by Eric Pan

I am a Ubuntu newbie and have no idea how to get my Novatel Ovation U727 Broadband USB modem to connect to the internet. I followed the instructions from the Sprint website for Linux, but I am stuck at the kppp part. It says I have to install or load it somehow from the add/remove menu, but both programs I need to load say they will not work with i386. If this is making any sense to anyone, or you know how to install these modems I would greatly appreciate it.

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Pedro Fragoso (ember) said : 		#1

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=620209

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adedr47 (adedr47) said : 		#2

I surely am having the same issue and can't get it resolved.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

Hi,

Please try this setup guide, which is up-to-date and provided by Sprint:

http://www.sprint.com/assets/downloads/linux/pdfs/Sprint_Mobile_broadband_Setup_Guide_for_Linux.pdf

It should work in Ubuntu 8.04 or Ubuntu 8.10.

Hope it helps,

Regards,

Mark

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Brett Alton (brett-alton-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#4

This device has problems on 9.04 as well. It worked immediately out-of-the-box the one day but now it is mounted as a USB storage device (so no Internet).

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