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Huawei E173 HSPA USB stick is not connected to intenet ...

Asked by B.V.VARMA

I'm using Huawei E173 HSPA USB stick for internet. When I connect this to linux (Ubuntu 10.04, Genome Desktop version 2.30.2), I cannot connect to the internet. If I connect the same device to "Windows" and reboot, then open it in Ubuntu without disconnecting the device, now I can see the same device connected to internet(I've Duel booting in my system). Is there any update or any software to solve this problem ?. Kindly suggest me to connect to internet using the same device as soon as I connect the device to the system.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you detatch the stick and reboot. Log in and run:

lsusb; lsb_release -a; echo

Then plug in the device, wait 10 seconds then run:

dmesg | tail; lsusb

Copy ALL the output and paste the text here as an update

Thanks

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Best mano-மனோ (manoj-neyveli) said : 		#2

$ sudo apt-get install usb-modeswitch

$ sudo usb_modeswitch -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1\:14oC

$ sudo modprobe usbserial

now you may see its availability in network applet.
Configure it. And you need to find the BSNL APN your self.

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B.V.VARMA (varmabv29) said : 		#3

@actionparsnip This is the output I got ...

varma@varma-desktop:~$ lsusb; lsb_release -a; echo
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid

varma@varma-desktop:~$ dmesg l tail; lsusb
Usage: dmesg [-c] [-n level] [-r] [-s bufsize]
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 12d1:1446 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
varma@varma-desktop:~$

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B.V.VARMA (varmabv29) said : 		#4

usb modeswitch commands worked .... Thanks ...

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B.V.VARMA (varmabv29) said : 		#5

Thanks mano-மனோ, that solved my question.

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mano-மனோ (manoj-neyveli) said : 		#6

Welcome