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Iball 3.5G USB modem not working in Ubuntu 12.04

Asked by SACHIN on 2012-06-04

I have recently purchased an Iball make 3.5G USB modem but this modem is not working in Ubuntu 12.04 version. It works well with Windows 7 (I have dual boot system with Wubi installation). The response from lsusb and uname -a command is as below:

sudo lsusb output is as below (when the device is connected):

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0151 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Storage Device (Multicard Reader)
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04f2:0841 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0461:4d0f Primax Electronics, Ltd
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0cf3:9271 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR9271 802.11n
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05c6:0016 Qualcomm, Inc.

output of sudo uname -a is as below (when device is connected):

Linux ubuntu 3.2.0-24-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Mon May 21 16:52:17 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

the output of sudo lsusb when device is NOT connected is as below:

Similarly the output of sudo lsb_release -a when the device is NOT connected is as below:

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

Please help with step by step procedure of making the USB modem work on Ubuntu.

Thanks in advance.