How to use my Huawei E3276 4G modem on Ubuntu 12.04

Can you please give the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb

Thanks

Without usb modem it looks like this

dennis@dennis-K53U:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb

No LSB modules are available.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu

Description: Ubuntu 11.10

Release: 11.10

Codename: oneiric

Linux dennis-K53U 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b23b Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd

Bus 005 Device 002: ID 4168:1010

Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0cf3:3005 Atheros Communications, Inc.

dennis@dennis-K53U:~$

With the modem pluged in to the computer

dennis@dennis-K53U:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric
Linux dennis-K53U 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b23b Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 4168:1010
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0cf3:3005 Atheros Communications, Inc.
dennis@dennis-K53U:~$ dennis@dennis-K53U:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric
Linux dennis-K53U 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b23b Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 4168:1010
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0cf3:3005 Atheros Communications, Inc.
dennis@dennis-K53U:~$

I can't see any new device in the list.
Please make sure your device has been connected for at least 30s and run this again:

lsusb

Thanks!

http://tegal.linux.or.id/?page_id=342

dennis@dennis-K53U:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux dennis-K53U 3.2.0-32-generic-pae #51-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 26 21:54:23 UTC 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
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 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 12d1:1506 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E398 LTE/UMTS/GSM Modem/Networkcard
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:b23b Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 4168:1010
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0cf3:3005 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3011 Bluetooth
dennis@dennis-K53U:~$

Try:

sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1506

Then try using the device. Does it work, if it's good we can make it permanent

I am sorry to say it does not work.

Try:

sudo eject /dev/sr0

I've seen that on guides online. Basically if you search for:

12d1:1506 ubuntu

online, you will find tonnes of guides and how tos

Hi Dennis!

Did you got your Huawei E3276 to work? I have spent several days on it as well, both trying to connect using pppd and /dev/cdc-wdm0 (QMI) but without success. Any luck on your end?

Hi Olof.

Its the same here. I have tried the same with on success.
Hope someone can help.

Hi Dennis!

With the support of linux community the Huawei E3276 is supported now (see thread here http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libqmi-devel/2012-November/thread.html) . You need an updated cdc_ncm.ko driver and then connect with

echo -e "AT^NDISDUP=1,1,\"online.telia.se\"\r" > /dev/ttyUSB0
dhclient wwan0

Assuming you have configured usb modeswitch beforehand with:

echo "12d1 1506" > /sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/option1/new_id

Works with telia in Sweden.

Bjorn will push this into the linux main branch soon, but if you are eager to hack, you can update drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c with this:

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
index 4cd582a..74fab1a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
@@ -540,10 +540,12 @@ advance:
      (ctx->ether_desc == NULL) || (ctx->control != intf))
   goto error;

- /* claim interfaces, if any */
- temp = usb_driver_claim_interface(driver, ctx->data, dev);
- if (temp)
- goto error;
+ /* claim data interface, if different from control */
+ if (ctx->data != ctx->control) {
+ temp = usb_driver_claim_interface(driver, ctx->data, dev);
+ if (temp)
+ goto error;
+ }

  iface_no = ctx->data->cur_altsetting->desc.bInterfaceNumber;

@@ -623,6 +625,10 @@ static void cdc_ncm_unbind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)

  tasklet_kill(&ctx->bh);

+ /* handle devices with combined control and data interface */
+ if (ctx->control == ctx->data)
+ ctx->data = NULL;
+
  /* disconnect master --> disconnect slave */
  if (intf == ctx->control && ctx->data) {
   usb_set_intfdata(ctx->data, NULL);
@@ -1245,6 +1251,14 @@ static const struct usb_device_id cdc_devs[] = {
    .driver_info = (unsigned long) &wwan_info,
  },

+ /* Huawei NCM devices disguised as vendor specific */
+ { USB_VENDOR_AND_INTERFACE_INFO(0x12d1, 0xff, 0x02, 0x16),
+ .driver_info = (unsigned long)&wwan_info,
+ },
+ { USB_VENDOR_AND_INTERFACE_INFO(0x12d1, 0xff, 0x02, 0x46),
+ .driver_info = (unsigned long)&wwan_info,
+ },
+
  /* Generic CDC-NCM devices */
  { USB_INTERFACE_INFO(USB_CLASS_COMM,
   USB_CDC_SUBCLASS_NCM, USB_CDC_PROTO_NONE),

Hello,
I have Huawei E3276 in Ubuntu 13.04 (beta). It does not connect at all and no 4G/3G entries in the modem manager.
It works fine in Windows.
Do I still need to patch the driver as shown above?

$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 12d1:1506 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E398 LTE/UMTS/GSM Modem/Networkcard

Please leave the bug link alone. I'm trying to follow up on a permanent fix for this.

While it hasn't been fixed in NetworkManager, you could send AT commands to the modem to get it up.
I wrote a script that does this: https://github.com/Janhouse/4g-connect-linux

Basically you do:

screen /dev/ttyUSB0

ATZ
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0
AT^NDISDUP=1,1,"internet.lmt.lv"

and then
dhcpcd wwan0

E3276 from polish operators -Polkomtel/Cyfrowy Polsat support RAS mode. (non-Hilink version)

AT^SETPORT? //(current mode)

AT^SETPORT=? // (suported modes)

^SETPORT:1: 3G MODEM
^SETPORT:2: 3G PCUI
^SETPORT:3: 3G DIAG
^SETPORT:5: 3G GPS
^SETPORT:A: BLUE TOOTH
^SETPORT:16: NCM
^SETPORT:A1: CDROM
^SETPORT:A2: SD
^SETPORT:10: 4G MODEM
^SETPORT:12: 4G PCUI
^SETPORT:13: 4G DIAG
^SETPORT:14: 4G GPS

Default mode is NCM (Network Card Mode) and looks like this :A1,A2;12,16,A1,A2

We have to change to RAS mode by sending AT command: AT^SETPORT="A1,A2;1,2,3"

After that E3276 works like any other Huawei RAS modem. Modem works with NM or we can use wvdial.

When I use either Janis' or Pijo's suggestions, it does immediately work with NM but I get very low speeds. Meaning less than 1Mb download on speed test websites instead of the ~15Mbs I get on a Windows 7 laptop just beside it.

Is that an issue with my system or can it be the AT commands that cause that?

When trying to get my E3276 [M150-1] to work, but am unable to get an IP address assigned.
I only installed the latest x64 Ubuntu and dhcpcd so perhaps i am missing something?

These are the commands i used:
usb_modeswitch -v 0x12d1 -p 0x14fe -M '55534243123456780000000000000011062000000100000000000000000000'
echo 'ATZ' > /dev/ttyUSB0
echo 'ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0' > /dev/ttyUSB0
echo 'AT^NDISDUP=1,1,"drei.at"' > /dev/ttyUSB0

after about 30 seconds
dhcpcd wwan0

root@vBuntu:/dev# dhcpcd wwan0
err, wwan0: timed out
err, wwan0: lease information file `/var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wwan0.info' does not exist
warn, wwan0: using IPV4LL address 169.254.246.200
root@vBuntu:/dev# dhcpcd.sh: interface wwan0 has been configured with new IP=169.254.246.200

root@vBuntu:/dev# lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb
LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch:security-4.0-amd64:security-4.0-noarch:security-4.1-amd64:security-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 13.10
Release: 13.10
Codename: saucy
Linux vBuntu 3.11.0-12-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 9 16:20:46 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 12d1:1506 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E398 LTE/UMTS/GSM Modem/Networkcard
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

before mode switching:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 12d1:14fe Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

after mode switching:
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 12d1:1506 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E398 LTE/UMTS/GSM Modem/Networkcard

Is there anywhere documentation on what these AT commands do?

When i send them to the modem i don't get any replies if i monitor it with screen ttyUSB0 so i am thinking it is not working at all because it should respond? Tried it with an E398 and the mentioned E3276 in a Parallels Ubuntu VM.

Did the cdc_ncm.ko driver get updated in the latest Ubuntu release or is it still broken?

Is this helpful?: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2013-May/msg00217.html

Seems like the modem should be working in 14.04 when qmi support is going to be available.

Thanks Marius, i just tested the latest Ubuntu x64 trusty release and used the script Janis provided.

Now my modem establishes a connection(LED changes from blinking into a solid state) but i am unable to get an IP address from the modem.

Opening device: /dev/ttyUSB0
> ATZ
> OK
> ATZ
> OK
> ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0
> OK
> AT^NDISDUP=1,1,"drei.at"
> OK
> ^NDISSTAT:1,,,"IPV4"
> AT^DHCP?
> ^DHCP: 16FF774D,FCFFFFFF,15FF774D,15FF774D,104E5ED5,114E5ED5,150000000,150000000
> OK
err, wwan0: timed out
warn, wwan0: using IPV4LL address 169.254.138.1
Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable at e3276.pl line 73.
' ignored at e3276.pl line 73.
Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable at e3276.pl line 73.

Okay, I think what you want to wait for is QMI support, and then watch this bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/modemmanager/+bug/1264630

Thanks, although even with qmi it does not work.
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libqmi

root@vBuntu:/dev# qmi-network /dev/cdc-wdm0 start
Loading profile...
    APN: drei.at
Starting network with 'qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --wds-start-network=drei.at --client-no-release-cid'...
error: couldn't create client for the 'wds' service: CID allocation failed in the CTL client: Transaction timed out
error: network start failed, client not allocated

With my older E398 i can establish a connection with the qmi-network script and can successfully request an IP.

qmi-network /dev/cdc-wdm0 start
Loading profile...
    APN: drei.at
Starting network with 'qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --wds-start-network=drei.at --client-no-release-cid'...
Saving state... (CID: 1)
Saving state... (PDH: 38750672)
Network started successfully

Ah, in that case, is any of these helpful?: https://www.google.com/search?q=E3276+&sitesearch=lists.freedesktop.org

If not, and you are using the latest libqmi version/from git, I suggest explaining the problem on that libqmi mailinglist to handle it as an upstream problem.

I believe the message to switch my version of the E3276 is wrong.
In the logs of the dovado pro router i bought i can see that it switched to a different product id.

info USB: Detected new item: Vendor=0x12d1, Product=0x14fe
info USB: Detected new item: Vendor=0x12d1, Product=0x1c1e

Prior the dovado firmware update it was switched into a different product id[1506] and i was having the same problems with the dovado pro router.

My Huawei E3276 is working fine with the Ubuntu:

http://www.4gltemall.com/huawei-e3276-4g-lte-surfstick.html

My Huawei E3276 is not even detected on my system. What do I need to do?

root@sm000243130045-HM:/# lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux sm000243130045-HM 3.8.13-bone26 #74 SMP Sat Mar 22 02:27:23 PDT 2014 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux
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
root@sm000243130045-HM:/#

Any help much appreciated.
Thanks

As of Kubuntu 14.04.1 LTS updated, I just needed this command:

sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1506

to have the modem accessible as /dev/ttyUSB0.
Maybe later on I'll also check with ppp.

You can make that stick with:

echo "options usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1506" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/usbserial.conf > /dev/null

Then when you run:

sudo modprobe usbserial

It will use the options by default. If you also run:

echo "usbserial" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules > /dev/null

It will be loaded at boot, with the options.

I would make the change in the udev stuff so everything gets loaded at dongle insertion.

Hi ,
    My kernel is 2.6.27,no cdc_ncm.c, can Huawei E3276 work on it?And How?
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks!