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smokey01 · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 1605 Location: South Australia

jfdee, rerwin and myself have had some luck getting the Huawei k3765 modem to work. At the moment the solution is a bit messy but we are still working on it.

I have had the modem working using GPRS connect. It now recognises the modem when using pupdial but I'm having trouble getting it to connect as it keeps reporting bad modem Init string.

Once I have an initialisation string that works I will post the full workaound although rerwin is working on a full more comprehensive fix for all of the vodafone modems.

If you know of an init string that works I would be thankful.

Thanks

Smokey

jfdee · Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Posts: 13

smokey01 · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 1605 Location: South Australia

I finally got the modem working with Wvdial. It was working ok with GPRS but then it stopped and I couldn't get it to work again.

What I did:

I deleted the pupsave file and created a new one.

I added the following lines to the /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf

########################################################
# Huawei K3765
#
# Contributor: Felix Schwarz

DefaultVendor= 0x12d1
DefaultProduct= 0x1520

TargetVendor= 0x12d1
TargetProduct= 0x1465

MessageContent="55534243123456780000000000000011060000000000000000000000000000"

########################################################

Then in a terminal window I typed:

modprobe option
echo "0x12d1 0x1465" > /sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/option1/new_id
usb_modeswitch

I then ran Wvdial, probed and the modem was found.
The APN for vodafone in Australia is VFPREPAYMBB.
The Dial number is *99***1#
I selected stupid mode and unchecked wait for a dial tone.
I then pressed connect and it did.

My results:

--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.53
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Sending: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","VFPREPAYMBB"
AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","VFPREPAYMBB"
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATX1DT*99***1#
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATX1DT*99***1#
CONNECT 7200000
--> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Tue Jan 12 08:01:46 2010
--> pid of pppd: 16817

rerwin is working on a better solution but for now this works for me.

Good luck

Smokey

jfdee · Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Posts: 13

Actually, it does not matter if you do the "modprobe" and "echo" part before or after the call to "usb_modeswitch".

And as I said several posts above, the newer versions of "usb_modeswitch" do the driver binding automatically - they check if the switch succeeded and issue the "echo" line to the target device (unless it's a cdc_acm or a hso type).
They come ready with udev rules and are still rather small.

I suggest to rerwin to consider using it in Puppy. It saves quite a bit of work, and usually the result is a working serial/acm/hso device.

droope · Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 814 Location: Uruguay, Mercedes

Hi,.

Do all modems that are listed on post #2 of this thread work? Can I buy any of them and be sure they will work on my Puppy?

Thanks!
Droope

kazzamozz · Posted: Tue 19 Jan 2010, 18:00 Post subject:

magerlab · Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 730

i tried to use huawei 1550 modem with puppy ( 4.1.2 and boxpupeee )
but no success, unfortunately

modem is not seen in pupdial ( only if i ran manually usb-modeswitch.sh it says that it'seen as a modem, but pupdial does not see any modem at all)

droope · Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 814 Location: Uruguay, Mercedes

Hi there

I am about to buy a ZTE MF 636 modem (again, this modem follows me! Razz

).

It seems that one could install it on puppy linux?

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=41882

I have some doubts, if someone would be so kind and knowledgeable:

this?

Will much pain follow? Are all modems on the list of #2 post of this thread easily installed?

I will be infinitely grateful Smile

( and will add all info to the wiki. )

Cheers!
Droope.

Coolsun9 · Joined: 25 Dec 2009 Posts: 12

Hi neurino,
could you advise how to setup a script file? thanks

neurino wrote:
You can save those 3 steps in a script file to run each time you turn on the eee (not each time you connect) and yes only usb_modeswitch returns something.
Then you could use PupDial to connect

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

Hi Rich
I'm back, ..........still trying to get a 'Three UK' ZTE MF627 USBmodem to work for a friend, not on the target EEEPC, as I can't get an install to go...though now trying on an old Pentium mmx with 256mb ram, running ttuuxxx's 214X RC1 [neither 4.21, nor 4.12 will run (Your thread targets) - haven't tried 4.31]
I've added the usb_modeswitch.pet, which seems to do a switch from CD mode to modem mode by issuing a success response using MF628

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

Whilst researching, I came across this

http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2009/03/20/thats-when-i-reach-for-my-revolver/

useful info to some - has anyone tried Network Manager [fedora app] in Puppy?

Also, see my post here

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=387348#387348

Rich/anyone,

ttuuxxx has asked for sourcecode for pmodemdiag for 214X following a post I made there about my previous post, above, as I can't get it to run in 214X RC1

Aitch Smile

jfdee · Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Posts: 13

Aitch, see smokey01's post above about loading the serial driver.

For your switched device that would be:

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

thanks jfdee/smokey01

I'm now away from the friend's box, right now, but will try that as soon as I go back there, hopefully before he goes back to Italy, as I still intend getting his EEEPC going on puppy/3G....

Aitch Smile

swiatmar · Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 238 Location: Danube, AT

Hello!!

I have some problem with my Huawei E169 in Austria.
Everything works fine- the modem is detected. but when I try to connect , I am getting this massage: