On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Pravin Sonawane <june.pra...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On 08/22/2011 09:38 AM, Nishit Dave wrote: > >> On Aug 22, 2011 9:12 AM, "Pravin >> Sonawane"<june.pravin@gmail.**com<june.pra...@gmail.com>> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I just installed CentOS 6 on my laptop (Compaq Pressario V3000 series). >>> But I'm unable to configure Tata Docomo Internet 3g on it. >>> >>> Please check if you have usb_modeswitch (or usb-modeswitch) installed, >> and >> if not, install it and the usb_modeswitch-data package. If they are not >> included in the CenOS repos, which is highly unlikely, you can download >> them >> from >> http://draisberghof.de/usb_**modeswitch<http://draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch> >> . >> >> Plug your modem in, wait for a moment for it to settle, then run as root >> "usb_modeswitch -I -W -c /path/to/usb_modeswitch.conf" >> >> Substitute the actual path in the command above. >> >> Check your dmesg output to see if the modem has been attached to >> /dev/ttyUSB0 etc. or to /dev/gsmmodem. Also check lsusb output to see if >> the >> device is listed. >> >> Then, modify a wvdial script to use the modem and run it to start your >> connection. Your username and password both will probably be "internet". >> The >> number to dial for 3G is *99# usually, and for EVDO it is #777. >> >> If usb_modeswitch is already installed and your network manager gui is not >> providing you the settings for Tata Docomo 3G, you should still update the >> package so that the latest information is available to the system. >> >> HTH >> ______________________________**_________ >> Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List >> > > Dear Nishit, > Thankyou for your reply! :) > > But I was able to do it... W/o usb_modeswitch or wvdial. > > Here's how I did it. > There was a tar.gz file provided with my USB Modem device (PFA). I knew > that it didn't work because it always gave a successful installation even > though it didn't find some files. > > But after I ran the setup, I found that my modem manufacturer's name > (ZTE) was now visible when I tried to setup a 'mobile broad band' under > 'network configurations' (The device was already properly detected by > the OS before running the setup. Below is the output of the > /proc/bus/usb/devices file) > > ------------------- > ------------------- > T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=04 Cnt=01 Dev#= 6 Spd=480 MxCh= 0 > D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 > P: Vendor=19d2 ProdID=2003 Rev= 0.00 > S: Manufacturer=ZTE,Incorporated > S: Product=ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM > S: SerialNumber=MF6310ZTED010000 > C:* #Ifs= 5 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=500mA > I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=option > E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms > E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=4ms > I:* If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=option > E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms > E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=4ms > I:* If#= 2 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=option > E: Ad=83(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms > E: Ad=03(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=4ms > I:* If#= 3 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=option > E: Ad=84(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 64 Ivl=2ms > E: Ad=85(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms > E: Ad=04(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=4ms > I:* If#= 4 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver=usb-storage > E: Ad=05(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms > E: Ad=86(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms > [root@laptop ~]# > > After this, I continued with the normal 'Mobile Broadbad' configuration > with the following settings: > > Basic: Number = *99# > Advanced: APN = tatadocomo3g > > and after a couple of restarts, 'safely-remove-drive', etc... I had an > active internet connection... :) > > Hope this helps someone with a similar issue.. ;) > > Regards, > Pravin Sonawane > > Dear Pravin, I just got a Docomo 3G USB connection. Your solution worked for me on Ubuntu 10.10. Regards, Rohit > > > _______________________________________ > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List > _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
