emigrant wrote: > On Sun, 2010-05-30 at 19:57 -0500, lrhorer wrote: >> emigrant wrote: >> >> > On Sun, 2010-05-30 at 19:04 -0500, lrhorer wrote: >> >> Peter Beck wrote: >> >> >> >> > On Sun, 2010-05-30 at 23:27 +0530, arshad wrote: >> >> >> i want to know whether, mobile broad band works out of the box >> >> >> in squeeze? have things changed from then?? >> >> > >> >> > I am using a Qualcomm MSM6275 UMTS PCMCIA card, in Lenny i had >> >> > to use the tools from betavine, now in squeeze it's working out >> >> > of the box with networkmanager 0.8 >> >> > >> >> >> would i be able to connect easily to the internet? >> >> > >> >> > absolutely easy. for me at least. >> >> >> >> The question is, "Does he have a PCMCIA card or a >> >> dedicated USB modem, >> >> or is it one of the multi-function USB dongles?" If the latter, >> >> he's going to need usb_modeswitch. >> >> >> >> >> > >> > hi, >> > thanks all for your replies. >> > what i can say of my modem is, >> > its like a pen drive in shape and is only used as a modem. >> > and it work out of the box in ubuntu and pclos (those are the two >> > distros iv checked so far) >> >> That doesn't really say anything. With the modem plugged in, what is >> the result of >> >> `lsusb -v` >> >> > > > > lsusb -v > > Bus 003 Device 004: ID 12d1:1003 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E220 > HSDPA Modem / E270 HSDPA/HSUPA Modem > Device Descriptor: > bLength 18 > bDescriptorType 1 > bcdUSB 2.00 > bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) > bDeviceSubClass 0 > bDeviceProtocol 0 > bMaxPacketSize0 64 > idVendor 0x12d1 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. > idProduct 0x1003 E220 HSDPA Modem / E270 HSDPA/HSUPA Modem > bcdDevice 0.00 > iManufacturer 3 > iProduct 2 > iSerial 0 > bNumConfigurations 1
<snip> > Interface Descriptor: > bLength 9 > bDescriptorType 4 > bInterfaceNumber 2 > bAlternateSetting 0 > bNumEndpoints 2 > bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage > bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI > bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip) <snip> Yep, it's a Huawei E220. If you will look on the link I sent you, you will see it there. It's a "flip-flop" device, also called "Zero-CD". When first inserted into a USB port, it is a drive device, similar to a USB "thumbdrive". It contains the software windows needs to load in order to access the device. Note the description: Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 3 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 2 bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip) The dongle looks like a SCSI device to the OS. It needs to have its mode switched so it looks and acts like a modem (or in general whatever the secondary device might be), rather than a USB drive. That's the purpose of usb_modeswitch. After the switch takes place, it will look and act like a usb dial-up modem as far as Linux is concerned. (Some dongles also have drive devices built in to read and write memory sticks as well as their modem function.) Usb-modeswitch and usb-modeswitch-data are both part of the Debian "Squeeze" distro, although it doesn't look as if they are loaded automatically. You will need to use apt-get (or aptitude, or synaptic, ...) to install them. Once usb_modeswitch is run, the output of lsusb will show something like: Bus 006 Device 002: ID 1f28:0020 Cal-Comp Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass 2 Communications bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x1f28 Cal-Comp idProduct 0x0020 bcdDevice 0.00 iManufacturer 1 Cal-comp E&CC Limited iProduct 2 Cal-comp CDMA USB Modem A600 iSerial 0 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 189 bNumInterfaces 7 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xa0 (Bus Powered) Remote Wakeup MaxPower 500mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 1 bInterfaceClass 2 Communications bInterfaceSubClass 2 Abstract (modem) bInterfaceProtocol 1 AT-commands (v.25ter) iInterface 3 Data Interface How automated the use of the dongle can be under "Squeeze" right out of the box, I couldn't tell you. I'm running a Cricket A600 modem under "Squeeze", but I'm using the box as a broadband router, so everything from the dialing scripts on up are custom. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/7dkdnub8mtxvhz7rnz2dnuvz_jwdn...@giganews.com