On Sun, 2010-05-30 at 21:01 -0500, lrhorer wrote: > > 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. > >
thank you very much Irhorer, i appreciate you reply. can you please tell me whether is it possible for me to apt-get before an internet connection is established? or is it enough i have the cd1 only? if not please, how can i download that in another machine which have internet connection already. thank you very much for your time. -- 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/1275282807.1794.2.ca...@arshad-desktop
