which model is it? this will dictate 3.6 or 7.2 meg max (dual frequency) huawei modems typical appear as two usb serial devices. the first for data, the second provides a control plane of sorts. both use a classic hayes 'AT' like command set, and ppp is used to create an ip connection with the modem.
network-manager since about 18 months ago was perfectly able to fully configure and manage usb 3g devices from huawei. google will show you many chat scripts for various ppp helpers if network-manager is not your ice cream flavor. huawei have been very good at keeping a consistent command set so scripts for other huaei models will almost certainly work perfectly if your kernel recognises the device properly. ive found huawei support in linux to be excellent, mostly as a result of using a simple interfacing technique and being consistent. Dean On 29/01/2011, at 4:02 PM, Jim Donovan <j...@aptnsw.org.au> wrote: > I have been lent a Huawei mobile HSPA USB stick which is supposed to have 5 > months' worth of "unlimited" data on it via Optus GSM. > > I had a look; it is a hybrid device which wants you to run its install.exe > before first use. > > Can it be used on Linux somehow, please? What sort of data speeds might it > get in good areas? > > Jim Donovan > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
