The Huawei E173 is not listed upstream as a supported model. Please file a request upstream
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=NetworkManager asking for this modem to be supported. Closing here since there is no need to track the request in both places. ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1019762 Title: After boot, for mobile broadband to work it has to be disabled and re- enabled first, and even then it takes a couple tries -- Huawei E173 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1019762/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs