Squeeze and mobile broadband...
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From: lrhorer on 30 May 2010 22:30 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-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/7dKdnUB8mtXvhZ7RnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d(a)giganews.com
From: emigrant on 31 May 2010 01:20 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-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1275282807.1794.2.camel(a)arshad-desktop
From: lrhorer on 31 May 2010 02:10
> thank you very much Irhorer, That's lrhorer, if you please, not 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? Yes, and probably not. If all the files you need are on CDs (or DVDs) you have in hand, then the files can be retrieved from them, butt he odds any particular file are on CD #1 are pretty low. Note CDs and DVDs offer no means of updates, including critical security updates, so an internet connection is definitely preferred, but they will do in a pinch, in particular as a means to obtain an internet connection in the first place. > if not please, how can i download that in another machine which have > internet connection already. You can download the tarball from the source, or you can download the .deb file from the Debian repositories, or you can download the entire .iso set from the Debian installation repositories and burn them to disk. Honestly, it's probably a lot easier just to go somewhere where you can get a wired or WiFi internet connection for the target PC and use apt-get to obtain the necessary files. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/7dKdnUJ8mtW70Z7RnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d(a)giganews.com |