[Linux-aus] Optus Wireless USB Dongle

Tue Jul 9 18:26:50 EST 2013

Hi David (Rees),

If you're still stuck and would like a hand and on the basis that I've no
idea where you live/work. ..

I'd you live near the Canterbury area or work in the Sydney CBD I'd be
happy to see if I can help you with this.

Regards,

Patrick

On 09/07/2013 12:05 PM, <linux-aus-request at lists.linux.org.au> wrote:
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>    1. Re: Optus Wireless USB Dongle (Jeremy Visser)
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>    3. Optus Wireless USB Dongle (Don Knowles)
>    4. Re: Optus Wireless USB Dongle (David Lyon)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jeremy Visser <jeremy at visser.name>
> To: linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au
> Cc:
> Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 17:28:32 +1000
> Subject: Re: [Linux-aus] Optus Wireless USB Dongle
> On 08/07/13 11:14, David Lyon wrote:
> > I had to open a command prompt, then type the following:
> >
> >   $> sudo apt-get install libusb-dev
> >
> > That installed the USB drivers that were needed. After that everything
> > worked fine.
>
> Call me a skeptic, but I find it highly unlikely that installing a -dev
> package will magically get a 3G dongle working.
>
> Wouldn't there be, y'know, something afterwards?
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ankur Sinha <sanjay.ankur at gmail.com>
> To: linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au
> Cc:
> Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 19:18:43 +1000
> Subject: Re: [Linux-aus] Optus Wireless USB Dongle
> On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 10:03 +1000, nicknoff at gmail.com wrote:
> > I am hoping you can help me, or point me in the right direction. I
> > downloaded a Linux Distro called Mepis 11.
> > BUT as a new Linux user I have not been able to get my USB Dongle to
> > work, nor does searching the web, (via Windows), and using all the
> > info available there help. I just go around in circles. Optus were no
> > help at all!
> > I’m starting to regret trying Linux.
> > Sincerely,
>
> Hi David,
>
> Can you please plug in the dongle and tell us what the output of "lsusb"
> command says?
>
> I've used a few dongles myself. None of the companies supported Linux,
> but they seemed to work fine with usb_modeswitch[1,2]. On Fedora, if
> supported by usb_modeswitch, such dongles worked with NetworkManager
> without much additional configuration.
>
> If the output of lsusb matches one of the files listed here[3], there's
> a good chance usb_modeswitch will support your device and it'll work out
> of the box. It should show up in NetworkManager as "Wireless broadband",
> and "just work".
>
> I haven't used Mepis, so I'm uncertain of the status of the packages
> there, but this might be worth a try.
>
> [1] http://linux.die.net/man/1/usb_modeswitch
> [2] https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/usb_modeswitch
> [3] http://paste.fedoraproject.org/23634/37327502
> --
> Thanks,
> Warm regards,
> Ankur (FranciscoD)
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Don Knowles <donakk at gmail.com>
> To: nicknoff at gmail.com
> Cc: linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au
> Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 00:17:39 +1000
> Subject: [Linux-aus] Optus Wireless USB Dongle
> Hi David,
>
> SimplyMEPIS 11 was first released in May 2011, so it might be worth your
while trying a more up to date distro, like one of the Ubuntu variants. I
personally use Xubuntu.
>
> I have an Optus 3G USB dongle, a Huawei Mobile Connect model E160E, and
setup in Xubuntu was as simple as going into Network settings by
>
> - left clicking on the network icon,
> - left click on Edit Connections
> - left click on the Mobile Broadband tab at the top,
> - and click on "Add" and answer the questions in the following dialogue.
>
> You should have a look at (and record details of) your connection under
Windows, because some detail required would need to be entered manually or
selected from a drop-down list in Linux.
>
> Cheers,
> Don Knowles
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: <nicknoff at gmail.com>
> To: <linux-aus at linux.org.au>
> Cc:
> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:03:42 +1000
> Subject: [Linux-aus] Optus Wireless USB Dongle
> I am hoping you can help me, or point me in the right direction. I
downloaded a Linux Distro called Mepis 11.
> BUT as a new Linux user I have not been able to get my USB Dongle to
work, nor does searching the web, (via Windows), and using all the info
available there help. I just go around in circles. Optus were no help at
all!
> I’m starting to regret trying Linux.
> Sincerely,
> David Rees.
>
> --
> Don Knowles, Rockhampton, Australia
> a Founding Member of Central Queensland Linux User Group
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Lyon <david.lyon at hackerpads.com>
> To: <linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au>
> Cc:
> Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 17:43:37 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Linux-aus] Optus Wireless USB Dongle
> On 08.07.2013 03:28, Jeremy Visser wrote:
>
>> Call me a skeptic, but I find it highly unlikely that installing a -dev
>> package will magically get a 3G dongle working.
>>
>> Wouldn't there be, y'know, something afterwards?
>
>
> What I found in the past, was the drivers to communicate with the serial
port in the modem were not present, or in libusb-dev.
>
> Once the system had the drivers to communicate with the modem as a serial
port then the the connection wizard would then appear and you would be
asked to select the Telco and your plan.
>
> David
>
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