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  John 9:12 am on June 30, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Fedora 11 (3), Linux (14), Mobile Broadband, Network Manager (2)   

  Three Mobile On Linux Update 

  UPDATE: After installing three mobile on Fedora 11 I noticed that the DNS servers had changed. The new one are as follows

  DNS Server: 4.2.2.1,4.2.2.2

  

  One thing that I forgot to mention in my previous post about setting up mobile broadband on Fedora 11 is that three do not always set the correct DNS servers. This was annoying as it would appear that the connection was working however any attempt to access a website would timeout. In order to do so edit the connection via NetworkManager and add in the follow DNS server in the IPv4 tab.

  DNS Server: 172.31.76.69, 172.31.140.69

  The server addresses are comma seperated so you can add DNS server of your choice. I have used the DNS servers that Three normally set up you can use OpenDNS.

  

   

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  John 9:33 pm on June 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Fedora 11 (3), Linux (14), Mobile Broadband   

  Fedora 11 and Mobile Broadband 

  

  When I was previously running F10 I managed to get my three mobile broadband setup without any hassle, which I conveniently forgot how to do when I install Fedora 11. After a quick search I found a comment on the redhat bugzilla. I have the ZTE MF622 usb modem from Three. Here the steps I followed to get it up and running.

  Install usb_modeswitch, this changes the device from a CD Drive to a usb modem.

  #as root
  yum install usb_modeswitch
  

  Edit the /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf and uncomment the section that related to your specific modem. This tells usb_modeswitch which modem you are using.

  # ZTE MF622 (aka "Onda MDC502HS")
  #
  # Contributor: "andylog"
  
  DefaultVendor=  0x19d2
  DefaultProduct= 0x2000
  
  TargetVendor=   0x19d2
  TargetProduct=  0x0002
  
  MessageEndpoint=0x04
  

  Now edit the udev rules to add a new line to automatically call the usb_modeswitch when the device is plugged in.

  vi /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules
  

  Append the following to the end of the file

  ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="19d2", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2000",
  RUN+="/usr/bin/usb_modeswitch"
  

  Once this has been done run the following and then plug your modem in

  udevadm control --reload-rules
  

  You should now be ready to create a mobile broadband connection via NetworkManager.

  Cachique, x-rayman, John and 2 others are discussing. Toggle Comments

   
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    r.eriksson 7:42 am on July 29, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    realy bad that fedora not have this mobile Brodband in fedora 11 frome the start

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      John 10:06 am on July 29, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      I noticed a new packaged come down the other day called mobile-broadband-providers. However there is still no support for mobile broadband for the UK users. Which is something that I’ll try and take a look at when get time.

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    x-rayman 12:15 am on November 7, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    I followed your guide but did you miss a step out? I found the device was not recognised by HAL in my case it was the ZTE MF627 dongle not the 622 so it could be that HAL is not up to date. The result was that I had no device in my NetworkManager settings!

    I found a useful post here http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=53171

    Which gives the HAL setup:
    

    GSM-07.07
    GSM-07.05
    modem

    Not certain if will help another lost 627 user out there. Final note 627 uses the 628+ (plus a load of other 62* numbers) settings in usb_switch even though it is not explicitly named.

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    Cachique 7:17 pm on December 22, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    Thanks for the guide. It worked like a charm.
    The only thing was that I used he next ZTE MF622 option instead of your suggestion.