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Problems with my Vodafone 3G USB modem

Posted by Nathanael Boehm on March 12th, 2008 in General

I got my Vodafone 3G USB modem with my new phone yesterday and hooked it up with my Asus Eee PC no worries. Linux 2.6 comes with drivers so I simply plugged the modem in, created a new connection, selected 3G modem, searched for providers, selected Vodafone, then Australia - Vodafone and that was it.

I did manage to break it a few times while trying to get connection sharing happening over Ethernet to a Meraki … I don’t know what I did but the modem stopped working … it’d get stuck on dialing *99# with an error in the log after the ATDT call.

I tried recreating the connection but no luck.

I found I had to actually remove the connection, restart the computer, and then recreate the connection and now it’s working again. Still haven’t gotten connection sharing working yet … but I’m sure it’s doable, although apparently the Huawei does have some reliability issues when other connections such as wireless and Ethernet are enabled.

Also, if you go into the properties for your 3G connection you will have to reselect the modem in the Hardware tab as on the Eee it will default to your audio card. You only need to do this the first time you go into your properties.

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