I use a USB-Modem to connect to my PC to the Internet. But every time I connect it via USB, I have to enable mobile broadband via the networking applet on the task bar. I know it's not much work to do but i want it enabled by default so that it'll connect to the Internet automatically.
I installed ubuntu 11.10 and from start I have no mobile broadband in my network indicator.
It used to work form live CD but when I installed it, mobile broadband wasn't listed at all.
When I plug in my 3g USB modem stick I get in /var/log/syslog:
Mar 12 21:08:12 goran-home-ubuntu kernel: [ 1349.648137] usb 2-4: new high speed USB device number 13 using ehci_hcd
Mar 12 21:08:12 goran-home-ubuntu mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 13: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-4"
Mar 12 21:08:12 goran-home-ubuntu kernel: [ 1349.786894] scsi16 : usb-storage 2-4:1.0
Mar 12 21:08:13 goran-home-ubuntu mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 13 was not an MTP device
Mar 12 21:08:13 goran-home-ubuntu usb_modeswitch: switching 1bbb:f000 (USBModem: HSPA Data Card)
Mar 12 21:08:14 goran-home-ubuntu kernel: [ 1351.025293] usb 2-4: USB disconnect, device number 13
Mar 12 21:08:14 goran-home-ubuntu kernel: [ 1351.392152] usb 2-4: new high speed USB device number 14 using ehci_hcd
Mar 12 21:08:14 goran-home-ubuntu mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 14: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-4"
Mar 12 21:08:14 goran-home-ubuntu mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 14 was not an MTP device
Mar 12 21:08:14 goran-home-ubuntu kernel: [ 1351.536138] option 2-4:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
Mar 12 21:08:14 goran-home-ubuntu kernel: [ 1351.536280] usb 2-4: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Mar 12 21:08:14 goran-home-ubuntu kernel: [ 1351.536412] option 2-4:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
Mar 12 21:08:14 goran-home-ubuntu kernel: [ 1351.536503] usb 2-4: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
Mar 12 21:08:14 goran-home-ubuntu kernel: [ 1351.536932] scsi17 : usb-storage 2-4:1.2
Mar 12 21:08:14 goran-home-ubuntu kernel: [ 1351.537215] option 2-4:1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
Mar 12 21:08:14 goran-home-ubuntu kernel: [ 1351.537350] usb 2-4: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
Mar 12 21:08:14 goran-home-ubuntu usb_modeswitch: switched to 1bbb:0000 (USBModem: HSPA Data Card)
Mar 12 21:08:15 goran-home-ubuntu usb_modeswitch[32008]: usb_modeswitch: adding device ID 1bbb:0000 to driver option
Mar 12 21:08:15 goran-home-ubuntu kernel: [ 1352.538247] scsi 17:0:0:0: Direct-Access USBModem MMC Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Mar 12 21:08:15 goran-home-ubuntu kernel: [ 1352.564799] sd 17:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Mar 12 21:08:15 goran-home-ubuntu kernel: [ 1352.571989] sd 17:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
It looks like USB modem is ready (I get flashing green light) but nothing happens.
I don't know if this is related but, in my network settings airplane mode to alway ON and I can't even switch wireless ON and airplane mod to OFF. Note also that there is no mobile broadband option in network settings.
When I run lsusb I get this:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b128 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 002 Device 016: ID 1bbb:0000 T & A Mobile Phones
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 0930:020f Toshiba Corp.
EDIT: I use ALCATEL X080S 3g USB modem stick.
I was wondering if there are any good applications to monitor how much data I use on my laptop in a month. My net connection has a restriction of how much data I can use after which the speed goes down considerably. I saw ntop, but I just wanted to ask if there are any other good options or suggestions regarding this. Regards.
I have a bsnl broadband connection. I don't see any settings for broadband in Ubuntu, and I can't just connect automatically -- "wired connections" shows no connection. I see an option for mobile settings, but that doesn't work for this case. Where do I need to look to get the broadband connection to work?
Assume you have two connections in Mobile Broadband and WiFi.
I would like to allocate manually given packages to given connections. For instance, my bank connection to Mobile Broadband and my internet surfing and software downloads to WiFi.
How does Ubuntu 11.10 or 11.04 allocate the usage of two connections to Google Chrome?
How can you manually decide which internet connection to use with Wget? Do you need any external command to do the allocation? - In my opinion, it would be much more orthogonal and efficient if you could have an external program to do the allocation. - I could then simply launch my Google Chrome to the wanted connection manually.