So, you installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) on your Eee PC and got a Vodafone (or almost any) 3G modem?
You will not need to do anything extraordinary to get online using your 3G USB Modem.
In this example, I will show you how easy it is to get everything up and running. I am using a Vodafone – Egypt 3G USB Modem Stick (Huawei K3565).
Setting things up:
- Connect your 3G USB modem
- A wizard menu will appear which will guide you to setup a “New Mobile Broadband Connection. Click Forward.
- Automagically, the wizard is able to identify the Country, however, you will still need to identify the Provider. In this case, I will choose “Click Vodafone”, but it’s needless to state that you have to choose the Country and Provider according to your network.
Select the Country and Network
- There you go. Now it’s the last step in the setup. Just verify that you have selected the correct criteria, and enter a friendly name for the provider. In this case, I changed the name from “Click Vodafone” to just Vodafone. When finished, click Apply.
- With this final step, you have finished the setup for your Vodafone 3G USB modem.
Now getting online:
- Go to the Wifi/Network Icon on the top right of your screen (should be the same whether you are using the classic or netbook remix desktop). Click on it.
- Under Mobile Broadband, you will find the new Mobile Network which you just setup (in this case Vodafone). Click on it. It will now attempt to connect, if it fails just try again a couple of times, and it should get through.
Click on you Mobile Network provider
- Once connected, you will get a notification that a connection has been established.
- To disconnect, follow the same procedure as step 1. Afterwards, click on Disconnect.
I hope that you had a flawless experience setting your modem up as I did. If you have any issues, just drop a comment, and I will be more than happy to try to help.
Cheers, and enjoy!
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Unfortunately mine hasn’t worked so smoothly.
On eeepc 1000H and the released Jaunty 9.04, the system detected the Huawei E800 when it was plugged in, and the wizard to select the country and carrier (Australia and Vodafone) came up – I thought I was going to be lucky!
Unfortunately it attempts to connect, and then something in the PPP times out and the attempt is dropped, and the Mobile Broadband entry is disabled in NetManager until I manually re-enable it. Works fine under Windows, so the card is OK, but the Jaunty 3G software isn’t quite handling it yet.
Hi Paul,
Nice of your to drop by and leave a comment. I have no access on an E800 to give it a try, but did you try this link?
http://forum.huawei.com/jive4/thread.jspa?threadID=319544&tstart=0&orderStr=27
I believe you have, but if you haven’t I hope it helps.
Cheers and good luck.
I think this is a bug of nm not being able to set PIN correctly. Try installing comgt. That solved my issue. Also, there is another program: umtsmon. It could completely replace nm in Mobile Broadband section. It has built-in traffic monitor too.
Whispyer Thanks a lot for the tips!
how to configure BlackBerry 8800 or Nokia 3110c as a modem on junty???
urgent!!!
I’ve had my share of problems with Asus EEE 901go.
Integrated 3G/UMTS modem is Huawei E620.
First it worked for a while but in two weeks it became grumpy and only connected sometimes. Now it doesn’t connect at all, I just get a load of crap in daemon.log and nm-applet tells me it’s still disconnected.
Wvdial doesn’t work either btw.
Don’t forget to mention the drivers for x64 bit Ubuntu users :)
https://forge.betavine.net/frs/download.php/263/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-2.0.beta3-ubuntu-amd64-installer.run
btw, come join us at #ubuntu-eg in Freenode IRC
Hello,
I installed ubuntu unr on a 1008ha, neither the wifi or ethernet connection functioned. I was able to make a 3G modem connection, I am on the Bell network in Cnada, which is not in option in the menu (only Rogers and Fido appear as options in Canada). I chose Verizon of the USA to connect my 3G modem. I imagine that the Verizon and Bell configuration files are identical, and that in fact I was on the Bell network. Any opinions? Am I right?
Jacques
PS the updates did not get the wifi and ethernet connections to work.
Hello, Iv followed the steps in your guide and everything is successful untill i try to connect to the modem. It just keeps trying to connect and the says “disconnected”. Occasionally it will also ask me for a password but i have no idea what the password is. iv asked o2 (which is the network of my modem) and they said there is no password for the modem.
any ideas would be greatly appreciated as iv been at this for weeks.
Thanks
I connected to Safaricom Kenya, which is just vodafone with a local name. But you can’t tell when it will connect and when it will not. At times it’s asking for a password, instead of PIN number. On my eee pc with Ubuntu netboook remix, using this Huawei modem is not a good idea.
ok, this is really weird, I have a 3 Mobile HSDPA modem, it was working fine at first, then started prompting me for a password, I tried many things, until I tried “heavy” I couldn’t believe when it works, because 3 told me that there was no password on the modem, but I’m using it right now…..
p.s, I am using Ubuntu 9.04
my problem is sooooo simple,
i took the advice of a friend on the net, inserted the usb modem in the pc, added the connection , and then it began to ask me for a password!
btw : i work on xubuntu 9.04..