Re: Squeeze and mobile broadband...
On Sun, 2010-05-30 at 21:01 -0500, lrhorer wrote:
>
> Yep, it's a Huawei E220. If you will look on the link I sent you, you
> will see it there. It's a "flip-flop" device, also called "Zero-CD".
> When first inserted into a USB port, it is a drive device, similar to a
> USB "thumbdrive". It contains the software windows needs to load in
> order to access the device. Note the description:
>
> Interface Descriptor:
> bLength 9
> bDescriptorType 4
> bInterfaceNumber 3
> bAlternateSetting 0
> bNumEndpoints 2
> bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage
> bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI
> bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip)
>
> The dongle looks like a SCSI device to the OS. It needs to have its
> mode switched so it looks and acts like a modem (or in general whatever
> the secondary device might be), rather than a USB drive. That's the
> purpose of usb_modeswitch. After the switch takes place, it will look
> and act like a usb dial-up modem as far as Linux is concerned. (Some
> dongles also have drive devices built in to read and write memory
> sticks as well as their modem function.) Usb-modeswitch and
> usb-modeswitch-data are both part of the Debian "Squeeze" distro,
> although it doesn't look as if they are loaded automatically. You will
> need to use apt-get (or aptitude, or synaptic, ...) to install them.
> Once usb_modeswitch is run, the output of lsusb will show something
> like:
>
> Bus 006 Device 002: ID 1f28:0020 Cal-Comp
> Device Descriptor:
> bLength 18
> bDescriptorType 1
> bcdUSB 1.10
> bDeviceClass 2 Communications
> bDeviceSubClass 0
> bDeviceProtocol 0
> bMaxPacketSize0 64
> idVendor 0x1f28 Cal-Comp
> idProduct 0x0020
> bcdDevice 0.00
> iManufacturer 1 Cal-comp E&CC Limited
> iProduct 2 Cal-comp CDMA USB Modem A600
> iSerial 0
> bNumConfigurations 1
> Configuration Descriptor:
> bLength 9
> bDescriptorType 2
> wTotalLength 189
> bNumInterfaces 7
> bConfigurationValue 1
> iConfiguration 0
> bmAttributes 0xa0
> (Bus Powered)
> Remote Wakeup
> MaxPower 500mA
> Interface Descriptor:
> bLength 9
> bDescriptorType 4
> bInterfaceNumber 0
> bAlternateSetting 0
> bNumEndpoints 1
> bInterfaceClass 2 Communications
> bInterfaceSubClass 2 Abstract (modem)
> bInterfaceProtocol 1 AT-commands (v.25ter)
> iInterface 3 Data Interface
>
> How automated the use of the dongle can be under "Squeeze" right out of
> the box, I couldn't tell you. I'm running a Cricket A600 modem
> under "Squeeze", but I'm using the box as a broadband router, so
> everything from the dialing scripts on up are custom.
>
>
thank you very much Irhorer,
i appreciate you reply.
can you please tell me whether is it possible for me to apt-get before
an internet connection is established? or is it enough i have the cd1
only?
if not please, how can i download that in another machine which have
internet connection already.
thank you very much for your time.
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