Re: Configuring the Huawei E620 dongle to work using wvdial
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Further to my original post in this thread, these lines in it seem to be
the crucial ones:
> --> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
> --> Don't know what to do! Starting pppd and hoping for the best.
Wvdial appears to be waiting for a response but is not getting it; so it
consequently disconnects the modem.
Since the dongle modem I tried to use has not been registered or paid
for -- either for the modem itself or for time on it (I want to pay as I
go, rather than have a contract) -- I wonder whether it is locked.
I asked one of the Vodafone people at the local shop whether the modem
is locked until a Vodafone person unlocks it, whether or not a payment
is made. He claimed that they are not locked.
I don't think he is correct, and so my question to you is whether you
know if such modems are locked until unlocked when someone buys one.
I think they must be locked at first. Otherwise anybody could use it
without paying.
The Vodafone people know how to install these modems on machines using a
Windows or Mac operating system, but they don't know what happens when
the files stored on the memory part of the dongle are run. So, they
would not know whether the modem would be locked or not, nor probably
would they care as long as it works. If if did not they would not know
what to do.
I expect before the week is out to use the same dongle a Windows laptop.
If works on such a machine after it is paid and some time is bought for
it, and then afterwards it works on my Debian Lenny box, then I will
know that the modem must have been locked when I was trying it earlier.
In the meantime I would appreciate any views on the locking issue.
Regards, Ken Heard
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