Prabhat_Ranjan 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2008 (edited) Connecting Huawei EC121 USB modem sold by Reliance is difficult to connect with the current Linux Kernel Versions (2.6.27). This is due to the fact that device has usb storage to store windows driver etc. as well as modem. Due to this Linux kernel drivers get confused. While Huawei seems to be working to get the appropriate modification in kernel drivers done, as of now it is not there. However, you can use 'usb_modeswitch' program to switch the device to modem mode. I have tested it on Fedora 9 and it seems to have worked reliably. I would update more info on this as and when i get them. Edited October 28, 2008 by Prabhat_Ranjan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prabhat_Ranjan 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2008 When rconnect for linux was released, MTU value was set to 284 for some reason. This is not very efficient and may give problem with some applications. Change this to 1500 - it is passed as option to 'pppd' command. You can check this by ifconfig command and see what MTU value it shows for ppp0 interface. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prabhat_Ranjan 0 Report post Posted October 28, 2008 Connecting Huawei EC121 USB modem sold by Reliance is difficult to connect with the current Linux Kernel Versions (2.6.27). This is due to he fact that device has usb storage to store windows driver etc. as well as modem. Due to this Linux kernel drivers get confused. While Huawei seems to be working to get the appropriate modification in kernel drivers done, as of now it is not there. However, you can use 'usb_modeswitch' program to switch the device to modem mode. I have tested it on Fedora 9 and it seems to have worked reliably. I would update more info on this as and when i get them. Once you install usb_modeswitch, you can use udev rules to automate the process of running it when you insert the device by having file like "70-huawei-ec121.rules" placed in /etc/udev/rules.d (for Fedora 9) containing: ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="12d1", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1411" RUN+="/bin/usb_modeswitch" here "/bin/usb_modeswtich" is the full pathename of usb_modeswtich. Change it if you install it somewhere else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nirvana 4 Report post Posted October 29, 2008 Thanks for sharing your findings! Maybe mods can pin this topic! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted October 29, 2008 Merged and Pinned topic... Thanks Prabhat! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
schubert 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2008 I tried usb_modeswitch after connecting the device but this is what I got... * usb_modeswitch: tool for controlling "flip flop" mode USB devices * Version 0.9.5 © Josua Dietze 2008 * Works with libusb 0.1.12 and probably other versions Looking for target devices No target device found Looking for default devices No default device found. Is it connected? Bye Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vivekias 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 i have EC325 and ubuntu as OS. how does one go about installing it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prabhat_Ranjan 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2008 I tried usb_modeswitch after connecting the device but this is what I got... * usb_modeswitch: tool for controlling "flip flop" mode USB devices * Version 0.9.5 © Josua Dietze 2008 * Works with libusb 0.1.12 and probably other versions Looking for target devices No target device found Looking for default devices No default device found. Is it connected? Bye You have to edit /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf and add your device as target device. You may have to comment other devices and add the following: ################## DefaultVendor= 0x12d1; DefaultProduct= 0x1411 # choose one of these: ;DetachStorageOnly=1 HuaweiMode=1 ################### If it still does not find, use lsusb command to identify your device specification. Read the comments in the beginning of /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf file. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dvkhakhar 0 Report post Posted March 15, 2009 I tried usb_modeswitch after connecting the device but this is what I got... * usb_modeswitch: tool for controlling "flip flop" mode USB devices * Version 0.9.5 © Josua Dietze 2008 * Works with libusb 0.1.12 and probably other versions Looking for target devices No target device found Looking for default devices No default device found. Is it connected? Bye You have to edit /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf and add your device as target device. You may have to comment other devices and add the following: ################## DefaultVendor= 0x12d1; DefaultProduct= 0x1411 # choose one of these: ;DetachStorageOnly=1 HuaweiMode=1 ################### If it still does not find, use lsusb command to identify your device specification. Read the comments in the beginning of /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf file. I am using Fedora 10. I used the above modification to the usb_modeswitch.conf, but I still get the message - no device found. lsusb shows the device ok. dmesg also shows the device and gives the following messaage: usb 7-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 36 usb 7-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice scsi58 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices usb 7-1: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1411 usb 7-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 usb 7-1: Product: Huawei Technologies usb 7-1: Manufacturer: Huawei, Incorporated usb-storage: device found at 36 usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning usb 7-1: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd usb_modeswitch rqt 0 rq 3 len 0 ret -71 usb 7-1: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd usb_modeswitch rqt 0 rq 3 len 0 ret -71 usb 7-1: USB disconnect, address 36 usb 7-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 37 this goes on. any solutions to this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
