HCL/Modems
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E220
Works with usbserial driver. (Huawei E220)
E1550
Works with usbserial driver. (Huawei E1550 3G modem)
E392
Works with usbserial driver. Needs QMI support (recent ModemManager has it).
Storage id = 12D1:1505
Modem id = 12D1:1506
To connect, first switch modem if needed (lsusb to see current mode):
~> sudo modprobe qmi_wwan ~> sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1506 ~> sudo usb_modeswitch -v 12d1 -p 1505 -V 12d1 -P 1506 -W -M “55534243123456780000000000000011062000000100000000000000000000″
If this method doesn't work create usb_modeswitch file
DefaultVendor= 0x12d1 DefaultProduct=0x1505 TargetVendor= 0x12d1 TargetProduct=0x1506 MessageContent="55534243123456780000000000000011062000000100000000000000000000"
Next run command where -c is the file you saved
sudo usb_modeswitch -W -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1\:1505
Run ModemManager and connect to LTE network
sudo ModemManager & sudo mmcli -m 0 --simple-connect="apn=yourapn,ip-type=ipv4"
Links: http://blog.bluedrive.ro/?p=28
http://www.modem-help.co.uk/HUAWEI/E392-LTE-USB-Stick-4G-Mobile-Broadband-Dongle.html?info=1
Generic QMI-compatible modems
Some newer UMTS cards use QMI-based chipsets, so if you discover a new WWAN networking interface and have a "cdc-wdm" node in your /dev directory, you're likely to have one. In this case it's a good idea to install the libqmi package. Unfortunately it is not possible to configure the card's connection profile using "qmictl" yet (24-06-2014), but this is a necessary step and can be achieved under Windows. Once the connection profile has been set up with a valid APN, username and password, one can use the qmi_setup script to establish a connection.
See also ThinkPad mobile internet for more detailed instructions.