HCL/Modems

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Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)
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Modems - Scanners - Main Boards

Huawei

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.