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# HCL/Modems

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Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)
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# 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.

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