HUAWEI E220 MODEM IN PC--BSD - PC-BSD Forums

shekeine · #1 06-02-2009, 05:00 PM

Hello everyone,i am new in linux and pcbsd.I am however very frustrated that i am unable to connect to the internet using my huawei e220 3g modem.Can you please assist me on how i can go about configuring the modem for use like in windows?

pheet · #2 06-02-2009, 05:20 PM

What's the output of dmesg?

( Also, I found this : http://mustakim.blogster.com/huawei-e-220-on-freebsd )

pheet · #3 06-02-2009, 06:44 PM

Update : The new u3g driver in 7.2 supports the E220 apparently -

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?q...SE&format=html

shekeine · #4 06-03-2009, 11:40 AM

So you guys actually mean that if i get pc-bsd 7.2,which i am currently downloading,then i should click all the way to get the E220 working,like am told it happens in ubuntu,or mandriva where one needs just the APN?is there anyone with experience on PC-BSD and the huawei e220 modem?

unix · #5 07-06-2009, 09:07 AM

Originally Posted by shekeine

So you guys actually mean that if i get pc-bsd 7.2,which i am currently downloading,then i should click all the way to get the E220 working,like am told it happens in ubuntu,or mandriva where one needs just the APN?is there anyone with experience on PC-BSD and the huawei e220 modem?

1.
pppd and /etc/ppp/ppp.conf
2. u3g

i have huawei e220 modem, i used sometime gnome network-manager in ubuntu, but i think that working with pppd

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