getting huawei e8231 work on ubuntu 14.04
After connecting, i get following in lsusb
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root@fwhlin:~ # lsusb | grep 12d1 Bus 009 Device 004: ID 12d1:1f01 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E353/E3131 (Mass storage mode) root@fwhlin:~ # |
It says “Mass storage mode”. If you check demesg, you will see
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[ 2385.775523] usb 9-2: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1f01 [ 2385.775527] usb 9-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 2385.775529] usb 9-2: Product: HUAWEI Mobile [ 2385.775531] usb 9-2: Manufacturer: HUAWEI [ 2385.775532] usb 9-2: SerialNumber: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF [ 2385.837882] usb-storage 9-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected [ 2385.838108] scsi15 : usb-storage 9-2:1.0 [ 2386.858462] scsi 15:0:0:0: CD-ROM HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [ 2386.859826] sr1: scsi-1 drive [ 2386.859946] sr 15:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 |
Last line says, device mounted as “/dev/sr1”
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root@fwhlin:~ # df -h | grep sr /dev/sr1 4.3M 4.3M 0 100% /media/boby/MobileWiFi root@fwhlin:~ # |
Changing Device Mode to Modem
I found some information about the device in file
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sudo -s cd /usr/share/usb_modeswitch tar zxvf configPack.tar.gz |
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root@fwhlin:~ # cat /usr/share/usb_modeswitch/12d1:1f01 # Huawei E353 (3.se) and others TargetVendor=0x12d1 TargetProductList="14db,14dc" MessageContent="55534243123456780000000000000011062000000101000100000000000000" NoDriverLoading=1 root@fwhlin:~ # |
It says device can operate as products “14db” and “14dc”.
I tried changing device mode to product id 14db, it did not work, so tried 14dc and it worked.
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usb_modeswitch -v 12d1 -p 1f01 -V 12d1 -P 14dc -M "55534243123456780000000000000011062000000101000100000000000000" |
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root@fwhlin:~ # usb_modeswitch -v 12d1 -p 1f01 -V 12d1 -P 14dc -M "55534243123456780000000000000011062000000101000100000000000000" Look for target devices ... No devices in target mode or class found Look for default devices ... product ID matched Found devices in default mode (1) Access device 002 on bus 009 Current configuration number is 1 Use interface number 0 Use endpoints 0x01 (out) and 0x81 (in) USB description data (for identification) ------------------------- Manufacturer: HUAWEI Product: HUAWEI Mobile Serial No.: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ------------------------- Looking for active driver ... No active driver found. Detached before or never attached Set up interface 0 Use endpoint 0x01 for message sending ... Trying to send message 1 to endpoint 0x01 ... OK, message successfully sent Reset response endpoint 0x81 Reset message endpoint 0x01 -> Run lsusb to note any changes. Bye! root@fwhlin:~ # |
Now “ifconfig” shows usb0.
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root@fwhlin:~ # ifconfig ... ... ... usb0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr be:69:7c:b1:a3:b6 inet addr:192.168.8.100 Bcast:192.168.8.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::bc69:7cff:feb1:a3b6/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:6315 (6.3 KB) TX bytes:8138 (8.1 KB) root@fwhlin:~ # |
If you check “lsusb”, now device have different product id.
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root@fwhlin:~ # lsusb | grep 12d1 Bus 009 Device 003: ID 12d1:14dc Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. root@fwhlin:~ # |
Connecting To Internet
You will need to disable eth0 or all traffic will be routed through it by default.
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suo ifconfig eth0 down |
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root@fwhlin:~ # curl http://iptools.bizhat.com/ipv4.php 59.98.137.87 root@fwhlin:~ # sudo ifconfig eth0 down root@fwhlin:~ # curl http://iptools.bizhat.com/ipv4.php 106.77.164.191 root@fwhlin:~ # |