USB modem used was Huawei EC176-2. Location was Indonesia. ISP was listed during connection setup and auto-configured the connection.
What did you use to configure the connection? NetworkManager or Mageia's tools?
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(In reply to Sander Lepik from comment #2) > What did you use to configure the connection? NetworkManager or Mageia's > tools? I used to one on the top-right of the screen, on the bar (taskbar?). I'm not sure what that is (Mageia's or NetworkManager) but that is the only one that I used.
Top-right of the screen sounds like Gnome, so it's probably NetworkManager and the problem is in firewall. As root check with command ifconfig, what is the device identifier for your USB modem? I'm guessing usb0 or something similar. Then remember this and edit (again, as root) this file: /etc/shorewall/interfaces Add your device after other devices like this: net usb0 detect If there are no other devices listed then add the above line after this line: #ZONE INTERFACE BROADCAST OPTIONS Save the file and run this command as root: service shorewall reload This should enable network with USB modem.
With my very limited knowledge in terminal commands I tried my best to no avail. Here's the breakdown: # su # ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 1C:6F:65:33:A8:A6 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:45 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1440 (1.4 KiB) TX bytes:1440 (1.4 KiB) I assume that my device is lo? So I have to add: net lo detect to /etc/shorewall/interfaces Correct? But when I tried to run gedit to edit the file I got some errors that I don't understand. # gedit /etc/shorewall/interfaces (process:2951): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. (gedit:2951): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session manager: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported ** (gedit:2951): WARNING **: Could not connect to session bus And it ends there.
Was the USB modem connected? I don't think it was. lo is local loopback. On the command line you can use vim to edit: vim /etc/shorewall/interfaces to edit text in vim you have to press I (as insert) first, then do your changes and press ESC to get out of edit mode, then type :x and press enter to save the file. But lo is not the device you are looking for. I would try with usb0, even if it doesn't show up in ifconfig.
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I connected the USB modem to the laptop myself prior running ifconfig. I did that several times. And yes after I plugged it in I ran ifconfig and the output was the same. So I edited /etc/shorewall/interfaces adding usb0. To validate: # cat /etc/shorewall/interfaces net wwan0 detect net eth0 detect net usb0 detect Then I ran service shorewall reload, here's the output: # service shorewall reload /etc/sysconfig/i18n: line 5: warning: setlocale: LC_NUMERIC: cannot change locale (id_ID.UTF-8): No such file or directory Redirecting to /bin/systemctl reload shorewall.service Failed to issue method call: Job type reload is not applicable for unit shorewall.service. perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = "en_US.UTF-8:en_US:en", LC_ALL = (unset), LC_PAPER = "id_ID.UTF-8", LC_ADDRESS = "id_ID.UTF-8", LC_MONETARY = "id_ID.UTF-8", LC_SOURCED = "1", LC_NUMERIC = "id_ID.UTF-8", LC_TELEPHONE = "id_ID.UTF-8", LC_MESSAGES = "en_US.UTF-8", LC_COLLATE = "en_US.UTF-8", LC_IDENTIFICATION = "id_ID.UTF-8", LC_MEASUREMENT = "id_ID.UTF-8", LC_CTYPE = "en_US.UTF-8", LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8", LC_NAME = "id_ID.UTF-8", LANG = "en_US.UTF-8" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). I did all this as ROOT btw. I then retried the connection but the same, no connection ever made. I did a reboot the retry, still the same.
After setting up connection, what do you see in /etc/resolv.conf ?
Here it is: # cat /etc/resolv.conf # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = "en_US.UTF-8:en_US:en", LC_ALL = (unset), LC_PAPER = "id_ID.UTF-8", LC_ADDRESS = "id_ID.UTF-8", LC_MONETARY = "id_ID.UTF-8", LC_SOURCED = "1", LC_NUMERIC = "id_ID.UTF-8", LC_TELEPHONE = "id_ID.UTF-8", LC_MESSAGES = "en_US.UTF-8", LC_IDENTIFICATION = "id_ID.UTF-8", LC_COLLATE = "en_US.UTF-8", LC_MEASUREMENT = "id_ID.UTF-8", LC_CTYPE = "en_US.UTF-8", LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8", LC_NAME = "id_ID.UTF-8", LANG = "en_US.UTF-8" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
It seems you are missing nameservers. Can you reconfigure your connection and add some nameservers? For example nameservers from Google: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
I added the nameservers: # cat /etc/resolv.conf # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN search . nameserver 8.8.4.4 nameserver 8.8.8.8 Then I tried the connection, still no go. The same problem persists. Although, this time I noticed that my modem blinks intermittently, it should blink consistently whenever connection successfully made. I tried my modem in Windows just in case but it works fine. Perhaps Mageia does not support my modem after all?
ifconfig will only show network interfaces that are already up. to see all network hardware (supported or not) on your computer run this: lspcidrake -v | grep NETWORK (and to end those annoying locale error messages, install locales-id: urpmi locales-id, or search and install locales-id in rpmdrake) it's possible you network card needs some special firmware. If the mageia tools are aware of that, they will either install it, or tell you; you can try running drakhardware (or mageai control center -> hardware) and search for your card.
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Open a terminal window, switch to root, and issue "journalctl -a -f". Then plug in your modem and take note of the messages generated. They should at least contain the "/dev/xxx" name assigned to the device, as well as any errors encountered. Now open another terminal, switch to root, and issue "drakconnect". Select "wireless", and see whether any devices get displayed. If so, MGA recognizes your device's PCI signature. If not, it does not. Let us know which.
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I'm sorry that it took me a long time to reply. Here's my "journalctl -a -f" output when I plug in the modem: Jul 06 13:32:18 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 3 using uhci_hcd Jul 06 13:32:18 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1505 Jul 06 13:32:18 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=4 Jul 06 13:32:18 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: Product: HUAWEI Mobile Jul 06 13:32:18 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: Manufacturer: HUAÿWEI TECHNOLOGIES Jul 06 13:32:18 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: SerialNumber: ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Jul 06 13:32:18 localhost mtp-probe[3014]: checking bus 3, device 3: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb3/3-2" Jul 06 13:32:18 localhost mtp-probe[3014]: bus: 3, device: 3 was not an MTP device Jul 06 13:32:18 localhost kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Jul 06 13:32:18 localhost kernel: scsi2 : usb-storage 3-2:1.0 Jul 06 13:32:18 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage Jul 06 13:32:18 localhost kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. Jul 06 13:32:19 localhost usb_modeswitch[3027]: switching device 12d1:1505 on 003/003 Jul 06 13:32:19 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 3 Jul 06 13:32:22 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=140c Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=4 Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: Product: HUAWEI Mobile Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: Manufacturer: HUAÿWEI TECHNOLOGIES Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: SerialNumber: ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost kernel: option 3-2:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0 Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost kernel: option 3-2:1.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1 Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost kernel: option 3-2:1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost kernel: usb 3-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2 Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost kernel: scsi4 : usb-storage 3-2:1.4 Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost mtp-probe[3034]: checking bus 3, device 4: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb3/3-2" Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost mtp-probe[3034]: bus: 3, device: 4 was not an MTP device Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_wdm Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost kernel: qmi_wwan 3-2:1.1: cdc-wdm0: USB WDM device Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost kernel: qmi_wwan 3-2:1.1 wwan0: register 'qmi_wwan' at usb-0000:00:1d.2-2, WWAN/QMI device, 2a:b3:19:d5:8b:4a Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver qmi_wwan Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost ifplugd(wwan0)[3091]: ifplugd 0.28 initializing. Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost ifplugd(wwan0)[3091]: Using interface wwan0/2A:B3:19:D5:8B:4A with driver <qmi_wwan> (version: 22-Aug-2005) Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost ifplugd(wwan0)[3091]: Using detection mode: SIOCETHTOOL Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost ifplugd(wwan0)[3091]: Initialization complete, link beat detected. Jul 06 13:32:23 localhost ifplugd(wwan0)[3091]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action wwan0 up'. Jul 06 13:32:24 localhost kernel: scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 Jul 06 13:32:24 localhost kernel: scsi 4:0:0:1: Direct-Access HUAWEI SD Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 Jul 06 13:32:24 localhost kernel: sr0: scsi-1 drive Jul 06 13:32:24 localhost kernel: cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 Jul 06 13:32:24 localhost kernel: sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 Jul 06 13:32:24 localhost kernel: sd 4:0:0:1: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk Jul 06 13:32:24 localhost kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 17 Jul 06 13:32:24 localhost dhclient[3125]: DHCPDISCOVER on wwan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 Jul 06 13:32:25 localhost avahi-daemon[724]: Registering new address record for fe80::28b3:19ff:fed5:8b4a on wwan0.*. Jul 06 13:35:04 localhost mgaapplet[2726]: Checking Network: seems disabled Then I proceed with drakconnect > Wireless (WiFi), it seems the modem is not detected, since all I got is this option: Select the network interface to configure: : Use a Windows driver (with ndiswrapper) No other option is available.
(In reply to jorna j from comment #14) > I'm sorry that it took me a long time to reply. > Then I proceed with drakconnect > Wireless (WiFi), it seems the modem is not > detected, since all I got is this option: Probably a typo from Frank, you should try for a 3G modem via drakconnect -> GPRS/Edge/3G. Does that work?
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