Hello everybody! new user, first question ever in this forum.

I plug in my Huawei E1750 HSPA USB modem and start the computer. When antiX is loaded, I run lsusb and I can see that the modem was detected as E1552 (ID 12d1:1001). Gnome-ppp will not establish any connection, even when run as root.

If I remove the modem and plug it in again, lsusb will report it as E620 (ID 12d1:1001). Gnome-ppp will run as root and establish a connection to my provider (telenor.se). A sluggish one.

How do I make gnome-ppp available to every user, what do I need to do to get the modem properly detected?
Any pointers?

Have you tried using umts-panel in menu - applications - internet ?

Thanks for your reply (and antiX!)

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Yes, the manual advises 3G modem users to start with umts-panel in menu - applications - internet. This is where I started but I had no luck, and that got me back to trying gnome-ppp (which worked).

Indeed, after reading your post, I tried once again to"configure GPRS/UMTS connection" at umts-panel in menu - applications - internet. I assume this creates a new wvdial.conf and one had to dial out using gnome-ppp or similar. The wvdial file produced did not produce a working connection (it hangs up after a few seconds); therefore I had to revert to creating a working connection script through wvdial.

/etc/wvdial.conf

[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Baud = 9600
New PPPD = yes
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
ISDN = 0

[Dialer umts-pin]

[Dialer umts]
Dial Command = ATD
Carrier Check = no
Phone = *99#
Password = web
Username = web
Stupid Mode = 1
Init4 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet.telenor.se"
Dial Attempts = 5

--> Ignoring malformed input line:";Do NOT edit this file by hand!"
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.61
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATX3
ATX3
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATM1L3DT*99#
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATM1L3DT*99#
CONNECT 7200000
--> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Fri Nov 25 10:42:29 2011
--> Pid of pppd: 1620
--> Using interface ppp0
--> local IP address 79.102.85.141
--> remote IP address 10.64.64.64
--> primary DNS address 195.54.122.211
--> secondary DNS address 195.54.122.221

If you open a terminal, you can (as root) connect simply by typing: wvdial <enter>

Of course, file /etc/wvdial.conf has to be configured correctly. Here's mine:

======================

[Dialer Defaults]
Phone = *99#
APN = internet
Username = username
Password = password
Stupid Mode = 1
Dial Command = ATDT
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Baud = 460800
#Init1 = AT+CPIN=0000
Init2 = ATZ
Init3 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ISDN = 0
Modem Type = Analog Modem

===========================

Let us know if that works.

cheers,
Paraquat