SDB:HUAWEI E220 Support

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What's that?

HUAWEI E220 HSDPA 3G Modem and HUAWEI E800 HSDPA 3G Modem is a handy solution for increasing number of internet users, as it provides internet access in all places where your mobile phone does. You can find more information from the vendor on the following URL:

http://www.huawei.com/mobileweb/en/products/view.do?id=282

You dont need any firmware or drivers for that, because Linux kernel supports serial USB devices natively.

Problem

Kernel versions <= 2.6.19 do not ignore HUAWEI E220 fake volume and try to automount this pseudo SCSI CD-ROM (with windows drivers) making the built-in usb-terminal not accessible. At the same time, usbserial.ko does not know, that it is responsible for E220 modem and it fails to assign itself to the device. There is a way to get around that with a simple udev rule, which ignores the /dev/sr0 device and modprobes usbserial.ko driver with appropriate parameters.

Solution

This solution works with HUAWEI E220 and HUAWEI E800. Linux systems with kernel 2.6.20 and higher should work plug-and-play with HUAWEI E220. If you have SUSE Linux 10.1 or openSUSE 10.2, you can try using the tarball package with udev rule and some configuration files from this site:

http://oozie.fm.interia.pl/pro/huawei-e220/

Download huawei.tar.bz2 and install it as follows:

user@suse> tar -xjvf huawei.tar.bz2
user@suse> cd huawei
user@suse> su
Password: [password]
root# make install_suse

Once you replug your device it shoud recognize the USB serial device as /dev/ttyUSB0

wvdial --config /etc/wvdial-huawei.conf

Note E800: If autodialing on hotplug add a 'sleep 30' to your script to allow the device enough time to do its things.

That's it. If you would like to leave your feedback or there is a need for improvement, just comment on this post: http://thewinningmove.blogspot.com/2007/06/huawei-e220-hsdpa-3g-modem-in-linux.html

Latest Solution

Huawei E220 rc 2 installer

Refer to: http://www.soft82.com/download/linux/huawei-e220-for-mint-ubuntu-pclos-and-mandriva/ http://greasy.com/mustakim/huawei_e220_linux_new_installer.html

This installer calls he220rc2 just for linux user that using Vodafon and Huawei E220 Usb Modem. It is the updates from previous e220rc1 version List of linux x86 that has been successfully tested:

Opensuse 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11 Alpha 0-1-2

What's news? -Not using wvdial version 1.40 anymore, use your default linux wvdial version.

Fixed -Repaired Bugs on KPPP (e220rc1 installer)

How to install? Follow a Readme step by step

Get it free at: http://www.savefile.com/files/1378220 http://upload2.net/page/download/vO1zcUWsn4gdGBW/he220rc2.tar.gz.html

2. This is ppp and libcap for x86 architecture if you still got a same problem, download free here: http://upload2.net/page/download/yFzKqbCU2ZMnyoi/ppp-opensuse.tar.gz.html

3. Additional stuff if it doesn't work with opensuse 10.0 - 10.2, please use this stuff. Get it here: http://upload2.net/page/download/TKJKTeiYxWq9YdM/RULES_D_SUSE_10_1_TAR.BZ2.htm http://www.savefile.com/files/1366204 http://mustakim.blogster.com/rulesd-for-opensuse