Comments on: Asus eeePC with Novatel Ovation MC950D HSDPA 3G modem

By: davenguru

davenguru — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:51:35 +0000

Works Great. I have O2 in UK. This was the LAST PIECE OF PUZZLE for me. I needed to install usb_modeswitch program (having read http://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=254 and located the source via http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/)
There were a couple of issues - 1) compiling modeswitch required that i run synaptic from command line and install usb_dev and ….2) Mr draisberghof has a suggestion for mdifying /etc/udev/rules.d files….well, I found a file (99-novatel-ovation.rules) and that called a script in /usr/sbin/ovation.sh. The suggested mod was to make this script call usb_modeswitch AND modprbe usbserial vendor=blah etc…..but….that (as someone else pointed out) didnt work with the usbserial module that I had. ****BUT*** the “modprobe option” command suggested by Risotto - fixees the problem.
So……whew!!! - **AT LAST I have /dev/ttyUSB0** and so the connection mangler now works!!.

THanks to all…..works much better than XP under virtualbox (which I keep just in case)

By: Luis

Luis — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:58:10 +0000

Thanks, sin este blog me hubiera sido imposible conseguirlo.

By: Sagar

Sagar — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:46:03 +0000

You is a top dog mate. This thing worked like a charm
brilliantios

Sagar

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:00:41 +0000

I have followed this instruction exacty.

After trying to save

/sbin/modprobe option
echo “0×1410 0×4400″ > /sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/option1/new_id

A dialogue appears at the bottom of the terminal stating ‘recording.’

Nothing seems to happen after this. It remains in this state indefinitely (I have left it for hours) without closing.

I can physically find the file with File Manager and can open it with ‘Text Editor’ but I am unable to save the change in this way. Its error is that I don’t have either enough space or write access.

Is there something I am obviously overlooking?

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:56:41 +0000

I’m using O2 broadband - i follow the instructions exactly including the ID (1410/4400) and it worked.

Ignore the fact it thinks the modem is a mass storage device (default eeePC usb setting) just make the edits to “rc.local” and remember to enable the its execution during the boot up, then restart.

If your still having trouble with PC thinking the modem is a mass storage device then have a look at this post on how to change that setting.

http://overuseee.pistooli.com/?p=7

By: CARLO

CARLO — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:14:57 +0000

Can you help me whit my aspire one and the same mc950D keys?
Same error
Thanks

By: Kevin Campbell-Wright

Kevin Campbell-Wright — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:54:51 +0000

Like Matt I’m using O2 - the ID is slightly different: 1410 / 5010

I’ve tried just changing this and it still doesn’t work. The problem is, it thinks it’s a storage device. when I do the “less devices” command, iy says that the device driver is usb-storage. Rather than being in the bus/usb/usbserial directory, it is in bsuu/usb/drivers/usb-storage.

Any ideas?

By: Xavi

Xavi — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:51:01 +0000

it seems that it works ok on eeepc 701 (Xandros) but I see that ppp MTU its only 552 so I can’t connect via ssh. I tried to connent mtu line but the connection is not very stable.

any idea?

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:02:47 +0000

I gave up in the end - way to techical for me..

A Hawuiuw modem worked straight out of the box.

By: fujiwara

fujiwara — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:40:20 +0000

I made a typo at this line
echo “0×1410 0×4400″ > /sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/option1/new_id

now it looks like everything needed is in the wrong path (option1 instead of optionl) - and it’s not working properly. How can I fix this? Just correct it in rc.local doesnt seem to work.