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[quote=Adyj]Hi everyone. I'm totally new to Linux and have been trying for over a week to get my Huawei E220 modem (On 3) to work. Tried following all of the instructions you have all very kindly provided on here but nothing would work. Then this morning I have run a Live Update from the Settings tab on the Aspire desktop and a new piece of software called 'Mobile Partner' downloaded. I'm now very easily and very quickly using my USB modem to access the internet. Took a bit of trial and error but just if you would like to try, this is what I did. Once you have run Live Update and downloaded the patch: 1) Shut down the Aspire 2) Plug your modem into the USB port 3) Switch on the Aspire 4) On the 'Connect' Tab click on 'Mobile Partner' 5) It should now detect the modem 6) Click 'Tools' 'Options' 7) Click 'New' 8) Give your profile a name 9) Select 'Static' under the APN tab 10) in the APN box enter three.co.uk 11) In 'Access Number' enter *99# 12) In 'User Name' enter three 13) Password is three 14) Authentication Protocol is 'CHAP' 15) Click 'Save' After doing that I was able to connect from the 'Connection' tab at the top of the screen. Very happy now :-) Hope that helps those of you who are having problems getting it to work.[/quote] I couldnt not get my E220 to work on the AAO. I had seen two other methods on the net I tried and neither worked. I decided to restore the SSD using the recovery dvd and use your method and it worked great. One problem I did get is when starting Mobile Partner it detected the modem then it would say the device has been disconnected, then after a while reconnected, then disconnected and it kept doing this. I couldnt connect to the net. I put the modem in my Windows XP laptop, ran the file on the modem called modem reset I think it was. I also upgraded the firmware to the latest which also enables support for 7.2Mbps and then plugged the modem back in the AAO and it all works fine now. Firmware update can be found at: http://www.mobilebroadbandrocks.com/huawei-e220-firmware-11117090400-available Nickp. [Modified by: nick34 on November 02, 2008 10:46 PM]

[quote=Adyj]Hi everyone. I'm totally new to Linux and have been trying for over a week to get my Huawei E220 modem (On 3) to work. Tried following all of the instructions you have all very kindly provided on here but nothing would work. Then this morning I have run a Live Update from the Settings tab on the Aspire desktop and a new piece of software called 'Mobile Partner' downloaded. I'm now very easily and very quickly using my USB modem to access the internet. Took a bit of trial and error but just if you would like to try, this is what I did. Once you have run Live Update and downloaded the patch: 1) Shut down the Aspire 2) Plug your modem into the USB port 3) Switch on the Aspire 4) On the 'Connect' Tab click on 'Mobile Partner' 5) It should now detect the modem 6) Click 'Tools' 'Options' 7) Click 'New' 8) Give your profile a name 9) Select 'Static' under the APN tab 10) in the APN box enter three.co.uk 11) In 'Access Number' enter *99# 12) In 'User Name' enter three 13) Password is three 14) Authentication Protocol is 'CHAP' 15) Click 'Save' After doing that I was able to connect from the 'Connection' tab at the top of the screen. Very happy now :-) Hope that helps those of you who are having problems getting it to work.[/quote]

Hmmm .. bizarre quoting format... sorry about that Z.

Hi there You should be able to download Mobile Partner from your updates under settings. There is a post earlier in this thread how to set it up. I also have a 3G dongle and it works perfectly 90% of the time. Good luck!

Hi I've just found and joined this forum, being very new to Linux having bought the Aspire One from Tesco and a Huawei E160G three mobile broadband dongle from carphone warehouse last week. I have followed the instructions above for updating and using the Mobile Partner which didn't seem to work, so followed the instructions for gnome-ppp, whereby I got a connection and was able to use both the browser and email client. I then restarted the Aspire with the dongle disconnected and activated the wireless network and connected through my router to my home broadband network. Then disconnected the wireless, closed down and restarted with the 3 dongle connected. Mobile partner now justs locks up, gnome-ppp will not connect, so I followed the instructions to use wvdial. In both gnome-ppp and wvdial when I check the log the error is "no carrier". I have since connected the dongle to my windows XP desktop and it works fine with a low strength connection. I then connected it back to the Aspire One but still getting "no Carrier" error can anyone help please.

Hi. I have tried everything on here to get my E156G to work on my Acer. Now 5 hours on and still unable to connect. Most recently I reset the modem via a Vista PC (that was fine) and tried everything again and still nothing. I noticed that when I querried the dongle on Linux it came back as a E220 although it says E156G on the dongle itself. I tried everything posted on here for all versions. Did notice that the DNS server settings don't change when I close the terminal windows down as went back in and it reverted back with the primary and secondary DNS entries whereas I prevously deleted them as per one set of instructions. I configured all the settings for the below title from Sam posted and tried everything else. Anyone got any other suggestions as I am outta ideas on trying to get this to work. CONFIGURING 3 MOBILE BROADBAND FOR LINPUS LITE (HUAWEI E160g)

Hi all! Im yet another novice at Linux. Ive been trying to get mobile broadband installed and have so far been unsuccessfull, after trying o2. I also contacted all the other network providers of which none seem to be linux friendly! Also the modem recommended to get was the e220 from 3 mobile, which unfortunately my local 3 mobile shop no longer supply. After much reading through the posts on these pages ive noticed alot of people have successfully set up a connection on the 3 mobile broadband. Also checked on the driver downloads from the acer site using the link shown on one of the replys, ive noticed that this link goes to the page for the AA1 110. Ive purcheased the AA1 150 and cant see a patch for 3 mobile. Can anyone help me out , is there anything out there for the AA1 150 to help connect to 3 mobile broadband? Ross

I have a Sprint Sierra Wireless USB modem and I just got the Linux setup pdf from them today. Here is a link to it: http://www4.sprint.com/pcsbusiness/downloads/Sprint_Mobile_Broadband_Setup_Guide.pdf On Page 4 it goes into how to setup the usbserial device using modprobe. There is a table of Sprint's modems (3 are USB devices). Note that you will need your device's vendor and product ID codes. I have tested this on my system, and it gives me a good PPP connection to the internet with my Sierra AC595U modem. I hope this helps.

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All forums seem to say 'Right click on the icon of two black screens at the bottom right of the desktop and then click 'connection log'' I have tried this but when I click on the screens (That I think are being to reffered to) my only choices are 'prefrences' or 'about', no 'connection log'. Does anyone know of another way to set the DNS?

Rubberman, Thank you for getting back to me. I have tried the command "/etc/resolv.conf" and all I'm getting back is permission denied. should I be doing something else?