Swedish USB Dongle for 3g (telenor) and NetworkManager

Stalafin · 2012-09-19 16:33:28

I have gotten myself a Swedish USB Dongle from Telenor, and I am not trying to connect to the network for ages using NetworkManager, but the connection fails to be made. I have found various info online on what to type in, but it seems like nothing is correct.

Here is my lsusb output:

$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 19d2:0017 ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM

NetworkManager shows the USB device as "ZTE Corporation MF190".

Any ideas what I have to type in as APN (I tried telenor, Telenor, services.telenor.se, internet.telenor.se), number (I tried the number I received from them and #99*), and for username and password (nothing I received there; I tried to leave it empty, but random stuff, and putting my number both times).

I really need this to work. :S

EDIT: I also get the following error when using the Gnome nm-applet:

Connection activation failed

(1) Creating object for path '/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/46' failed in libnm-glib

Last edited by Stalafin (2012-09-19 16:48:02)

ajaykumar · 2012-09-20 03:27:53

Stalafin wrote:

Any ideas what I have to type in as APN (I tried telenor, Telenor, services.telenor.se, internet.telenor.se), number (I tried the number I received from them and #99*), and for username and password (nothing I received there; I tried to leave it empty, but random stuff, and putting my number both times).

Hi Stalafin,

internet.telenor.se should work fine, and the number should be *99#.

I dont knw about the network manager. Coz, even I was depended on it till I found that Network Manager didnt work for me in Arch Linux. So, I switched over to wvdial. wvdial is working fine with me connecting to internet. I suggest you to try the same and lots of links are available related to Ubuntu forums on connecting through wvdial.

I have reported my problem about network manager in this forum, but not yet got the answer, and as wvdial is working fine, I hope it can help you too as it seems that you want net connected desperately through your device

With regards,
Ajay Kumar G

Stalafin · 2012-09-20 09:11:08

I tried to configure the whole thing with the Gnome nm-applet again, and there it told me there also is a mobile bredband service; so I punched bredband.telenor.se instead... well, still does not work. I am going to try wvdial now.

At what point do you put the PIN in though?

Stalafin · 2012-09-20 09:25:42

ajaykumar wrote:

Stalafin wrote:
Any ideas what I have to type in as APN (I tried telenor, Telenor, services.telenor.se, internet.telenor.se), number (I tried the number I received from them and #99*), and for username and password (nothing I received there; I tried to leave it empty, but random stuff, and putting my number both times).
Hi Stalafin,
internet.telenor.se should work fine, and the number should be *99#.
I dont knw about the network manager. Coz, even I was depended on it till I found that Network Manager didnt work for me in Arch Linux. So, I switched over to wvdial. wvdial is working fine with me connecting to internet. I suggest you to try the same and lots of links are available related to Ubuntu forums on connecting through wvdial.
I have reported my problem about network manager in this forum, but not yet got the answer, and as wvdial is working fine, I hope it can help you too as it seems that you want net connected desperately through your device
With regards,
Ajay Kumar G

I've got a "bad init string" error. Also, # wvdialconf gives me a very minimal starting file. Can you maybe provide me with yours?

I've got the following for now:

[Dialer Defaults]

[Dialer telenor]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB1
Baud = 9600
Init1 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Init2 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","bredband.telenor.se"
Phone = #99*
Username = ****
Password = ****
New PPPD = yes
Auto DNS = 1


[Dialer pin]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB1
Baud = 9600
Init1 = AT+CPIN=****

I am able to enable the USB dongle (LED becomes green), but after I tried to # wvdial telenor, I get

$ sudo wvdial telenor
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.61
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Sending: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","bredband.telenor.se"
AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","bredband.telenor.se"
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT#99*
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT#99*
NO CARRIER
--> No Carrier!  Trying again.
--> Sending: ATDT#99*
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT#99*
NO CARRIER
--> No Carrier!  Trying again.
--> Sending: ATDT#99*
--> Waiting for carrier.
^CCaught signal 2:  Attempting to exit gracefully...
ATDT#99*
--> Disconnecting at Thu Sep 20 11:31:05 2012

Same result with internet.telenor.se.

EDIT2: Ok, sakis3g did it for me. I have no idea why, but it works. I understand that it does some wvdial magic; can I somehow dump that into a file?

Last edited by Stalafin (2012-09-20 09:49:32)

ajaykumar · 2012-09-20 10:56:59

Stalafin,

You didnt correct one thing, its *99# and not the other way

Check this for my wvdial.conf file : My Wvdial

I have never used sakis3g and I guess wvdial should work fine as its the very base level program to connect to internet.

NOTE: I am using my cellphone GPRS for internet, Settings will change as per your type of device

With regards,
Ajay Kumar G

Arch Linux

#1 2012-09-19 16:33:28

Swedish USB Dongle for 3g (telenor) and NetworkManager

#2 2012-09-20 03:27:53

Re: Swedish USB Dongle for 3g (telenor) and NetworkManager

#3 2012-09-20 09:11:08

Re: Swedish USB Dongle for 3g (telenor) and NetworkManager

#4 2012-09-20 09:25:42

Re: Swedish USB Dongle for 3g (telenor) and NetworkManager

#5 2012-09-20 10:56:59

Re: Swedish USB Dongle for 3g (telenor) and NetworkManager

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