[Ubuntu-BD] Facing Trouble to connect modem

[Kabbo Sarker]

Thanks for your nice explanation :)

On 12/01/2011 12:10 AM, Shabab Mustafa wrote:
> @Kabbo,
>
> Before answering that question we need to be cleared about few things.
>
> 1. When an operating system identifies a USB device it identifies with it's
> IDs.
>
> 2. IDs for each usb device are unique. (Brand name could be different, but
> IDs are unique)
>
> 3. These IDs are issued and maintained by a non-profit organization called
> USB Implementers Forum, Inc., created and funded by consortium of tech
> companies like: HP, Intel and MS
>
> 4. Each ID had two parts, first one is a vendor ID, second part denotes the
> product id.
>
> 5. in your output you can see "12d1:14ac", here 12d1 is the vendor ID while
> 14ac is the product id (the product made by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.)
>
> 6. The Vendor IDs are assigned by USB-IF and the Products IDs are assigned
> by the manufacturers.
>
> 7. Manufacturers usually choose IDs to their products of their own within
> the basic guideline of USB-IF
>
> Hope these information answers most of your queries. So, the Product ID
> '14ac' of your modem was assigned by it's manufacturer and is not bound to
> match other GPRS modem made by other companies.
>
> ---
> Shabab Mustafa
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Kabbo Sarker<kabyaa1 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> @Shabab Mustafa:
>> Only for CDMA or? My GP modems ID is 12d1:14ac
>> /Bus 001 Device 006: ID 12d1:14ac Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd./
>>
>>
>> On 11/30/2011 12:13 AM, Shabab Mustafa wrote:
>>
>>> If your lsusb output shows "ID 19d2:fff1" then you should able to connect
>>> the modem already. Because, the Product ID 'fff1' means Modem, while
>>> 'fff5'
>>> denotes removable USB storage.
>>>
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