[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 9.10 + Reliance NetConnect Broadband Modem (Huawei EC1260) + NetworkManager = Works Out Of The Box

[Ramnarayan.K]

Hi Hardik,


On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 3:50 AM, Hardik Dalwadi
<hardik.dalwadi at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since Ubuntu 9.10 release, lot of people has complained about
> NetworkManager + Reliance NetConnect Broadband+ (Huawei EC1260) is not
> working out of the box, which was working fine with Ubuntu 9.04. This
> was happening due to bug in modem manager. I have just now uploaded
> patched version of modem manager [1] which has solved the problem. So,
> No more gnome-ppp or wvdial, Here we GO:
>
> +++
> #sudo apt-get update
> #sudo apt-get upgrade
> #sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hardik-dalwadi/ppa
> #sudo apg-get update
> #sudo apt-get install modemmanager
> #sudo reboot
> +++
>
> Now, give a try ...
>
> More information |
> http://hardik.in/2010/03/20/ubuntu-9-10-reliance-netconnect-broadband-modem-huawei-ec1260-networkmanager-works-out-of-the-box/

I think this is great news,

thanks it will make life easier.

ram