[ubuntu-in] Vodafone 3G USB dongle on Ubuntu

[Prakash Advani]

Hello,

Has anyone managed to get the Vodafone 3G dongle to work on Ubuntu?

The Vodafone store claim it to be ZTE.

lsusb shows:

Bus 002 Device 004: ID 19d2:1008 ONDA Communication S.p.A.

Vodafone says no user name password, network manager detects it but is 
not able to connect, log files shows.

Dec 29 12:33:52 ThinkPad NetworkManager[1094]: <warn> GSM connection 
failed: (32) No cause information available
Dec 29 12:33:52 ThinkPad NetworkManager[1094]: <info> (ttyUSB1): device 
state change: 4 -> 9 (reason 1)
Dec 29 12:33:52 ThinkPad NetworkManager[1094]: <info> Marking connection 
'Vodafone Vodafone Connect' invalid.
Dec 29 12:33:52 ThinkPad NetworkManager[1094]: <warn> Activation 
(ttyUSB1) failed.
Dec 29 12:33:52 ThinkPad NetworkManager[1094]: <info> (ttyUSB1): device 
state change: 9 -> 3 (reason 0)
Dec 29 12:33:52 ThinkPad NetworkManager[1094]: <info> (ttyUSB1): 
deactivating device (reas

I tried gnome-ppp and wvdial too, but no luck.

On a separate note, reliance has said its 3G will offer 21MBbs speeds if 
you purchase the HSDPA+ dongle from ZTE. Has this been launched 
anywhere? Any one tried it? Any known compatiblity issues?

Regards
Prakash

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