This may help some people: Here is how I got a new mobile broadband connection to work with Huawei E173. It replaces my older Huawei E230 which had no separate antenna. Don't forget to put your SIM card into the new modem. The Huawei E173 so far seems much faster probably due to the antenna. More details you find here.
1. Download the Huawei E173 driver for linux. I found it here.
2. Unzip the linux.zip file in a convenient location, for instance on the desktop. Upon decompressing you'll have a new folder: ~/Desktop/Linux/
3. Right click on each individual file in the folder ~/Desktop/Linux/, chose >> Proprieties >> Permissions - read and write all + check on "Allow executing as a program"
4. Open a terminal window (CTRL+ALT+t) and write in command line:
cd ~/Desktop/Linux/
then
sudo ./install
and press Enter on all questions.
The Huawei E173 driver will install (the default installation path is in /usr/local/) together with a specific connection program called Moviestar 3.5G/Mobile Partner
You can change the language from Spanish to English in the options.
I installed in on Ubuntu 10.04, Lucid Lynx (LTS) 64 bits.
I tried this and all I got was a load of error messages (screens full), saying in effect that the install had failed.
I have to say that unless you're a Geek, with unlimited time to spare, Linux is next to useless.
I should have mentioned that if you proceed with the above, you end up with an application called moviestar, which doesn't work, is all in Spanish, and can't be removed without re-installing ubuntu from scratch.
Jim — sorry to hear it did not work for you. If you are still new to Ubuntu you might just need a bit more time to get used to it. Windows also has its problems… but we tend to forget how many years many of us have spent dealing with those.
I did mention in the article that you can change the language in the options (of the moviestar application/ driver). I believe most applications (even when installed without the software center or Synaptic Package Manager) can be easily removed by removing their application folder.
Most of the problems I had with Ubuntu that required significant time of searching are with some new printer or wireless card drivers. Ubuntu boots in almost half the time compared to windows and I practically do not need to spend time on virus protection and software that often confused windows…
but yes, like with most new technology it tends to be appreciated by the more geeky users
Works fine for me. Thank you
Hi Ravinda,
This is a very popular post on my blog. After your comment I have hopes that about half of my visitors had a good experience after reading "ReportsFromEarth"…
Happy Ubuntu-ing,
Jason
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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Finally surfing under Ubuntu
Thank you very much Jason, as a newbie I was trying to install the MegaFon Dashboard on Fedora 16 (FAILED), this worked straight away
After many many hours, I then figured out how to install both Dashboards as MegaFon has the USSD function on its custom dashboard, that can be used to get my balance, plus also to suspend an account, so that monthly charges do not occur.
I refer to your download as the Spanish version (changed to english after install),
To those who want to have both dashboards I suggest to install Russian First, then the Spanish one as it will autoload the Spanish which can actually track usage.
How to get the Huawei Dashboard mobile broadband modem to work on Fedora using the Huawei Dashboard Linux software.
For the Russian MegaFon linux install,
Open the Linux subdirectory,
Copy the install file into the same directory and rename it to eg Install_a
open a terminal window as root,# chmod a+x Install_a
open Install_a in Kwrite
find
INSTALLPATH="/usr/local/Mobile_Partner"
and further down also
INSTALLPATH=`egrep "^path=" $CONFIG_FILE | awk –F '=' '{print $2}'`
to
INSTALLPATH="/usr/local/Mobile_Partner_MegaFon"
save the file.
you then need to make a directory, as the script doesn't
mkdir /usr/local/Mobile_Partner_MegaFon
mkdir /usr/local/Mobile_Partner_MegaFon/lib/
mkdir /usr/local/Mobile_Partner_MegaFon/lib/UpdateInstall
enter ,# sh Install_a
It will then Install the program, and will load up the Dashboard
copy the file /root/MobilePartner.desktop TO /usr/local/share/applications
and rename it to MegaFon.desktop, so it will create icon in network menu. This file gets overwritten when installing the spanish version
For Spanish install,
Open the Linux directory after unzipping file,
Copy the install file into the same directory and rename it to eg Install_Spanish
open a terminal window as root,# chmod a+x Install_Spanish
open Install_Spanish in Kwrite
find
INSTALLPATH=`egrep "^path=" $CONFIG_FILE | awk –F '=' '{print $2}'`
to
INSTALLPATH="/usr/local/Movistar 3.5G"
save the file. Otherwise it copies into the Mobile_Partner_MegaFon directory
.
enter ,# sh Install_Spanish
It will then Install the program, loads up the Dashboard quickly
In Fedora it showed that there is a SELinux troubleshooter error,
click on details, and follow the instructions to allow the ifconfig to access daemon.pid
,this gets rid of the error and the PC is quick again.
How to get Huawei Dashboard mobile broadband modem to work on Fedora using the Huawei Dashboard
Thanks Alex for the useful info. Now we have solution for those in need in Spanish, English and Russian!
Thank you for your Article to install Mo bail Partner in Linux. it is working very well in my Fedora 15
I was searching since last month but now I found the solution in your article
Thank you very much .….….….….….…
thanks a lot man! the tutorial perfectly works for me.
Thanks !! Working .… Nice and good tips !!