Problems getting my Huawei 0x140b USB modem to speak to internet

Manish Jain bourne.identity at hotmail.com
Sun Jun 30 18:20:28 UTC 2013


EC156 is what the label on the modem says, which is the response given 
by AT+GMM. 0x140b is the chipset.

Regards,

Manish Jain
+91-88064-38388

On 30-Jun-13 22:02, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> What model of Huawei is the modem? E-what??
>
>
>
> On 30 June 2013 19:23, Manish Jain <bourne.identity at hotmail.com
> <mailto:bourne.identity at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     Hello Odhiambo/All,
>
>     I seem to have made some progress but final success still eludes me.
>     With modem symlinked to cuaU0.0, this is what happens is minicom :
>
>     AT^GETPORTMODE
>     ^GETPORTMODE:TYPE:EV-DO:__Qualcomm,MDM:0,DIAG:1,PCUI:2,__CDROM:3
>
>     OK
>     AT^SETPORT="A1;1,2,3"
>     COMMAND NOT SUPPORT
>
>     AT^GETPORTMODE succeeds, but with AT^U2DIAG/AT^SETPORT I get
>     "COMMAND NOT SUPPORT". So how to disable the CD mode and make
>     FreeBSD treat it purely as a modem ? Some of the commands the modem
>     supports (as reported by Windows' device manager) are as follows :
>
>     ATQ0V1E0 - OK
>     AT+GMM - EC156
>     AT+FCLASS=? - 0,2.0
>     AT#CLS=? - COMMAND NOT SUPPORT
>             ^HRSSILVL:80
>             ^HDRRSSI: 31
>             ^HRSSILVL:60
>             ^HDRRSSI: 31
>
>
>     Thanks for any help.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Manish Jain
>     +91-88064-38388
>
>
>     On 30-Jun-13 19:41, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>
>         Hi Manish,
>
>         If you have a Windows PC, use putty.exe and point the config to
>         the COM
>         port on which the modem is detected to be attached to.
>         That's how I do it, unfortunately.
>
>
>
>         On 30 June 2013 16:51, Manish Jain <bourne.identity at hotmail.com
>         <mailto:bourne.identity at hotmail.com>
>         <mailto:bourne.identity at __hotmail.com
>         <mailto:bourne.identity at hotmail.com>>> wrote:
>
>              Hello Odhiambo/All,
>
>              I installed and ran minicom. There are 2 devices which are
>         possible
>              candidates as the modem : cuaU0.0 and cuaU0.2
>
>              I symlinked modem to each of the 2 devices and ran minicom.
>         With
>              both devices, the AT command returns OK, but AT^U2DIAG=0
>         returns
>              COMMAND NOT SUPPORT
>
>              Any tips on what to do next ?
>
>
>              Thanks &
>              Regards,
>
>              Manish Jain
>              +91-88064-38388
>
>              On 30-Jun-13 17:30,
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>                          found, required by "fortune" (Rev Herbert Miller)
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>         "libc.so.6" not
>                          found, required by "fortune" (Polytropon)
>                       3. ALT key problem with Virtual Box? (Scott
>         Ballantyne)
>                       4. Re: ALT key problem with Virtual Box? (Polytropon)
>                       5. Problems getting my Huawei 0x140b USB modem to
>         speak to
>                          internet (Manish Jain)
>                       6. Re: ALT key problem with Virtual Box? (Scott
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>                      10. RE: Problems getting my Huawei 0x140b USB modem
>         to speak to
>                          internet (Manish Jain)
>                      11. Re: Problems getting my Huawei 0x140b USB modem
>         to speak to
>                          internet (Odhiambo Washington)
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>         ------------------------------____----------------------------__--__----------
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>                  Message: 1
>                  Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 10:48:38 -0400
>                  From: Rev Herbert Miller <herbertmiller at me.com
>         <mailto:herbertmiller at me.com>
>                  <mailto:herbertmiller at me.com
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>                  Subject: question, following error Shared object
>         "libc.so.6" not
>                           found, required by "fortune"
>                  Message-ID:
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>                  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
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>                  I was trying to use the content management system for our
>                  website.  I needed to restart on terminal but I keep
>         coming up
>                  with the following error:  I don't know programing at
>         all, so
>                  don't know if this is something I can fix.
>
>
>                  Shared object "libc.so.6" not found, required by "fortune"
>
>                  Neither the JAVA_HOME nor the JRE_HOME environment
>         variable is
>                  defined
>                  At least one of these environment variable is needed to
>         run this
>                  program
>                  root at psumc:/usr/local/tomcat5.____5 # bin/startup.sh
>
>                  Neither the JAVA_HOME nor the JRE_HOME environment
>         variable is
>                  defined
>                  At least one of these environment variable is needed to
>         run this
>                  program
>                  root at psumc:/usr/local/tomcat5.____5 # su -c 'killall -9
>         java'
>
>
>                  ------------------------------
>
>                  Message: 2
>                  Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 17:58:31 +0200
>                  From: Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de
>         <mailto:freebsd at edvax.de> <mailto:freebsd at edvax.de
>         <mailto:freebsd at edvax.de>>>
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>                  To: Rev Herbert Miller <herbertmiller at me.com
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>                  Subject: Re: question, following error Shared object
>         "libc.so.6" not
>                           found, required by "fortune"
>                  Message-ID:
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>                  On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 10:48:38 -0400, Rev Herbert Miller
>         wrote:
>
>                      I was trying to use the content management system
>         for our
>                      website.
>                      I needed to restart on terminal but I keep coming
>         up with the
>                      following error:  I don't know programing at all,
>         so don't know
>                      if this is something I can fix.
>
>
>                  In worst case, notify your system administrator.
>
>
>
>                      Shared object "libc.so.6" not found, required by
>         "fortune"
>
>
>                  This kind of error often indicates an incomplete system
>         update
>                  were libraries are "out of date" or missing. What way
>         of system
>                  update has been performed?
>
>
>
>                      root at psumc:/usr/local/tomcat5.____5 # bin/startup.sh
>
>                      Neither the JAVA_HOME nor the JRE_HOME environment
>         variable
>                      is defined
>                      At least one of these environment variable is
>         needed to run
>                      this program
>
>
>                  That can be a side effect, maybe some accidentally
>         overwritten
>                  configuration file or a program that's unable to run
>         due to a
>                  missing dependency?
>
>                  What happens if you manually define those variables to
>         the proper
>                  valies and try again, e. g.
>
>                           # setenv JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/<where your JAVA
>         stuff is>
>                           # setenv JRE_HOME=/usr/local/<where your
>         runtime lives>
>                           # bin/startup,sh
>
>                  Does this produce a different result?
>
>
>
>                      root at psumc:/usr/local/tomcat5.____5 # su -c
>         'killall -9 java'
>
>
>
>                  That command doesn't make sense. The prompt indicates
>         that you
>                  are already root. The -c parameter for the su command
>         is missing
>                  an argument, the class". See "man su" for details, no
>         programming
>                  knowledge required. ;-)
>
>
>
>
>
>         --
>         Best regards,
>         Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>         Nairobi,KE
>         +254733744121/+254722743223
>         "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
>
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
> +254733744121/+254722743223
> "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."


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