Iam using a Dell E6400 with Dell 5530 and Kubuntu 12.04. I hadto remove the PIN of the simcard first. After doing this the connection works quite nice. One problem (stil) exists. If you are connected information about connection quality (radio reception) is always at 0%.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/540003 Title: network-manager doesn't work with dell 5530 hsdpa mobile broadband Status in ModemManager (with NetworkManager support): New Status in NetworkManager: New Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Network manager doesn't connect to mobile broadband using the Dell 5530 hsdpa mini-pci card. Shows up in network-manager as having a gsm device, but even with the correct settings it wont connect. I did manage to get it working by installing gnome-ppp and manually configuring AT commands the card requires to active the radio and set the APN. I can get connected this way, but it is not as nice as being able to use network-manager. It also required my user to be added to the dialout and dip groups I think. The 5530 card requires these AT commands to activate radio and set the APN and so on: AT+CFUN=1 ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","VirginBroadband" Obviously replacing the VirginBroadband with the appropriate APN for the connection. I don't know if its worthwhile but maybe if the network-manager tool had the ability to customise AT init strings under and advanced button for mobile broadband or dial-up modems? Also the card also supports GPS which can be enabled with (for example): AT+CFUN=1 AT+E2GPSCTL=1,5,1 AT+E2GPSNPD lsb_release -rd : Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch) Release: 10.04 timw@timw-laptop:~$ apt-cache policy network-manager network-manager: Installed: 0.8-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 0.8-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 0.8-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/modemmanager/+bug/540003/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
