I guess my question has already been answered. Network Manager does not have a strategy for testing and integration with different USB Modems to ensure compatibility. Which is understandable given the remit.
I guess this should be work carried out between Hardware manufacturer and Network operators. What would be better would be: 1) A list of devices that have been tested and verified to work, with a list of tests that were carried out. (Community members could help with this.) 2) A list of devices that have unique 'code' in the application that are needed to handle them, coupled with the generic list. It's a shame there is no way for plugins to be written to cope with USB modem card differences as is done for the Betavine.net linux driver. (e.g. The product ID/ Vendor ID on some Huawei cards which are incorrect in purpose to get round an issue on Window machines.) This kind of thing could be handled in plugin maybe! .. ;-) ... I agree, it would help support guys everywhere. Kind regards, Nicholas. -----Original Message----- From: Peteris Krisjanis [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 22 May 2009 08:46 To: Dan Williams Cc: Herriot, Nicholas, VF-Group; [email protected] Subject: Re: Network Manager's supported Modem list But it would be hard to make such list looking at the code? If not, I could try to make such list. It would help Linux support guys everywhere. Cheers, Peter 2009/5/21 Dan Williams <[email protected]>: > On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 14:11 +0200, Herriot, Nicholas, VF-Group wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Is there such a thing as Network Manager's supported USB Modem list? >> And if this is a 'no' what part of the code base do I look at to find >> out the supported modems? > > It depends on a few things... first, the kernel drivers having the > IDs for the modems. In general, NM will support generic modems that > use ATDT-style connection setup (ie, PPP). It also supports Option > 'hso'-style modems that use OWAN-style call setup. > > As of 0.7.1, I think we've got support for most of the modems that are > currently in wide use. We do occasionally find quirks (like Huawei > CDMA modems from Reliance India that return "COMMAND NOT SUPPORT" > instead of "ERROR", for example). > >> i.e. is there a 'conf' file with scripts for each modem? > > Nope, they are handled automatically in the code. Scripts aren't > really flexible enough, or if they are, they turn into a programming > language anyway. > > Dan > >> Kind regards, Nicholas. >> >> >> Nicholas Herriot >> >> Web Technologies Researcher >> Vodafone Group R&D - UK >> >> www.betavine.net >> www.betavine.mobi (from mobile) >> >> Mobile: +44 (0) 7717275049 >> Fax: +44 (0) 1635 686484 >> >> Vodafone Group Service Limited >> Registered Office: Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, >> Berkshire, >> RG14 2FN >> Registered in England No 3802001 >> _______________________________________________ >> NetworkManager-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > -- mortigi tempo Pēteris Krišjānis _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
