Re: [PLUG] MS2131i-8 USB Cellular Modem

[Ben Koenig]

If you watch dmesg as you plug it in the kernel should spit out messages that a 
USB device has been detected. At the very least you should see it detect the 
productID:vendorID.

You can also run lsusb to look for it. The device IDs are important to 
determine if you have a driver, and if so how to get it to load. There are 
hardware databases that we can look up to see if this device is working under 
linux.

-Ben


--- Original Message ---
On Thursday, December 15th, 2022 at 5:39 PM, Michael Barnes 
 wrote:


> I recently acquired a MS2131i-8 USB Cellular Modem. Supposedly, I can just
> plug it into a USB port and use it to access the Internet. Not a lot of
> other details.
> 
> Nothing seems to happen plugging it in, no indications on dmesg or
> anything. On Windows, it gave a popup saying no driver available.
> 
> Anybody know anything about these?
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael

Re: [PLUG] MS2131i-8 USB Cellular Modem

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 15 Dec 2022, Michael Barnes wrote:


Anybody know anything about these?


Michael,

T'aint much of a user manual, but it is a start:


HTH,

Rich

[PLUG] MS2131i-8 USB Cellular Modem

[Michael Barnes]

I recently acquired a MS2131i-8 USB Cellular Modem. Supposedly, I can just
plug it into a USB port and use it to access the Internet. Not a lot of
other details.

Nothing seems to happen plugging it in, no indications on dmesg or
anything. On Windows, it gave a popup saying no driver available.

Anybody know anything about these?

Thanks,
Michael