This blog is about how to connect to internet using BSNL EVDO CAPITEL 3G USB Modem in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04
Last week my neighbour who had bought BSNL EVDO modem wanted my help in configuring internet in Ubuntu. I spent half of my sunday in googling and configuring. I use this blog as an opportunity to share my experience with anyone who wishes to do the same with Ubuntu. Here I try to jot down what I learned along with screenshots
Ubuntu does not support CAPITEL 3G USB modem by default. The reason is the modem is detected as a USB storage device by ubuntu. To treat this modem as a serial device required lots of hacking and required further tweaking of configuration files to make it automatic. Here I give only the steps which needs to be followed to make the mode switching (from storage mode to serial mode) automatic in ubuntu
Step 1: Plug in the CAPITEL evdo modem
When I plugged the evdo modem it was detected as a storage device and showed as a CDROM icon on the desktop
Last week my neighbour who had bought BSNL EVDO modem wanted my help in configuring internet in Ubuntu. I spent half of my sunday in googling and configuring. I use this blog as an opportunity to share my experience with anyone who wishes to do the same with Ubuntu. Here I try to jot down what I learned along with screenshots
Ubuntu does not support CAPITEL 3G USB modem by default. The reason is the modem is detected as a USB storage device by ubuntu. To treat this modem as a serial device required lots of hacking and required further tweaking of configuration files to make it automatic. Here I give only the steps which needs to be followed to make the mode switching (from storage mode to serial mode) automatic in ubuntu
Step 1: Plug in the CAPITEL evdo modem
When I plugged the evdo modem it was detected as a storage device and showed as a CDROM icon on the desktop
