Comments on: Three UK 3G USB modem in Ubuntu Linux

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:06:22 +0000

Great article - worked for me with the E160 Three USB modem. I find it can be a bit picky as well. I have it working on 7.10 (Dell PC) and 8.4 (Aspire).

Bargain: Three were offering loads more GBs if you signed up for a phone at the same time - I got 15GB for £15/month - phone price reasonable/various offers. Use their pay as you go until your phone contract runs out (I don’t work for them!!)

By: MattW

MattW — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:43:44 +0000

…and for T-Mobile UK

[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Stupid Mode = 1
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Baud = 9600
New PPPD = yes
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
ISDN = 0
Phone = *99#
Password = user
Username = user

[Dialer TMobile]
Init2 = ATZ
Init3 = ATE0 V1 &D2 &C1 S0=0 +IFC=2,2
Init5 = AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”general.t-mobile.uk”
ISDN = 0
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Baud = 460800

By: howkewlisthat

howkewlisthat — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:44:56 +0000

michuk,
thanks for the simple tip. I used your work to configure my Bandluxe 3.5G C100 modem on my Kohjinsha SH UMPC running Ubuntu Hardy (8.04). Up and running in about 2 min. I’m adding this comment while connected to the O2 network.

Command line control of dialup is much easier than trying to use the gnome app.

For your readers, here is my O2 UK configuration:

/etc/wvdial.conf
[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Stupid Mode = 1
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Baud = 9600
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
ISDN = 0
Phone = *99#
Password = password
Username = mobileweb
Dial Command = ATDT

[Dialer O2]
Init2 = ATZ
Init3 = ATE0 V1 &D2 &C1 S0=0 +IFC=2,2
Init5 = AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”mobile.o2.co.uk”
ISDN = 0
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Baud = 460800

By: NZ

NZ — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:28:06 +0000

great article, i really needed it !
thank you

By: KJóN

KJóN — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:57:55 +0000

Quite nice article.

A word of advice: In order to keep the crap out of the dialing process (those weird signs that appear in the middle of the ‘relevant’ information), append ‘New PPPD = yes’ to your wvdial.conf

By: David

David — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:30:37 +0000

Great article and thread.

Does anyone know if the modem is locked to the Three-UK network? I’m planning to buy a local, pay as you go, 3G sim card when I go abroad, and put that in the modem, to avoid huge roaming charges. But, if the modem is locked to the Three-UK network, that won’t work.

Has anyone else tried this?

By: michuk

michuk — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:02:19 +0000

Sometimes it happens that it connects but the net is so slow that you may think it doesn’t work. It happens both in Windows and Linux. No idea what the problem is. But usually this is the case when you connect from a place with weak connectivity like a basement or a train.
Another issue may be DNS. Set up opendns.org as a proxy server in your Firefox.

By: Sir William

Sir William — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:20:24 +0000

Thanks so much.. i could get it working.. used so many differnt methods.. yours worked straight up..