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

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:12:21 +0000

Thank you very much for this great article. I’m using Kubuntu 9.04 and with the plasma-network-manager my configuration failed to access the internet.

Once again, thank you.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:38:54 +0000

Your script and advice worked for me running a Huawei E220 modem on Kubuntu on a Macbook Pro - thank you!

Just one small thing: it doesn’t work for me unless I invoke wvdial with:

sudo wvdial three

The “three” is critical!

By: Luca

Luca — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:12:04 +0000

I am using O2 in the UK and the configuration is slightly different from what howkewlisthat posted (probably O2 changed some parameters).
The username “mobileweb” should be replaced with “o2bb”;
the APN instead of “mobile.o2.co.uk” is “m-bb.o2.co.uk”.
I hope it helps.
Bye,
Luca

By: Andre Lukmana

Andre Lukmana — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:42:50 +0000

I think your connection signal is to low, so the gppp indicate idle. Try ubuntu 8.04.2, it’s run well on you E220

By: timttmy

timttmy — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:10:08 +0000

Cool, this howto got me up and running on arch linux.

Anyone interested in getting there text msgs off there dongle using linux there is a great howto at
http://tensixtyone.com/perma/howto-send-sms-using-a-huawei-e160g-and-debian

I used it to pull my password off for signing into the my three web service as I don’t have a windows machine.

By: winehouse

winehouse — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:37:23 +0000

yea..great…how bout summit in fuckin good ol plain english

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