How to configure Hauwei Movistar data modem on Debian Wheezy

Greetings to all. This time, I will show you how to configure the modem Huawei E173s-6 on Debian Wheezy, which I will be testing as a data provider, which will make my beloved Samsung Galazy Mini smartphone no longer have to suffer.

I googled how to configure this device through Debian Wheezy, and came across this page, which has helped me a lot with this journey.

In order for it to recognize the device in question, the first thing we have to do is:

1. Connect the aforementioned device

2. Write "Sudo lsusb" (if you don't have the Sudocome in like root).

3. If we see what it says "Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd."Keep in mind that the left part shows us the necessary ID so that the modem can be identified (in my case, the ID in question was "12d1: 1c23").

4. We create a file with the ID of the modem with our favorite text editor. In my case, I used "Nano /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1:1c23".

5. Within the edition of the file in question, you have to paste the following:

######################################################## # Huawei E173s DefaultVendor= 0x12d1 DefaultProduct= 0x1c0b TargetVendor= 0x12d1 TargetProduct= 0x1c05 CheckSuccess=20 MessageEndpoint= 0x0f MessageContent="55534243000000000000000000000011060000000100000000000000000000" and in the part of "DefaultProduct", change "1c0b" by the ID that appeared on the modem. Save it.

6. Run this in terminal: "Usb-modeswitch -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1:{ID of the modem previously displayed when invoking lsusb}".

7. And voila: you can now recognize your USB modem and use it without major complications.

If you don't have the "usb-modeswitch" package, please install it in advance so that it recognizes the USB ports. It is usually already installed on Debian Wheezy.

The configuration has come out the first time, but in the end, the device has recognized me without problems. I hope I have helped you use your USB modem. And I am still experimenting with Slackware on my VirtualBox. See you until the continuation of the saga "Log of a Slackware installation".

Before I go, I leave you with the screenshot of the already recognized modem:

Screenshot from 2013-08-18 22:00:43


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  1.   René López said

    Uff .. how much I suffered behind this modem in Ubuntu 10.04 haha ​​..
    But with kernels since version 3.0 you already recognize it at once.
    Debian 7 works fine ..

  2.   eliotime3000 said

    Squeeze also recognizes it, but still that modem model did not serve the purpose I wanted: a Wi-Fi antenna.

    1.    René López said

      Haha .. I also have a Galaxy Mini (S5570b) and I also use it as a Wi-Fi tether from time to time.

      1.    eliotime3000 said

        We're even. I also have that model, and I use it as a Wi-Fi antenna.

  3.   Serge Molina said

    Well, the modem recognizes me well in debian testing Jessy the problem is that when I update to kernerl 3.9 it recognizes it but does not let me connect while in kernel 3.2 which is the one that comes if it works without problems

    1.    eliotime3000 said

      WTF ?!

      If you are afraid of kernel 3.9, better take refuge in kernel 3.2 which is in the stable branch of Debian.

  4.   Wisp said

    I believe that Samsung has already registered the trademarks' Galazy 'Galatsy' and 'Galactsi'. Those little Koreans don't leave anything to chance.

    1.    eliotime3000 said

      Slip of the pen. It was Galaxy, not Galazy. That happens to me for writing after work.

  5.   rainbow_fly said

    -Out of topic-

    Why has closing comments on this page become so common?

  6.   eliotime3000 said

    To avoid problems with flamewars. In addition, only the comments in the post about the territorial limitations that Fedora has in countries like Cuba have been blocked. Nothing else.

  7.   Andres Mauricio said

    Does anyone know how to implement the calls and SMS of these devices? As it can be done from the software that is installed in Windoze.

  8.   jose said

    Hello eliotime3000, Googling I ended up on your website and I would like you to advise me on the task that I have been trying to do for a long time.

    I have an ELSA microlink 56k usb modem connected to a pentium III + Debian 7 xfce + Hylafax, I try to build a fax server with all this but I don't know how to install the driver so that it recognizes the USB modem.

    I know that the driver is called umodem but I can't find it, I don't know if it is already in the system ... anyway I get lost a lot in the issue of drivers in Linux.

    This is the best I found on the net:
    http://nixdoc.net/man-pages/freebsd/man4/umodem.4.html

    If you can help me with that I would greatly appreciate it as I am a bit disappointed with all this.
    Thanks also