reliance usb mg880 modem on linux

running reliance usb mg880 modem on linux

1. plugin the usb modem and do "dmesg" to see if it is being detected
output should be somewhat like

<snip>
[ 4089.904000] ISOFS: changing to secondary root
[ 4434.112000] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7
[ 4434.232000] usb 3-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[ 4434.460000] usb 3-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[ 4434.676000] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8
[ 4434.796000] usb 3-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[ 4435.020000] usb 3-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[ 4436.132000] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 10
[ 4436.352000] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
<snip>

2. Check out the vendorid and productid of the device

command: lsusb -v

<snip>
Bus 003 Device 010: ID 19d2:fffd
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.01
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 16
idVendor 0x19d2
idProduct 0xfffd
bcdDevice 0.00
iManufacturer 1 ZTE, Incorporated
iProduct 2 ZTE CDMA Tech
iSerial 3 Serial Number
bNumConfigurations 1
<snip>

3. run modprobe to create ttyUSB* devices

command: modprobe usbserial vendor=0x19d2 product=0xfffd

4. do a "dmesg" check if usb devices were created.

<snip>
[ 5791.852000] /build/buildd/linux-source-2.6.22-2.6.22/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for generic
[ 5791.852000] usbserial_generic 3-1:1.0: generic converter detected
[ 5791.856000] usb 3-1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 5791.856000] usbserial_generic 3-1:1.1: generic converter detected
[ 5791.856000] usb 3-1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[ 5791.856000] usbserial_generic 3-1:1.2: generic converter detected
[ 5791.856000] usb 3-1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB2
[ 5791.856000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[ 5791.856000] /build/buildd/linux-source-2.6.22-2.6.22/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core
<snip>

5. create the wvdial.conf script

[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Baud = 115200
SetVolume = 0
Dial-AT-OK ATDT Command =
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = AT+CRM=1
FlowControl = Hardware (CRTSCTS)
Phone = #777
Username = <phone no>
Password = <phone no>
New PPPD = yes
Carrier Check = no
Stupid Mode = 1

6. Run wvdial as root...