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Newer page: version 3 Last edited on Saturday, December 12, 2009 4:01:12 pm by AndrewSimpson
Older page: version 2 Last edited on Saturday, October 17, 2009 7:23:29 pm by DanielLawson Revert
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-The Huawei E220 / E270 is a USB HSDPA modem. It is sold in NZ by VodaFone as a [Vodem]. 
+The Huawei E220 / E270 is a USB HSDPA modem. It is sold in NZ by Vodafone as a [Vodem]. 
  
 It generally presents a couple of /dev/ttyUSB? devices. If you have a 2.6.20+ kernel, it will present 2 /dev/ttyUSB devices, and you should be able to get it working with wvdial or pppd by accessing /dev/ttyUSB0. If you have an earlier kernel, it'll show three devices, one of which is actually a USB mass storage device, and you'll need to make some changes to your configuration to make it work. 
  
-If you have a recent distro such as Ubuntu 9.04 (Intrepid Ibix), it should "just work". A network-manager wizard will popup asking you to configure it, and it will make some attempt at autodetecting your country/provider. 
+If you have a recent distro such as Ubuntu 9.04 (Intrepid Ibix) or higher , it should "just work". A network-manager wizard will popup asking you to configure it, and it will make some attempt at autodetecting your country/provider. 
  
  
 I've copied configs from different sites below to prevent against page disappearance, and have attributed work where appropriate. 
  
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 !!Kernel version >= 2.6.20 
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+! network-manager  
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+It "should" "just work". :)  
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+For Vodafone New Zealand the recommended APN is www.vodafone.net.nz. DNS addresses are automatically obtained from the server.  
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+In Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty), incorrect DNS servers are given in the default settings for Vodafone New Zealand. This needs to be fixed for the connection to work:  
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+Open up the 'Edit connections' dialogue and bring up your Vodafone connection for editing. Choose the tab 'IPv4 Settings'; the tab shows "Method: Automatic (PPP) addresses only" and two (incorrect) DNS servers are listed.  
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+Change the dropdown box to "Method: Automatic (PPP)", the two DNS servers should disappear... otherwise delete them.  
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+Vodafone gives the correct DNS servers automatically during PPP negotiation. The previous setting prevents PPP setting the DNS servers.  
  
 ! Using pppd: 
  
 The following configs are taken from [http://juanjosec.blogspot.com/2008/09/making-3g-huawei-220-usb-modem-work-in.html] and adjusted for Vodafone NZ. 
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 This [page|http://kawruhboso.com/?p=3] has some wvdial configs. I've not tested them. 
  
  
-If you use these configs, remember to change the dial number ot *99# (for VodaFone NZ). You may also need care with the Init2 and Init3 lines - compare them to the first 2 lines after ' "" ATZ ' in the 3g.chat script mentioned in the pppd section above.  
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-! network-manager  
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-It "should" "just work". :)  
+If you use these configs, remember to change the dial number ot *99# (for Vodafone NZ). You may also need care with the Init2 and Init3 lines - compare them to the first 2 lines after ' "" ATZ ' in the 3g.chat script mentioned in the pppd section above. 
  
  
 !!Kernel version < 2.6.20