Huawei E156G USB Stick on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

February 22, 2009 (Last Modified: March 14, 2020)

Surprisingly (or not), the UMTS modem E156G by Huawei works out of the box with the new version of the network-manager, which is shipped with the current release of Ubuntu 8.10. Once the USB modem is plugged in, the system recognizes it corretly and even offers a list of providers. One click on „Drei“ got me online. Nice!

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