Re: Mobile broadband connects to wrong USB device

[Rick Jones <rick activeservice co uk>]

--On Tuesday, January 06, 2009 18:03:53 +1100 Ben <ben benjamin it> wrote:

> I guess some things are not meant to be. It would be nice if the init
> string was not hard coded =)

I agree completely. I too have posted about problems with the init string. I think it's wildly optimistic to assume that you can hard-code an init string that will work with all the modems out there, including ones to be produced in future.

i understand that NM is trying to avoid presenting the user with nasty technical configuration issues, but there are already many "technical" conifigs available in the connection-setting dialogs. Most users probably don't fully understand these either, but they are of course necessary in order to be able to make connections work in all circumstances. The defaults work in most cases, but can be tweaked - usually with help - if required. My view is the modem init string falls into this category.

I am dealing with my situation by binary patching NetworkManager, rather than set up all the libraries needed to compile the whole thing. This is hardly ideal (nor is having to re-complile come to that).

My €.02

Rick