Re: How to add support for modem to NM

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Mon, 2009-07-06 at 09:09 +0300, Peteris Krisjanis wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> How can I help to add support for Huawei E1692 modem so it works up to
> date in next Ubuntu/Fedora release? This is new one, doing connection
> type changing automatically (roaming between UMTS, GPRS and friends).
> This is used as prepaid mobile broadband modem, so it will become more
> popular. Also I would like to know the steps what I should do to add
> any other modem (if it's not supported).
> 
> I have instructions for PPP
> (http://www.santinoli.com/open/e1692-howto.html), but of course I
> would like to use NM.

It doesn't look that special; as long as (a) the driver recognizes it as
a modem device, and (b) the CDROM thing is ejected and the modem shows
up as a serial port, it looks like NM should already support it.

To test, run NM like so:

NM_SERIAL_DEBUG=1 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

and then try to connect, and if it fails, make sure to mail the full log
output of NM.

Thanks!
Dan