Re: Looking for advice about using NM with a Sprint U301 modem

[Eric Lee Elliott <linux ericelliott us>]

On 06/04/2010 12:01 AM, John Mahoney wrote:
> > I'm looking into the 598 now, and I'm having a little trouble getting
> > NM to recognize it. I plug in the device and I can see by using dmesg
> > that the sierra driver gets loaded, but when I run
> > nm-connection-editor and try to edit the connection, it doesn't get
> > listed in the device dropdown. Is there anything I have to do to get
> > it recognized? I also haven't been able to find any good guides on
> > setting it up. I'm running Ubuntu Karmic right now.
>
> On Sierra's site there is a
> link(http://www.sierrawireless.com/en/Support/knowledgebase.aspx) in
> the knowledge base which says:
>
> "**Note: Ubuntu 9.10 distribution is not supported with Sierra
> Wireless modems. Ubuntu 9.04 distribution is still supported with all
> Sierra Wireless modems listed in this KB article.
> We expect the issue to be fixed in Ubuntu 10.4."
>
> If you require Ubuntu 9.10 and Sierra isn't working get a Novatel.
>
> --
> John

I am sure Sierra knows better than I, even so, Ubu 9.10 connected both 
my 875U & 885U Sierra modems to ATT with minimum effort. Simply boot 
9.10 Live CD, see it offer to install modem, click 5 times, then watch 
NM connect.
I gave a few Ubuntu 9.1 CDs to ATT stores for use as trouble shooting tool.

Eric