Re: ZTE MF823 USB Ethernet Dongle on RPi-2/Arch/LXDE

[Thomas Schäfer <tschaefer t-online de>]

Hi,

Are you using arch?

Have you tried debian jessie?

At jessie it works, at suse it works, so I think it is not a hardware problem, 
Maybe arch is not proper configured. 

[  297.721426] usb 1-1.2.4: new high-speed USB device number 7 using dwc_otg
[  297.833727] usb 1-1.2.4: New USB device found, idVendor=19d2, 
idProduct=1225
[  297.840843] usb 1-1.2.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, 
SerialNumber=3
[  297.848939] usb 1-1.2.4: Product: ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM
[  297.854965] usb 1-1.2.4: Manufacturer: ZTE,Incorporated
[  297.861090] usb 1-1.2.4: SerialNumber: 
MF8230ZTED010000CP261718U46EM0SHF3BW707_8C65&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&0
[  297.889075] usb-storage 1-1.2.4:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[  297.896043] scsi host0: usb-storage 1-1.2.4:1.0
[  297.963871] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[  298.911095] scsi 0:0:0:0: CD-ROM            CWID     USB SCSI CD-ROM  2.31 
PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[  298.929570] scsi 0:0:0:1: Direct-Access     ZTE      MMC Storage      2.31 
PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[  299.001602] sd 0:0:0:1: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
[  304.051308] usb 1-1.2.4: USB disconnect, device number 7
[  304.353488] usb 1-1.2.4: new high-speed USB device number 8 using dwc_otg
[  304.467608] usb 1-1.2.4: New USB device found, idVendor=19d2, 
idProduct=1403
[  304.474715] usb 1-1.2.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, 
SerialNumber=3
[  304.482397] usb 1-1.2.4: Product: ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM
[  304.488207] usb 1-1.2.4: Manufacturer: ZTE,Incorporated
[  304.493570] usb 1-1.2.4: SerialNumber: 
MF8230ZTED010000CP261718U46EM0SHF3BW707_8C65&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&0
[  304.523221] usb-storage 1-1.2.4:1.2: USB Mass Storage device detected
[  304.530191] scsi host1: usb-storage 1-1.2.4:1.2
[  304.572326] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[  304.588492] rndis_host 1-1.2.4:1.0 usb0: register 'rndis_host' at usb-
bcm2708_usb-1.2.4, RNDIS device, 36:4b:50:b7:ef:2d
[  304.599742] usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_host
[  304.614433] usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_wlan
[  305.534477] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM            CWID     USB SCSI CD-ROM  2.31 
PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[  305.543297] scsi 1:0:0:1: Direct-Access     ZTE      MMC Storage      2.31 
PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[  305.555588] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi-1 drive
[  305.559771] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[  305.567206] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[  305.569009] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5
[  305.579978] sd 1:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[  305.593896] sd 1:0:0:1: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
[  308.392019] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 1
[  308.402262] ISOFS: changing to secondary root
~

The NetworkManager uses usb0 and connects it.
With nm-applet you can manage the connections.

Of course the ZTEMF823 is a router with web management for configuration of 
the "real" connections. 
You may start a browser to make it auto connecting.

Thomas