Setting up BandLuxe C179 on Karmic
I've recently signed up with Singtel's mobile broadband, which uses a BandLuxe C179 HSDPA USB modem. Hers's how I set it up on Ubuntu 9.10: Download Linux driver from http://www.bandrich.com. The file name of the download "C270-Eee-PC_Linux-driver.zip" suggests it's intended for C270. The product id in bandluxe.fdi is wrong, change it to: <match key="usb.vendor_id" int="0x1a8d"> <match key="usb.product_id" int="0x1009"> The kernel module option.ko that comes with the driver doesn't work with 2.6.31 kernel. And we don't need it anyway, so comment out its installation from eeepc3g.sh: #echo "Backup file option.ko" #cp -v ${MODDIR}/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/option.ko ./option-eeepc.ko #echo "Add support of Bandluxe Data Card" #cp -v option-bandluxe.ko ${MODDIR}/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/option.ko Install the driver: $ sudo ./eeepc3g.sh $ sudo modprobe option Plug in the modem. $ lsusb...