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From: "Clara García" <clara2g@×××××.es>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] USB modem locks weirdly
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:04:01
Message-Id: 20070708235757.2804a044.clara2g@terra.es
1 Hello, I have a Huawei USB E220 modem wich works fine almost all the time. But sometimes when I connect, it seems to work OK (led turns continous blue and wvdial shows exactly the same as when the modem connects well, no errors) but there is no connection to the internet, I can't use anything related with the internet, I can't ping google or any web...
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3 It happens when:
4 1. Sometimes while connected.
5 2. Sometimes connecting (Sometimes randomly or if the 1. case happens, it's for sure modem will hangs up connecting).
6 3. Always if unplug/plug the modem (Even if the computer is poweroff).
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8 The modem doesn't connect correctly again until I fix it, so I can say the modem "locks" better than "hangs up". The worst and the weird of this problem is the solution; when the modem locks it won't run again until I reboot to Windows, connect to the internet there and reboot again to Gentoo, then the modem works fine again (until next time).
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10 As you can see that is painful because:
11 1. I need to reboot two times to get online again on Gentoo.
12 2. It makes me have a Windows installation only for unlock my modem!
13 3. It can happens a few times in a day.
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15 ¿Anyone knows a way to unlock the modem on Linux?
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18 Thank you in advance and sorry for my english.
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21 Clara García <clara2g@×××××.es>
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Re: [gentoo-user] USB modem locks weirdly Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>