ZTE MF636 3G USB Modem

[Dan Williams]

On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 12:11 +1100, Kevin Gilbert wrote:
> Hmm, my first reply was quarantined because of it's size, so I'll have another 
> go.
> 
> 1) syslog output when the device was mounted:
>     http://zte-mf636.pastebin.com/d66e7ea15
> 
> 2) lshal
>     http://zte-mf636.pastebin.com/m49f17b31
> 
> 3) lsusb -vv with device mounted
>     http://zte-mf636.pastebin.com/m65d5297b
> 
> 4) lsusb -vv after device dismounted as the device does present a CD-Rom drive 
> to Windows
>     http://zte-mf636.pastebin.com/m47d2f9ab
> 
> I've tried the "option" driver but it doesn't work. Neither does 

By "tried" I assume you mean you added the USB IDs for the modem to the
driver, rebuilt the module, and modprobe-ed it after unmounting the
CD-Rom drive thing, or you force-bound option to the device IDs after
unmounting the CD-ROm thing?  Gotta make sure the CD-Rom thing is
unmounted before trying to bind any driver to the device.

Dan

> "usb_modeswitch". I'm compiling my own kernel so that I can turn on debug for 
> the "option" driver and see what that turns up. Will also have a hack at 
> usb_modeswitch - as time permits.
> 
> BTW: The device is sold by Telstra Australia for it BigPond Mobile Broadband 
> service.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kevin
> 
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2008, Dan Williams opined:
> > On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 15:58 +1100, Kevin Gilbert wrote:
> > > I've just purchased a ZTE MF636 USB 3G modem and want to get it going
> > > under Linux. My Friend (aka Google) came up with this page:
> > > http://lwn.net/Articles/307433/
> > >
> > > Q1: Did that poster submit the details to this group?
> >
> > Need the full output of 'lshal' and '/sbin/lsusb -vv' please, with the
> > modem plugged in.  If it presents a "Driver CD" mass storage device,
> > please provide the 'lsusb -vv' output both from before and after you've
> > ejected the device.
> >
> > > Q3: Does anyone know which kernel module drives this device?
> >
> > Nope, because we don't yet know what hardware is in the device.  Can you
> > provide the FCC ID (or other regulatory agency ID) from the device
> > itself?  It might work with the 'option' driver.  Can you use this
> > device with wvdial or minicom or something?
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
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