Dear Sir, I have a ZTE MF 186 usb 3 g modem. I istall it on my Ubuntu 12.10 machine using following steps:- laxman@laxman-HP-430-Notebook-PC:~$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0bc2:2312 Seagate RSS LLC Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b293 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0cf3:3005 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3011 Bluetooth Bus 002 Device 007: ID 19d2:0143 ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM laxman@laxman-HP-430-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo /sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=0x19d2 product=0x143 [sudo] password for laxman: laxman@laxman-HP-430-Notebook-PC:~$ wvdial create The program 'wvdial' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install wvdial laxman@laxman-HP-430-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo apt-get install wvdial Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: python3-brlapi python3-cairo python3-gi-cairo python3-louis python3-pyatspi2 python3-speechd python3-virtkey Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: libuniconf4.6 libwvstreams4.6-base libwvstreams4.6-extras The following NEW packages will be installed: libuniconf4.6 libwvstreams4.6-base libwvstreams4.6-extras wvdial 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded. Need to get 870 kB of archives. After this operation, 2,579 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://ubuntuarchive.hnsdc.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main libwvstreams4.6-base i386 4.6.1-5 [210 kB] Get:2 http://ubuntuarchive.hnsdc.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main libwvstreams4.6-extras i386 4.6.1-5 [454 kB] Get:3 http://ubuntuarchive.hnsdc.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main libuniconf4.6 i386 4.6.1-5 [129 kB] Get:4 http://ubuntuarchive.hnsdc.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main wvdial i386 1.61-4.1 [76.6 kB] Fetched 870 kB in 9s (92.6 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package libwvstreams4.6-base. (Reading database ... 158894 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libwvstreams4.6-base (from .../libwvstreams4.6-base_4.6.1-5_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libwvstreams4.6-extras. Unpacking libwvstreams4.6-extras (from .../libwvstreams4.6-extras_4.6.1-5_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libuniconf4.6. Unpacking libuniconf4.6 (from .../libuniconf4.6_4.6.1-5_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package wvdial. Unpacking wvdial (from .../wvdial_1.61-4.1_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up libwvstreams4.6-base (4.6.1-5) ... Setting up libwvstreams4.6-extras (4.6.1-5) ... Setting up libuniconf4.6 (4.6.1-5) ... Setting up wvdial (1.61-4.1) ... Success! You can run "wvdial" to connect to the internet. (You can also change your configuration by editing /etc/wvdial.conf) Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place laxman@laxman-HP-430-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo wvdialconf create Editing `create'. Scanning your serial ports for a modem. Modem Port Scan<*1>: S0 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 Modem Port Scan<*1>: S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 S14 S15 Modem Port Scan<*1>: S16 S17 S18 S19 S20 S21 S22 S23 Modem Port Scan<*1>: S24 S25 S26 S27 S28 S29 S30 S31 WvModem<*1>: Cannot set information for serial port. ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- OK ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z -- OK ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 -- OK ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 -- OK ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 -- OK ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK ttyACM0<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI -- MF186-2.0.0 ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 4800: AT -- OK ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 9600: AT -- OK ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 19200: AT -- OK ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 38400: AT -- OK ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 57600: AT -- OK ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 115200: AT -- OK ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 230400: AT -- OK ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 460800: AT -- OK ttyACM0<*1>: Max speed is 460800; that should be safe. ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK WvModem<*1>: Cannot set information for serial port. ttyACM1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- OK ttyACM1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z -- OK ttyACM1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 -- OK ttyACM1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 -- OK ttyACM1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 -- OK ttyACM1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK ttyACM1<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI -- MF186-2.0.0 ttyACM1<*1>: Speed 4800: AT -- OK ttyACM1<*1>: Speed 9600: AT -- OK ttyACM1<*1>: Speed 19200: AT -- OK ttyACM1<*1>: Speed 38400: AT -- OK ttyACM1<*1>: Speed 57600: AT -- OK ttyACM1<*1>: Speed 115200: AT -- OK ttyACM1<*1>: Speed 230400: AT -- OK ttyACM1<*1>: Speed 460800: AT -- OK ttyACM1<*1>: Max speed is 460800; that should be safe. ttyACM1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK Found an USB modem on /dev/ttyACM0. create: Can't open 'create' for reading: No such file or directory create: ...starting with blank configuration. Modem configuration written to create. ttyACM0: Speed 460800; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0" ttyACM1: Speed 460800; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0" laxman@laxman-HP-430-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf contents in /etc/wvdial.conf are-- [Dialer Defaults] Modem = /dev/ttyACM0 Baud = 460800 Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 ISDN = 0 Modem Type = Analog Modem Phone = *99# Password = Username = Stupid Mode = 1 laxman@laxman-HP-430-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo wvdial --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.61 --> Cannot set information for serial port. --> Initializing modem. --> Sending: ATZ ATZ OK --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 OK --> Modem initialized. --> Configuration does not specify a valid login name. --> Configuration does not specify a valid password. Note: I am able to use this ZTE 3g usb modem in Windows Xp with these username = Nil and password= Nil Please help Thank u

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