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Vodafone UMTS / 3G / GPRS Card (Last Update: 2006/01/12):

Configuring Vodafone UMTS / 3G / GPRS Card

The 3G card this HOWTO refers to is the Option GT 3G Quad and the kernel I'm using is a vanilla kernel 2.6.15.

After insertting the card in your PCMCIA slot the system log (/var/log/messages) gives this:

Jan 12 12:10:00 evo kernel: pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
Jan 12 12:10:00 evo kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
Jan 12 12:10:00 evo kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Jan 12 12:10:00 evo kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: OHCI Host Controller
Jan 12 12:10:00 evo kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
Jan 12 12:10:00 evo kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: irq 16, io mem 0x32000000
Jan 12 12:10:00 evo kernel: hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
Jan 12 12:10:00 evo kernel: hub 6-0:1.0: 1 port detected
Jan 12 12:10:00 evo kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.1 (0000 -> 0002)
Jan 12 12:10:00 evo kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.1[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Jan 12 12:10:00 evo kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:02:00.1: OHCI Host Controller
Jan 12 12:10:00 evo kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:02:00.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
Jan 12 12:10:00 evo kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:02:00.1: irq 16, io mem 0x32001000
Jan 12 12:10:00 evo kernel: hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
Jan 12 12:10:00 evo kernel: hub 7-0:1.0: 1 port detected
Jan 12 12:10:01 evo pam_console.dev[6650]: Restoring console permissions for /dev/usbdev6.1
Jan 12 12:10:01 evo pam_console.dev[6644]: Restoring console permissions for /dev/usbdev7.1
Jan 12 12:10:03 evo kernel: usb 7-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
Jan 12 12:10:03 evo kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for Option 3G data card
Jan 12 12:10:03 evo kernel: option 7-1:1.0: Option 3G data card converter detected
Jan 12 12:10:03 evo kernel: usb 7-1: Option 3G data card converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Jan 12 12:10:03 evo kernel: option 7-1:1.1: Option 3G data card converter detected
Jan 12 12:10:03 evo kernel: usb 7-1: Option 3G data card converter now attached to ttyUSB1
Jan 12 12:10:03 evo kernel: option 7-1:1.2: Option 3G data card converter detected
Jan 12 12:10:03 evo kernel: usb 7-1: Option 3G data card converter now attached to ttyUSB2
Jan 12 12:10:03 evo kernel: usbcore: registered new driver option
Jan 12 12:10:03 evo kernel: drivers/usb/serial/option.c: Option Card (PC-Card to) USB to Serial Driver: v0.4
Jan 12 12:10:03 evo pam_console.dev[6699]:
    Restoring console permissions for /dev/ttyUSB0  /dev/tts/USB0 /dev/usb/tts/0
Jan 12 12:10:03 evo pam_console.dev[6719]:
    Restoring console permissions for /dev/ttyUSB2  /dev/tts/USB2 /dev/usb/tts/2
Jan 12 12:10:03 evo pam_console.dev[6747]:
    Restoring console permissions for /dev/usbdev7.2
Jan 12 12:10:03 evo pam_console.dev[6772]:
    Restoring console permissions for /dev/ttyUSB1  /dev/tts/USB1 /dev/usb/tts/1

If in your log doesn't show:

    Option 3G data card converter now attached to ttyUSB0
    Option 3G data card converter now attached to ttyUSB1
    Option 3G data card converter now attached to ttyUSB2

Please verify if the needed modules are loaded:

usbserial (if doesn't appear, run: modprobe usbserial)
option (if doesn't appear, run: modprobe option)

Note:In kernels below 2.6.13 it's need to include the follow line in modprobe.conf: options usbserial vendor=0x0af0 product=0x6300 e a seguir rmmod usbserial seguido de modprobe usbserial

The Vodafone 3G card is now configured in your kernel, and only step missing is configuring the connection to Vodafone.

Choose the type of configuration that you want to do in your linux:


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