Using the Huawei E352s-5 UMTS USB Modem Stick with Ubuntu and OpenWrt

 Other Hardware, Other Linux, Ubuntu 11.10  4 Responses »
Apr 212012
 

The Huawei E352s-5 is being marketed as web’n'walk Stick Fusion III by German Telekom. This blog post describes how to use it on Linux systems with the distributions Ubuntu and OpenWrt.

The Features First

  • Supported Modem Standards: HSPA+, HSUPA, HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS
  • Highest speeds with HSPA+: up to 21 MBit/s download and 5.76 MBit/s upload
  • Quad Band
  • Interface: USB 2.0
  • Includes a microSD card slot
  • Includes an external antenna connector (CRC9 type)
  • Includes a USB cable
  • Size (HBT in mm): ca. 68 x 26 x 12,3
  • Weight: ~ 30 g
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Connect to the Internet via a 3G Mobile Phone using UMTS network and Bluetooth Connectivity

 Ubuntu 8.04  No Responses »
Oct 182008
 

Set up 3G UMTS connection using bluetooth

resources: http://ubuntu.sg/index.php/ubuntu-guides/network/47-nokia-n95-as-3g-modem
http://www.stefanux.de/wiki/doku.php/linux/bluetooth#mit-wvdial

hcitool scan

output:

00:4F:5D:5B:53:FB  p

Now let’s find out the channel for the modem connection using Bluetooth:

sdptool browse 00:4F:5D:5B:53:FB | grep -A 10 Dial-Up | grep Channel

output:

Channel: 2

Connect the phone to a serial port using rfcomm. Edit rfcomm.conf:

sudo gedit /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf

and enter:

rfcomm0 {
# Automatically bind the device at startup
bind yes;
# Bluetooth address of the device
device 00:4F:5D:5B:53:FB;
# RFCOMM channel for the connection
channel2;
# Description of the connection
comment "Nokia N95";
}

Restart bluetooth to activate the rfcomm binding:

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