Monthly Archives: May 2007

Vodafone E220 3G usb

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I got one of these a while ago and I had no joy getting it working. I was at the time running Ubuntu LTS, but I’ve since upgraded to Edgy and I’ll move to feisty at some point.

To get this working there are a few short steps to take:

sudo rmmod usb-storage
sudo rmmod usb-serial

then run:

lsusb

In my case I get the following:

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 12d1:1003

modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1003

Once you’ve got this far things should be heating up.

run the following commands:
mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0
mknod /dev/ttyUSB1 c 188 1
mknod /dev/ttyUSB2 c 188 2
This creates the devices that you need to use with wvdial

The wvdial.conf that works for vodafone Ireland, for me anyway, is as follows:

[Dialer hsdpa]
Phone = *99***1#
Username = vodafone
Password = vodafone
Stupid Mode = 1
Dial Command = ATDT
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Baud = 460800
Init2 = ATZ
Init3 = ATE0V1&D2&C1S0=0+IFC=2,2
ISDN = 0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Init5 =AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","isp.vodafone.ie";

So there we have it. This is 100% working on Ubuntu Edgy with Vodafone Irelands Huawei E220 with a 2.6.17-11 kernel.

Funny how it’s always the customers fault with some hosting companies?

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Funny that alright. It makes me laugh when I get an irate customer on the phone, e-mail or IM. The possibility that the problem is something simple never occurs to them. Take for example a recent blog site that I “fixed”, it was giving mysql errors. A simply mysql optomize command of 1 table fixed the issue.

To put things in perspective for you as a reader.

1) we provide all tools necessary for db management, each account can admin their users/hosts and create databases via our control panel.

2) they can manage these databases with said users using phpmyadmin which is liked to from the aforementioned control panel.

3) since when is it our responsibility to look after your content and or your databases?

Get real. We provide space, management tools which allow our customers to completely admin their website. If these tools that we provide give errors or fail in some way, then by all means open a support ticket. Where can you do this? Various places:

a) https://support.blacknight.ie/

b) e-mail support@blacknight.ie

c) call our office during offices hours, 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday.

If for any reason any of the above are unavailable, which is highly unlikely, then by all means e-mail sales@blacknight.ie or any other address you know looking for a response.

For reference, management are not support people. Contacting a member of management with a meaningless query about some site having an issue will probably fall on deaf ears. Why? Oh I wonder, maybe because we’ve invested 10s of thousands of euros on systems and documentation, 1000′s of hours and 10s of thousands per month on support staff, that is why. It is our tech staff sole goal in life to serve our customers (between the hours of 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday). Why might I not respond to a query via IM? Or why might I not respond to a personal e-mail? Maybe I’m not at my desk? Maybe I’m in a meeting? Maybe I’m with an important client? Or maybe I’m on holidays in a sunny country somewhere?
Also If you’re told that “x y or x fixed the problem” don’t whine. Take it on board, if you see the problem again, you’ve got an instant solution.