
Now you will see the newly created connection available in top right corner, under the item with network icon, which you can use to connect the dongle. If you are doing manual setup of provider then put the number as *99#, give appropriate APN and leave username, password field blank. According your plan the APN will be automatically set. On the next screen you can select your plan if you have selected your provider. If provider is not present in the list, enter it manually as you wish and continue. Select your provider in the available options and continue.

Now here you can select the provider of internet connection. It will show you the list of providers according to the country you have selected. Select the detected device and Select the “country and region” and continue. Now, click on “Add” new connection and select “mobile broadband” in the options. Select for the “new mobile broadband connection” or “Edit Connections” (in newer versions). In latest version of Ubuntu ( 12.04 onwards ) you will find “Edit Connections” option.

Plug the USB net connecter to the system and check for the “new mobile broadband connection” in top right corner, under the item with network icon.

You just need to create a new “mobile broadband connection” following the steps below: Step 1: In ubuntu systems, drivers for almost all the types of USB modem are present. In US, Verizon (4G LTE USB Modem 551), AT&T (USB Force 4G – Aircard), Virgin (U600 3G/4G Prepaid USB Stick), and few others offer USB broadband modem dongle.Īlso, Huawei covers indian market with major ISP’s like airtel, TATA, Vodafone, while EVDO covers china market. This tutorial explains two solutions on how to setup USB broadband modem devices on your Linux system. But, that is not the case for Linux system. For windows system it autoruns and prompts to install the setup as soon as you plug your USB dongle.

The setup of this application is stored in its inbuilt memory. Most of the usb dongle in market today comes with the drivers and application to use it in a managed way.
