DNA Mokkula E180
July 23rd, 2009 by antti
FYI, the new Mokkula from DNA works with GNU/Linux. It’s in fact Huawei E1692, not Huawei E180! You have to use the USB_ModeSwitch utility and add the following to the /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf:
# Huawei E1692
DefaultVendor= 0x12d1
DefaultProduct= 0x1446
MessageContent="55534243000000000000000000000011060000000000000000000000000000"
then run:
$ sudo usb_modeswitch
and you should have a working mobile broadband modem instead of a $180 80MB USB storage stick.
The next Ubuntu release, Karmic Koala, will have usb_modeswitch installed by default which will improve the user experience for many many people. Udev will handle the switch automatically so that the expensive modems just work 
August 1st, 2009 at 06:07
Thank you, this was crucial information that I couldn’t find elsewhere.
This udev rule works for me, making things automatic-like:
$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules
SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, SYSFS{idVendor}==”12d1″, SYSFS{idProduct}==”1446″, RUN+=”/usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch –default-vendor 0×12d1 –default-product 0×1446 –message-content 55534243000000000000000000000011060000000000000000000000000000″