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I have a 3Gmobile broadband dongle that is supposed to go on windows XP, Vista, and 7. Is there any way i can use this dongle for ubuntu 12.04? Model #- SCT-UM300

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  • what is the model of the dongle?
    – Martynas
    Mar 20, 2014 at 15:18
  • What is the purpose of the dongle? Mar 20, 2014 at 15:18
  • Did you ever try it on Ubuntu ? If yes, what happened ? After you plug the dongle, you can do dmesg to see if there is kernel messages related to it or not.
    – Benoit
    Mar 20, 2014 at 15:32
  • yes ive tried it on ubuntu, the dongles led light blinked and nothing happened
    – Tyler
    Mar 20, 2014 at 15:35
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    Hi Tyler, please make sure that the title of your post makes your subject searchable for other users who might have a similar question. Mar 20, 2014 at 15:35

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As I understand you need to install usb-modeswitch and usb-modeswitch-data packages, and to do that you have to use your Ubuntu CD/DVD as a repository, meaning you have to add it to the Software Sources list. Unless you also have a wired connection and you can already use the Internet. Anyway, you have to type this code in terminal:

  sudo apt-get install usb-modeswitch usb-modeswitch-data

Those 2 packages should be already present on your system and you may get a message in the terminal saying that they are installed but if they are not you need them.

Next step is to visit this page to learn how to setup a 3g connection using ubuntu network manager. I hope this helps because I am no expert in this kind of problems but I thought you can find a solution following the instructions from the link I gave you.

The intructions are targeted to people living in the UK, so you should choose your own location and all the other required data.

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