Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Tutorial on installing any modem on linux

Normally Linux distributions like Ubuntu,Debian,etc detect and mount modem as a CD/DVD drive.And the network manager applet does not show the service provider name on its list.For this problem you have to follow the simple steps given below.

STEP 1: Copy drivers.gz or drivers.tar.gz file from the modem file manager to the desktop.

STEP 2: Extract the drivers.gz file on the desktop.Open the extracted driver directory,right click inside that folder and select open in terminal option.

STEP 3: Type the following commands on the opened terminal

              drivers $ sudo chmod 777 install

              drivers $ sudo ./install

STEP 4: After installation of drivers,restart your pc.Now network manager appplet will detect your modem


             


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