On 06.09.17 10:27, Ray via luv-main wrote:
Success.... At last!
I was getting no where on Debian 8, glancing at Debian 9 spec, it said it had support for G4 modems, so I install debian 9, with network mangager..............still no joy .........ssssssiiiiggghhhhhh.
Anyway this morning I was ready for a challaenge so I decided to have another go.
I ran the command "nmcli connection show" to see what was happening and was stunned to find the following report........... ---------------------------------------------------------------- enx0c5b8f279a64: connected to Wired connection 3 "HUAWEI MOBILE" ethernet (rndis_host), 0C:5B:8F:27:9A:64, hw, mtu 1500 ip4 default inet4 192.168.8.100/24 inet6 fe80::4636:a274:6574:96fa/64
enp5s0: unavailable ...
Its enx0c5b8f279a64 that I am looking for, it now works OK, interestingly connection time is slower than with windows but transfer rates appear to be good.
Why I did not do this before, god knows............
An upgrade now and then is warranted, then. :-) Incidentally, it's not necessary to endure the loony Systemdix¹ interface naming, taken from /dev/urandom, just to annoy users. On debian 9.0, I've adopted the now common: In /etc/default/grub, change the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”” to: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="net.ifnames=0" Or, if biosdevname is installed: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0" $ sudo update-grub $ sudo reboot Now eth0 is eth0, and wlan0 is wlan0, a la established *nix usage, free of any crappy /dev/urandom-inspired Poetterwank, like enx0c5b8f279a64. (Or whatever it comes up as next week)
God its great to getaway from bl...y awfull windows.................
I know how you feel, despite never having used M$ - Systemdix is engineered in the same meddlesome monolithic mould, and farnarkle it's great to get away from its most odious manifestations. Whether the next stop is devuan or freeBSD remains to be seen. Erik ¹ As systemd consumes all in its path, demolishing *nix conventions on the way, the OS can no longer be called linux. But then, that is the goal. -- I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated. - Poul Anderson