Ubuntu 10.10 and ZTE MF637 (3G modem)

[Nitzan Brumer]

I have the ZTE MF637 on Orange and I use it with my Laptop which runs Ubuntu
10.10.
Lately I've upgraded from 9.04 to 10.10 (clean install actually) and though
the modem do connect its take awful lot of time for the OS to mount it as a
3G modem.

The hardware recognition is almost Immediate and lsusb gives :

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 19d2:0031 ONDA Communication S.p.A. ZTE MF636

Also, the dongle has a micro sd slot and the micro sd card is spotted and
mounted on insertion.

But it takes up to 7-8 Minutes until Ubuntu's network manager shows the
"Orange 3g" under Mobile Broadband connections.

Any one got an idea as for why and how to fix that? on 9.04 it also took
some time but it was about 20-40 seconds, while now I'm counting in minutes.


Nitzan Brumer
Http://n2b.org
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