Reliace Netconnect With ZTE M880 on Linux
most recent Linux Distros like Fedor a 12 , Ubuntu9.10 are shipped with all industy standard devices support
Here in india Reliance supply ZTE Devices which are not yet common in the market
i happen to face an ZTE M880 Netconnect dongle connected to an Atom Based laptop running on Ubuntu 9.10 and didi  a lot og googling to make it run
the steps i did is quoted below to enable Interbet with the said one
First List out the Device
as root
[root@fedora12 user1]# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05a9:2640 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. OV2640 Webcam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a/HP M-UV96 Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 12d1:1001 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E620 USB Modem
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c315 Logitech, Inc. Classic New Touch Keyboard
[root@fedora12 user1]# lsusb  -vBus 005 Device 004: ID 12d1:1001 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E620 USB ModemDevice Descriptor:bLength         18bDescriptorType     1bcdUSB        1.01bDeviceClass       0 (Defined at Interface level)bDeviceSubClass     0bDeviceProtocol     0bMaxPacketSize0     16idVendor      0x12d1 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.idProduct      0×1001 E620 USB ModembcdDevice       0.00iManufacturer      1 Huawei TechnologiesSee the Under lined LineHere it is a Huawei device  , see the Blue is Vendor Id and Red one is Product IDNow we need to add this device to our kernel]# sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0×1001……
Now almost all Desktops Detect the Modem and Start dialing from Network manager
unless go for wvdial
First install wvdial
]#yum install wvdial
After this  configure wvdial.conf using tool wvdialconf
]#wvdialconf
This will write /etc/wvdialconf.conf
Edit this file and Add User ID,Password excacly as your 10 Digit Mobile Number
and For Connection
goto Console and Dial
]#wvdial
All Done PC will now connect to the Internet
Linux
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