Huawei E8372 Linux Configuration and Setup

huawei_e8372_config.md

Dependencies

1. usb_modeswitch, usb_modeswitch-data
2. libusb1
3. libusb-devel(Fedora), libusb-dev(Debian based)

Configuration

By default, your linux box would register your Huawei E8372 as a Mass Storage device and not (somehow) as a modem. First, make sure you have the exace same device we're talking about. This can be confirmed by looking at two values using the following command (while the dongle is plugged in): As an elevated user:

    # lsusb | grep Huawei

• Now look exactly for 12d1:1f01 - not overlooking a single character mismatch. If all good, proceed.

• Using your favourite editor, with elevated privileges, create a new file called 70-huawei_e8372.rules in /etc/udev/rules.d/

  # gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-huawei_e8372.rules

• Paste the following piece of code in it, and save it:

  ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="12d1", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1f01", RUN+="/usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch -v 12d1 -p 1f01 -M '55534243123456780000000000000a11062000000000000100000000000000'" ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="12d1", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1f01", RUN+="/bin/bash -c 'modprobe option && echo 12d1 14db > /sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/option1/new_id'"

• Finally, reload all the udev rules by:

  # udevadm control --reload-rules

• Now restart your PC and you're good to go now. Whenever you plug-in your dongle, you'll have it automatically registered as a modem.

After reboot, I got /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/ttyUSB1 devices.
What to do next?
thanks!

It's working fine with one modem. I have two of these modems and I want to connect both of them at the same time. but only one of them works right now. How to fix?

This fix worked perfectly. Thanks. Also, I dont see the usb LAN disappear after doing this on ubuntu 16.04.

will this work on ubuntu 16.04?? cause mine did not work.. i hav Huawei E8372

somehow I can just get the ttyUSB1 at 12d1:14db and I can't get the ttyUSB0 device... I'm using the stick on a Respberry Pi

Hi! Thanks! It's working fine with Debian Squeeze 6.0.10. I Have Huawei E3372. How do ?

Thanks! Worked for me on Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS.

I am using Xenialpup64-7.5, a fork of Puppy Linux. Xenialpup recognized Huawei E8372 wingle as a mass storage device. I tried the solution given above but it didn't work for some reason. Then I tried the following technique with success.

I replaced the existing code in usr/share/usb_modeswitch/12d1:1f01 with the one given below and restarted the PC.

Huawei E8372

TargetVendor= 0x12d1
TargetProduct= 0x14db

MessageContent="55534243123456780000000000000a11062000000000000100000000000000"
NoDriverLoading=1

Important : Add # before Huawei E8372

I just wanna say thank you. I edited according to my Huawei E303 and was able to hit on wvdialconf.

Edit: UBUNTU 20.04.1 LS

work!

How if i did not get 12d1:1f01 but 12d1:14db? should i just change the 1f01 words to 14db?

Just a quick update for everyone still strugling. E8372 works in Hilink mode by default.

1. Only the latest version of usb_modeswitch (check with usb_modeswitch -e, I have 2.5.2) can switch it back to ttyUSB mode. So update it first if you're on an older version.
2. Then download the new usb-modeswitch-data package from https://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ (not available in raspberry repositories yet). Unpack it, and run gen-rules.tcl to install (might require to do apt install tcl first).

Voila. Now you have /dev/ttyUSB*

UPDATE: I also created a full blown manual - https://gist.github.com/ethaniel/d7f9c3192041c64c89d2c5b49527d0e2

How do I switch between LTE/4G/3G modes via ubuntu/linux?

How do I switch between LTE/4G/3G modes via ubuntu/linux?
Maybe through its web interface?..

Hey there everyone! Thanks for the feedback everyone... I am glad that it was of help...
I'm not maintaining this gist anymore...

Signing off,
Abdullah