How to get Virgin Mobile USA Broadband2Go working in Ubuntu Linux 9.10

99-novatel.rules

# /etc/udev/rules.d/99-novatel.rules

ENV{ID_CDROM}==”?*”, ENV{ID_SERIAL}==”Novatel_Mass_Storage*”, RUN+=”/usr/local/bin/bb2go %k”

README

http://mike-carson.com/blog/?p=20
MC-760, MC760

Here is the complete process I followed:

1. Activate the modem on a Windows or OS X system, as instructed in the package.

2. Install usb-modeswitch on the Ubuntu system

The file /usr/local/bin/bb2go must be executable and should not be owned or writable by a non-privileged user:

chown root /usr/local/bin/bb2go
chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/bb2go


After restarting udev or rebooting, inserting the device will automatically eject the pseudo CD and create the modem.
Then, about 10 seconds after inserting the device, the normal Ubuntu network manager option for a CDMA data connection becomes available.  Tell it your connection is through Virgin Mobile/Helio (if it asks) and it will connect.

And that’s all it took!

bb2go

#! /bin/sh
# /usr/local/bin/bb2go
CD=$1
eject $CD
sleep 2
modprobe -r usbserial
sleep 2
modprobe usbserial vendor=0×1410 product=0×6002
sleep 2

usb_modeswitch.conf

# /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf
########################################################
# Novatel U760 USB modem
#
# Contributor: Richard Laager

DefaultVendor= 0×1410
DefaultProduct= 0×5031

TargetVendor= 0×1410
TargetProduct= 0×6002

# only for reference
MessageEndpoint=0×08

MessageContent=”5553424312345678000000000000061b000000020000000000000000000000″

########################################################

success?

Wow, this was brilliantly easy and works great for me in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Thanks very much.

Ben...I'm pretty good with computers but I am not a programmer. The files and code above as included in your zipfile for download appear to be simple script files. However, you advise that the file "bb2go" must be executable. Do I need to compile it.? Also, will this work on an OpenSuse Linux platform? Thanks!

It still works for Ubuntu 16.04.