How to make a Verizon USB modem work with Linux?

[JD Austin]

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:38 AM, <tshipley at deru.com> wrote:

> POTS
>
> Publicly Operated Telephone System
>
> Plain Ol' Telephone System
>
> What you have is a 3g cellular/wireless USB dohicky branded by Verizon
> Wireless.
>
> Verizon won't care linux has drivers for it.
>
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: Josef Lowder
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> ReplyTo: Main PLUG discussion list
> Subject: Re: How to make a Verizon USB modem work with Linux?
> Sent: Dec 8, 2009 10:42 AM
>
> Josef Lowder wrote:
> > What are the steps to make a Verizon USB modem work with Linux?
>
> Eric replied, asking:
> DSL or POTS? Model?
>
> Here's the model: UM-175
> broadband access  wwan
> (I don't know how to determine if it is DSL or POTS.
> What is POTS?)
>
> Attempting to get it to work with PCLinuxOS 2009
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Linux won't be supported but you can probably get it to work with some
coaxing.
tail -f dmesg
and plug it in to see if it is assigning it to a device such as /dev/USB1.