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Hi,

I'm new to Linux. Hv been trying Ubuntu, and now sticking to Mint.
I'm subscribing to P1 Wimax using usb modem called

There's no driver for linux provided. Wonder if someone can help ....

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Short add-on (practical diagnosis + realistic workarounds), building on what , , and others already discussed.

Start by identifying what the device actually presents to Linux — that determines the fix path. With the Wiggy plugged in run:

lsusb
dmesg | tail -n 50
sudo lsusb -v

Look at the vendor:product ID (shown as 0xVVVV:0xPPPP) and the interface class in the verbose output. Common outcomes: the device shows up as a USB mass-storage "ZeroCD" (needs mode-switch), as a USB-serial modem (creates /dev/ttyUSB*), or as a USB-Ethernet/RNDIS/CDC device (creates usb0/ethX). If it looks like mass-storage, install and use usb-modeswitch:

sudo apt-get install usb-modeswitch usb-modeswitch-data
sudo usb_modeswitch -v 0xVVVV -p 0xPPPP

After a successful mode switch, re-check dmesg. If serial ports appear, bind to the generic driver and inspect the nodes:

sudo modprobe option
echo 0xVVVV 0xPPPP | sudo tee /sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/option1/new_id
dmesg | tail -n 30
ls /dev/ttyUSB*

If you get /dev/ttyUSB* use NetworkManager or wvdial/pppd to configure the connection. If you get usb0 or an RNDIS device, try DHCP (for a quick test):

ip a
sudo dhclient usb0

If the above fails because the device uses a proprietary protocol only spoken by the vendor’s Windows connection manager (the situation others noted), practical options are: run the Windows manager in a Windows VM (VirtualBox USB passthrough — install Extension Pack and add your user to vboxusers), share a small Windows box as a gateway, or use a router that supports the dongle. Native driver development is possible but requires USB-descriptor reverse-engineering and kernel work; it’s a long-term project better done as a community effort (as hinted).

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The information is right on their website. You need to use Windows to use this modem at the moment. There are no Linux drivers and there are no Mac drivers either. The problem, it appears, is that their hardware requires you to install a connection manager and right now the connection manager only supports Windows.

I suppose you could always try to install the connection manager via wine, but I have no idea if that would work for you.

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Thanks Necrolin. But I thought we can work out something in Linux to make everything works as in Windows! Are there any given procedure to work towards this? As for me, this is the last thing keeping me intact with Window$, only when I can get it working in Linux then can I 100% switch to Linux ... pls anybody out there give some clue. I'm sure not alone in this!
Tq.

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The company that produces the hardware only makes a Windows driver. That means that you can do one of a few things:

a) Petition the company that makes the hardware to make a driver for Linux
b) Wait till someone else writes a driver
c) Write your own driver, which would be very nice of you :)
d) Use another service that doesn't rely on this particular piece of hardware

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I use P1 wimax but its the modem type with wifi adapter not the Wiggy but I sure hope someone can solve it. Because you never know I may use a notebook in the future.

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i'm connecting wiggy to windows xp inside virtualbox

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