Connecting Reliance Netconnect Broadband+ in Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

If you have upgraded to (or had a fresh install) of Ubuntu 9.10 you would definitely have encountered many problems and bugs . My advice would be to connect to the internet and perform a full update as soon as you can .

If you are a mobile broadband user , connecting to the internet in itself would be a major problem . The revamped network manager in 9.10 is exceptionally buggy and i have read of a lot of complaints from users (across the world) of having had problems with using mobile broadband .Native support is in-built for almost all mobile broadband ISPs (of India) theoretically and yet practically a lot of them dont work .

Problem:

Network manager will detect your modem correctly but will refuse to connect to the internet .

Solution:

A bug report was filed by a Reliance Netconnect Broadband+ user . An update may have been released by the developers as many users have reported that the Network manager started connecting to the internet successfully after an update .

So update your karmic Koala using another connection .

Workaround: (Use Wvdial)

If you like me dont have another connection , boot up windows and download the wvdial software for karmic koala install it in ubuntu and use it to connect to the internet and update your system .

Procedure

1. Download the following files (in windows or any other machine) and install them in ubuntu
If you have an intel processor select the i386 links and in the next page select an Asian server .

Dependencies

http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/libwvstreams4.6-base
http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/libwvstreams4.6-extras
http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/libuniconf4.6
2. next download and install wvdial in your Ubuntu Wvdial
http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/wvdial
wvdial is installed in your Ubuntu machine !
3. Now follow this guide to setup your connection using wvdial in ubuntu
http://reliancewireless.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/setting-up-your-reliance-broadband-connection-in-linux/

PS : I am guessing people using the newer Huawei EC1260 modem may have more problems with the network manager .