In Telephone number, write *99# - this is the special number used to activate 3G/GPRS access.Simply open your Mac Network Preferences, select the Huawei Modem in the list on the left and: Going online is probably the first thing you want to do with your new The first USB serial device is all you need as you will see.īottom line, is you do not need to install anything. The USB storage device contain the official drivers and I recommend staying away from them as much as possible. When I plugged this key in my Mac, it automatically added three new serial ports, a network interface (more on this later) and a few usb storage device. I try to stay away from “official” drivers provided by operators: they usually install a lot of bloated software on your computer and do not work very well. It turns out this little device is quite amazing: Internet access works on the Mac but also on Linux, I can use it to send and receive SMS and you can even configure it to act as a USB ethernet card and access its embedded web server… quite amazing for $20!Ī nice bonus is that the key I got is not sim-locked so I can use it with any network (if yours is locked and you happen to google ‘huawei + the model of your key’, it’s hard to find anything but unlocking instructions…). They provide everything from software to run a mobile network to cheap phones and 3g devices. Huawei is one of those huge chinese companies who are changing the face of Telcom but we almost never hear about them. I already have Internet access through my phone but I thought this would be a fun new toy, especially if I could get it working on the Raspberry Pi as well. Last week, Orange Senegal ran a promotion: their 3G Internet usb key was available for 10000 FCFA (~15€/$20), including one week of unlimited data access. As some of you know, I am spending a bit of time (six months) in Senegal.
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