List of tested devices
- The guide was tested on a systems with the specs listed below, but should be easily adaptable
Device: fitlet2 CPU: Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor E3950 BIOS: 05/14/2018 American Megatrends Inc. FLT2.0.40.01.00 OS: Linux Mint 19 Tara Kernel: 4.15.0-23-generic Wireless module: SIM7100E ID 1e0e:9001 Qualcomm / Option
Usage example
- Verify wireless module was detected successfully and information about the device appears in dmesg and lsusb output
$ dmesg | grep -i modem [ 9.949209] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port) [ 9.949373] option 1-8.2:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 9.951897] usb 1-8.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0 [ 9.952036] option 1-8.2:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 9.952179] usb 1-8.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1 [ 9.952275] option 1-8.2:1.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 9.952367] usb 1-8.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2 [ 9.952459] option 1-8.2:1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 9.952539] usb 1-8.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB3 [ 9.952631] option 1-8.2:1.4: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 9.952712] usb 1-8.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB4
$ lsusb Bus 002 Device 002: ID 174c:55aa ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1051E SATA 6Gb/s bridge, ASM1053E SATA 6Gb/s bridge, ASM1153 SATA 3Gb/s bridge Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1e0e:9001 Qualcomm / Option Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04b4:6570 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. Bus 001 Device 003: ID 413c:2107 Dell Computer Corp. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1241:1166 Belkin MI-2150 Trust Mouse Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub