Comment 0 for bug 1030531

When connecting this key in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, it's not available in Network Manager.

This is from the Netcom Haiti provider. lsusb reports it as:
Bus 001 Device 017: ID 12d1:14a8 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

A sticker under the key identifies it as E173Eu-1.

I added the following lines to /lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb_modeswitch.rules:

# Netcom Haiti (Huawei) E173Eu-1
ATTRS{idVendor}=="12d1", ATTRS{idProduct}=="14a8", RUN+="usb_modeswitch '%b/%k'"

I also found guides indicating how to complete a workaround for this, but I lack the time to pursue this further.

http://www.linuxandlife.com/2012/03/make-usg-3g-work-on-arch-linux.html
http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/bb/viewtopic.php?p=4340

It also seems this was reported and fixed in Meego:
https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22878

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: modemmanager 0.5.2.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jul 29 14:46:01 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
SourcePackage: modemmanager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)