Huawei E160G Mobile Broadband USB "dongle"

I have a Toshiba G20 laptop running Media Centre Edition.

I bought a Huawei E160G Mobile Broadband USB dongle on the 3 network last
week. I cannot it to work on this laptop, I have changed the dongle and
checked the SIM card but still not working. But it works OK on an older
Toshiba laptop and my HP desktop.

I have been through turning off any non-essential programs but it still will
not work.

It does not find the network and I get the message "No device with SIM card
is configured. Can not access the SIM card."

I have spoken to the 3 help desk but they just recommend unplugging the
dongle, checking the SIM card is the right way around etc i.e. useless!

I have posted messages in several forums and trying here in the hope that
someone might recognise the problem and be able to suggest a solution.

MB

On 2008-09-01, Martin hit the keyboard and wrote:
> I have a Toshiba G20 laptop running Media Centre Edition.
>
> I bought a Huawei E160G Mobile Broadband USB dongle on the 3 network last
> week. I cannot it to work on this laptop, I have changed the dongle and
> checked the SIM card but still not working. But it works OK on an older
> Toshiba laptop and my HP desktop.
>
> I have been through turning off any non-essential programs but it still will
> not work.
>
> It does not find the network and I get the message "No device with SIM card
> is configured. Can not access the SIM card."
>
> I have spoken to the 3 help desk but they just recommend unplugging the
> dongle, checking the SIM card is the right way around etc i.e. useless!

Are you sure the USB port on the Toshiba itself is working OK?
Is it USB 2.0 or the old USB 1.?

The Huawei usb device worked out of the box on a Desktop-PC
when the user switched providers and I helped them to set up
the Internet. Not on "3" though.... :-)

It came with a Software for the provider, (here in a
European major city) which needed to be installed *first*.
It was on the USB stick itself IIRC.



>
> I have posted messages in several forums and trying here in the hope that
> someone might recognise the problem and be able to suggest a solution.
>
> MB


Dragomir Kollaric
--
"When science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of
people will be disappointed to find they are not it."
>> Bernard Baily <<

On 2008-09-01, Martin hit the keyboard and wrote:
> I have a Toshiba G20 laptop running Media Centre Edition.
>
> I bought a Huawei E160G Mobile Broadband USB dongle on the 3 network last
> week. I cannot it to work on this laptop, I have changed the dongle and
> checked the SIM card but still not working. But it works OK on an older
> Toshiba laptop and my HP desktop.

if "3" is what I think it is, and I looked at a certain home-page
for telecommunication at a certain mid european city, then this
device has some Software to install, on the home-page it says that it
needs 50MB of space on the drive and at least 128MB of RAM, I guess
the Toshiba has plenty of room on the drive? and the RAM is
sufficient as well?

>
> I have been through turning off any non-essential programs but it still will
> not work.
>
> It does not find the network and I get the message "No device with SIM card
> is configured. Can not access the SIM card."
>
> I have spoken to the 3 help desk but they just recommend unplugging the
> dongle, checking the SIM card is the right way around etc i.e. useless!
>
> I have posted messages in several forums and trying here in the hope that
> someone might recognise the problem and be able to suggest a solution.
>
> MB


Dragomir Kollaric
--
"When science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of
people will be disappointed to find they are not it."
>> Bernard Baily <<

No reason to doubt the USB on the laptop, I use them all frequently for a
range of equipment. They are USB 2.

It installs the software OK (and updated it). The dongle works fine on my
old laptop and desktop so coverage is not the problem - it should still find
the SIM card even if coverage was poor.

Just hoping I can find someone who has had the same problem as I might get a
clue where to look for compatibility problem.

MB

"Dragomir Kollaric" wrote:

> On 2008-09-01, Martin hit the keyboard and wrote:
> > I have a Toshiba G20 laptop running Media Centre Edition.
> >
> > I bought a Huawei E160G Mobile Broadband USB dongle on the 3 network last
> > week. I cannot it to work on this laptop, I have changed the dongle and
> > checked the SIM card but still not working. But it works OK on an older
> > Toshiba laptop and my HP desktop.
> >
> > I have been through turning off any non-essential programs but it still will
> > not work.
> >
> > It does not find the network and I get the message "No device with SIM card
> > is configured. Can not access the SIM card."
> >
> > I have spoken to the 3 help desk but they just recommend unplugging the
> > dongle, checking the SIM card is the right way around etc i.e. useless!
>
> Are you sure the USB port on the Toshiba itself is working OK?
> Is it USB 2.0 or the old USB 1.?
>
> The Huawei usb device worked out of the box on a Desktop-PC
> when the user switched providers and I helped them to set up
> the Internet. Not on "3" though.... :-)
>
> It came with a Software for the provider, (here in a
> European major city) which needed to be installed *first*.
> It was on the USB stick itself IIRC.
>
>
>
> >
> > I have posted messages in several forums and trying here in the hope that
> > someone might recognise the problem and be able to suggest a solution.
> >
> > MB
>
>
> Dragomir Kollaric
> --
> "When science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of
> people will be disappointed to find they are not it."
> >> Bernard Baily <<
>

"3" is Hutchinson's 3G network (stupid name for a network!).

Plenty of disc space on the laptop and software has been installed OK - it
is transferred from the dongle.

MB

"Dragomir Kollaric" wrote:

> On 2008-09-01, Martin hit the keyboard and wrote:
> > I have a Toshiba G20 laptop running Media Centre Edition.
> >
> > I bought a Huawei E160G Mobile Broadband USB dongle on the 3 network last
> > week. I cannot it to work on this laptop, I have changed the dongle and
> > checked the SIM card but still not working. But it works OK on an older
> > Toshiba laptop and my HP desktop.
>
> if "3" is what I think it is, and I looked at a certain home-page
> for telecommunication at a certain mid european city, then this
> device has some Software to install, on the home-page it says that it
> needs 50MB of space on the drive and at least 128MB of RAM, I guess
> the Toshiba has plenty of room on the drive? and the RAM is
> sufficient as well?
>
> >
> > I have been through turning off any non-essential programs but it still will
> > not work.
> >
> > It does not find the network and I get the message "No device with SIM card
> > is configured. Can not access the SIM card."
> >
> > I have spoken to the 3 help desk but they just recommend unplugging the
> > dongle, checking the SIM card is the right way around etc i.e. useless!
> >
> > I have posted messages in several forums and trying here in the hope that
> > someone might recognise the problem and be able to suggest a solution.
> >
> > MB
>
>
> Dragomir Kollaric
> --
> "When science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of
> people will be disappointed to find they are not it."
> >> Bernard Baily <<
>

On 2008-09-01, Martin hit the keyboard and wrote:
> "3" is Hutchinson's 3G network (stupid name for a network!).

I know of a phone-company by such a name, thought it kind of weird.

As to your Problem, I gather you have checked it on all USB-ports?
Yet the error says it can't find the Sim-card, maybe you got two
lemons in a row? Just too bad you can't walk up to the "Help-desk"
and demonstrate this to the person there....


>
> Plenty of disc space on the laptop and software has been installed OK - it
> is transferred from the dongle.

Removing and Installing it again, most likely you went that route
already? Maybe at that time disconnect all other USB devices.

Sorry I reach the end of the rope here.


>
> MB



Dragomir Kollaric
--
"When science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of
people will be disappointed to find they are not it."
>> Bernard Baily <<

It works OK on my HP desktop and older Toshiba laptop so nothing wrong with
the dongle.

I am hoping I can find someone who has had the same problem and found a
solution. I have been through all the usual things like unplugging,
uninstalling, temporary removing non-essential progams from startup etc.


MB

"Dragomir Kollaric" wrote:

> On 2008-09-01, Martin hit the keyboard and wrote:
> > "3" is Hutchinson's 3G network (stupid name for a network!).
>
> I know of a phone-company by such a name, thought it kind of weird.
>
> As to your Problem, I gather you have checked it on all USB-ports?
> Yet the error says it can't find the Sim-card, maybe you got two
> lemons in a row? Just too bad you can't walk up to the "Help-desk"
> and demonstrate this to the person there....
>
>
> >
> > Plenty of disc space on the laptop and software has been installed OK - it
> > is transferred from the dongle.
>
> Removing and Installing it again, most likely you went that route
> already? Maybe at that time disconnect all other USB devices.
>
> Sorry I reach the end of the rope here.
>
>
> >
> > MB
>
>
>
> Dragomir Kollaric
> --
> "When science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of
> people will be disappointed to find they are not it."
> >> Bernard Baily <<
>

When my E160g modem is connected to one of my PCs (XP, 2.1GHZ, 512MB RAM) Windows will not boot up past the POST BIOS stage. It will, however, boot up normally if the modem is unplugged. After starting XP, I can then plug in the modem, wait for it to be recognised, and carry on as normal. I have no such problems with any of my other 3 PCs (varying from 450GHz to 2.8GHz) in this freezing of XP startup with the modem connected. Does any one else have this problem and can they suggest a cure.

jim jones wrote:
> When my E160g modem is connected to one of my PCs (XP, 2.1GHZ, 512MB RAM)
> Windows will not boot up past the POST BIOS stage. It will, however, boot
> up normally if the modem is unplugged. After starting XP, I can then plug
> in the modem, wait for it to be recognised, and carry on as normal. I have
> no such problems with any of my other 3 PCs (varying from 450GHz to 2.8GHz)
> in this freezing of XP startup with the modem connected. Does any one else
> have this problem and can they suggest a cure.

It is described here as "USB Modem With microSD Memory
Card Slot [4493]". And that means the computer could be
trying to boot from it, or Windows is looking for a storage
device on there. Some people with USB card readers have
a similar problem.

http://svp.co.uk/products-solo.php?pid=4459

You can try looking in the BIOS options, to see if there
is some way to disable looking at the SD part. Some P4
boards had a separate BIOS page for their USB mass storage
options. (Some computers can boot from USB flash or USB
hard drives, and support various storage emulation modes
as well.)

To avoid wearing out the USB connector, you could experiment
with a USB hub (on the chance that the BIOS doesn't search
the entire USB tree). Or use a "USB switch" (alternately
described as USB peripheral sharing).

USB switches support various numbers of peripherals and
computers. You want one that supports at least one
peripheral and two computers. By using the buttons on the
unit, you "switch away" the E160g during boot, and then
"switch back" and connect the E160g to your computer's port.
Read the reviews, as on some units, the buttons are flimsy,
defeating the whole purpose of having one in the first
place. Basically, you leave the E160g plugged into this
thing, and the buttons do the job of plugging and unplugging
for you. It still requires manual intervention when you boot,
but won't be wearing out the connector.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812191012

Paul

I sorted out my problem. The Toshiba has allocated lots of COM ports for
Bluetooth and one of these was clashing with the E160G.

Now OK.

I had a further problem downlloading mail from my ISP, that was the MTU
setting which I eventually found how to change.

MB

"jim jones" wrote:

> When my E160g modem is connected to one of my PCs (XP, 2.1GHZ, 512MB RAM) Windows will not boot up past the POST BIOS stage. It will, however, boot up normally if the modem is unplugged. After starting XP, I can then plug in the modem, wait for it to be recognised, and carry on as normal. I have no such problems with any of my other 3 PCs (varying from 450GHz to 2.8GHz) in this freezing of XP startup with the modem connected. Does any one else have this problem and can they suggest a cure.
>