Thu 9 Apr 2009
Tata Indicom Photon+ and Reliance NetConnect Broadband+ on Ubuntu
Posted by Prakash under Linux
[26] Comments
Its been raining high speed internet in India. Tata, Reliance and BSNL have started offering 3G USB Data Cards which offer high speed internet. Tata and Reliance claim 3.1 MBps speeds while BSNL claims 7.2 Mbps.
I have tested both Tata Indicom Photon+ and Reliance NetConnect Broadband+ on Ubuntu 8.10. I didn’t get much time to test everything but this is my initial feedback.
They claim to offer 3 Mbps but in reality I got 300-700Kbps download speeds. Which is still not bad.
Note: Even if you take the unlimited plan, you are still limited to 10GB of download per month as there is a fine print of fair use policy. This is an irritant for people who do lots of downloads.
Tata Indicom Photon+ offer Huawei
Reliance Netconnect Broadband+ offers a choice of Huawei and ZTE.
Reliance Huawei was the only one that works out of the box on Ubuntu and gets detected as /dev/ttyUSB0.
After that you can edit /etc/wvdial.conf and put the following lines.
[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Username = yournumber
Phone = #777
Password = yournumber
New PPPD = yes
Stupid mode = yes
Replace yournumber with your number (provided at the back of the box).
ZTE didn’t even get detected, and strangely enough there was no message on dmesg either.
lsusb shows: Bus 005 Device 002: ID 19d2:fff6
Tata Indicom Photon+ (Huawei based) also didn’t get detected.
lsusb shows:
Bus 005 Device 009: ID 12d1:140b Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Moz has tried this and has got this working using the following steps.
$ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0×12d1 product=0×140b
$ sudo mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0
$ sudo mknod /dev/ttyUSB1 c 188 1
Add the following lines to the /etc/wvdial.conf, customise phone number, username and password as per advise of TataIndicomm.
[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Init1 = ATZ
Phone = #777
Username = cdma
Password = cdma
New PPPD = yes
Stupid Mode = 1
Try connecting with sudo wvdial
If you want a graphical dialer, install gnome-ppp
Go into setup, select your modem as /dev/ttyUSB0
Put your login/password depending on the service provider. Put the number as #777 and you are ready to connect.
Links to tariffs/plans:
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April 20th, 2009 at 8:18 am
I also had tested reliance data card.The speed is not good.I am doing business in video mails,vdeio conferencing & web sreaming.
For video conferencing atleast 1Mbps speed is required which we do not get in reliance.They are telling soon we will get.But I do not know if load increases than the speed will reduce or not.
I am using BSNL nic card it is providing 240 kbps speed which is very less bit sufficiant to see mails do video mails,surf.To duwn load.As we can do unlimited down loading.
If you are interested in video mails,video conferencing & streaming from your PC please write to pushpakesolutions at gmail.com
April 24th, 2009 at 7:27 am
I recently bought reliance netconnect and wondering how to connect to internet on ubuntu. Thanks for the tip, I was able to connect to internet using Reliance Netconnect(Huawei based) without any problems on my ubuntu.
May 1st, 2009 at 12:31 am
hi….
i m using reliance netconnect broadband+ model EC168…my problem is that i m unable to connect it with my ubuntu 8.04 but fails ..basically after sending init=ATZ it again sends init2=ATQ and then resends ATQ and after this modem not responding..although i have tried different strings different baud rate but it couldnot work…plz any one of u help me out…
May 21st, 2009 at 12:14 pm
dear sir, because of your post i bought a netconnect broadband usb modem and it works superbly in ubuntu.
as i was looking for which will surely work on ubuntu
thx for the tip
reliance should probably give u commission
June 9th, 2009 at 10:56 am
i want to purchase an usb modem for searching at home for banking works, some project work information on net etc. which modem should i prefer, reliance net connect or tata photon?
June 24th, 2009 at 3:24 am
Reliance has now stopped the Huwei EC 168 modem for Broadband+, which is working out of the box in Ubuntu 9.04. Now they are giving only Huwei EC 1260 Modem. Which is also working out of the box on Ubuntu 9.04. Here is ‘lsusb’, Infect i am using ‘NetworkManager’ for making connection so i can get rid of Firefox’s “Work Offline” option
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Bus 004 Device 005: ID 12d1:140b Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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July 9th, 2009 at 10:21 am
hi.. i just bought reliance netconnect EC1260 and it doesnt seem to be detected as ttyUSB0 or any either.. can any1 plz help…?
thanks a lot
July 10th, 2009 at 10:25 am
i am also one of the victim of the reliance netconnect i bought the connection at december and i closed the connection on janauary but he never stopped me sending me bill i went to the reliance world again and again but there was just a consolidated response they say “dont worry” its not a problem we will do it right.
finally i got a notice from court to be present before lokadalath i was shocked then i again went to the reliance world the answer was the same finally i have to pay 3000/ rs without any mistake of mine. there are 1000s of people who daily come to the lok adalath daily all are reliance company victims.
The reliance is the biggest frauds i have paid 3000/ rs without any reason the actual fault was the companies but i was the victim.
how do you think that they have the crores this is the reason. Never go to any reliance postpaid or prepaid products. this is a kind request to all indians never buy these frauds products.
July 28th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
If modem is detected as scsi storage then need to convert usb device mode.
A good blog
http://tux-n00b.blogspot.com/2009/05/huawei-ec168c-on-ubuntu-804-hardy-heron.html?showComment=1248794348869#c4706306916895724105
August 3rd, 2009 at 1:06 am
I have bought a Reliance netconnect+ it is very slow infact TATA Photon+ is better and cheaper. Reliance has launched a sad product that is expected from them. I am now shifting to TATA Photon+ which is 1000 times better and cheaper than Reliance+. If possible dont buy any reliance product cause it is always sad. and they bill you for 30 days when u have only use 30. Reliance is really SAD.
August 3rd, 2009 at 4:13 pm
is it possible that i use Tata Photon + instrument and run the Reliance Net….
August 5th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
I bought this reliance huawei modem and it works perfectly on my Jaunty. But I’d like to add that I had to wait for half a week without the device being activated. But when I went to their outlet they told me I have to dial *228 to activate the modem, so I got this done at the web world outlet itself. How did you manage this with wvdial? In the windows dialer they’re shipping we have a separate option for activation.
August 24th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
hi ,
Am looking out to buy a Tata Photon / Reliance net connect. Am Put up in Bangalore, Jp nagar 7th phase. If some one can suggest which is the best option it would be very helpful.
August 24th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Tata indicom photon plus, i bought last week, which does not connect for at least 10 minutes…. i am very much frustrated with this…customer care does not responding properly….
August 31st, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Hi Everone,
Never take Reliance Netconnect Broadband connection because it is a worst net connect i hv see in india, Reliance chage you as worst then the amount that next time no one will pay the bill and no one take the card u will definatly thow them in to a dustbin so my advise is not to take the Reliacne Data Card.
October 20th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
plz contact for TATAINDICOM high speed wireless internet device at chennai location
Ph:9283155077
mail:indicomphoton@in.com
October 29th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
reliance is worst choice i made .they are fake. their customer support is not good. i insist you to by photon instead of reliance 3.1mbps
November 18th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
hi
I have two tata photon+ with me.I want to use both of them on my linux pc.I installedthe usb_modeswitch and modified the wvdail.conf file for the two card(tata photon).But i am able to get only one ip and one ttyusb .what should i do to get the two devices ip?
November 20th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
will you please tell me how to connect bsnl nic(Huwai product) card on ubuntu 9.10…?
December 15th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
“Dear Mr.Prakash,
Thank you for your kind words and minute deatails. We look forward to your continued support and suggestions to help us to add more value to our products and services and serve you better.”
Thanks once again for your patronage!
Regards
S.Baburaj – Tata Indicom
December 26th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
never buy tata photon+.Sometimes the speed comes down to as low as 10kbps.Even youtube videos buffer.It also got disconnected many times.so i would not recommend this product to anyone.And as far as reliance is concerned ,it is a fraud.
January 14th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
sir
the of modem not getting detected persists even after running the mknod commands.
Please help me out.
and ah … I am using Photon Plus EC 1260 modem. working pretty fine for me
January 19th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
sir,
i have a TATA PHOTON PLUS(EC1260),but i`m not getting speed of more than 50-60 kbps….pls. help me…..is there any way to speed up the
my net accessing??
February 4th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
Guys its true that dont go for any company that offers you 3mbps or 100mabps wireless….cuz its impossiable that this much speed u get via wireless…so if u r not a traveller then i suggest go for wire net connect….cuz i have also having broadband+ but its useless for me for every thing to download i have to go net cafe….so what ever u can do it wont work fast so forget it…if u already buy the dongle then u wasted u r money…if not then be cleaver dont go for any photon+ or Broadband+
Thnx guys
February 6th, 2010 at 1:48 am
I had tata photon whiz which is very less in speed and the connectivity is very poor when compared to reliance net connect which gives 3.1 mbps speed
February 8th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
hi, anyone help me for broadband connection. here is so much confussion which is to get.from me.