July 12, 2008
Huawei E170 on MacOSX
So basically you own a MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air or the rest of the MacExtravaganza, and then you bought the latest 3G, 3.5G Huawei USB modem from your GSM provider and you want to hook it up to OSX, here are the steps:
- Download the drivers from: http://www.shasam.net/downloads/huawei-usb-modem-osx-drivers.zip
(Intel architecture)
- Download the drivers from: http://www.shasam.net/downloads/huawei-e220-mac-osx-ppc-drivers.zip (PPC architecture)
- Plug the modem to your Mac
- Open Network Preferences and click on +
- Select HUAWEI Mobile from the interface list
- Enter your the phone number: *99#
- Account Name and Password should remain Blank
- Click Advanced
- In the advanced window select Generic as the vendor and GPRS (GSM/3G) as the model
- You should ask your GSM/3G provider the APN along with the CID and use these information
- Click Apply and then Connect
Enjoy!
Filed by haytham at 11:11 am under Mac HOWTOs / Tutorials