Help with TMN wireless 3G modem in Portugal

[moma]

Bom dia todos.
I'm author of the https://launchpad.net/audio-recorder project, and I currently stay in Portugal for a few months time. 

So I bought this 3G wireless USB-pen from TMN.
http://tinyurl.com/7v6yvh9
USB-pen 14,4Mbit ZTE MF190J

It's modem type is ZTE MF190J.

This pen is recognised by Ubuntu 12.04 and I can create a "Mobile Broadband" definition from the network icon in Ubuntu where I give the PIN-code etc.  The pen indicates a green light, but still, I cannot access the internet. 

The config looks like this
http://bildr.no/view/1170463

Do you know if Linux-people are using this 3G USB-pen in Portugal? 
Can you point me to relevant help or instructions.

One thing I noticed that Ubuntu first thinks that this USB-pin is a storage device (like a cdrom) and it mounts it to /media/ZTEMODEM.  I have to "Eject" this mount point first, then Linux reloads the wifi driver for this pin.

I may have to use the "/usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch" tool to disable mounting of this device, but it needs a lot of parameters to succeed.

Listing of:
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 19d2:1542 ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM   <--- It's this
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

$ usb-devices
T:  Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#=  4 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=19d2 ProdID=1542 Rev=00.01
S:  Manufacturer=ZTE
S:  Product=MF190J
S:  SerialNumber=9BB27BAF013DFB85103C397DCB57   <--  I have cut this
C:  #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=500mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver=usb-storage

Muito OBRIGADO in advance.
Kindly
Moma
Portugal
www.futuredesktop.org (.com)

[zekkerj]

Hi moma,

Please connect your modem, and issue the commands below, paste the results here.

ifconfig -a
route -n

ping -c 4 8.8.8.8
ping -c 4 www.google.com

[moma]

Hello,
I gave it a try. Unfortunately it does not report any wlan* drivers.
This laptop has a built-in Atheros wifi driver, so I need to disable it first.
$ sudo modprobe -r ath5k

Then i connect the TMN USB-pin. Also, I have to "Eject" it. Then it blinks red.. and 5 seconds second later green light appears.
$ ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:d3:64:05:90 
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:23 Base address:0xa000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:3114 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3114 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:227074 (227.0 KB)  TX bytes:227074 (227.0 KB)
------

$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface

[Tota]

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