[12:02] <chrishawker> hello, anyone alive in here?
[12:03] <jea> hi chrishawker 
[12:03] <chrishawker> heya jea
[12:03] <chrishawker> i need some ubuntu help.
[12:04] <chrishawker> I have an Optus/Huawei E3276 4G LTE modem, which I am trying to use on 14.04 LTS
[12:04] <chrishawker> how can I get it to connect?
[12:04] <jea> Is that a USB one?
[12:04] <chrishawker> yes, just usb only
[12:05] <jea> Ok. I haven't used a USB modem for a while, nor have I used a Huawei one
[12:06] <chrishawker> i know, it sucks ass...
[12:06] <jea> When I did use one, I just plugged it in, then the network manager picked up the device, and allowed me to configure it
[12:07] <jea> I remember having to set the APN, and then enter the username and password
[12:07] <jea> After that though, it worked pretty easily. Just connect
[12:07] <chrishawker> yeah, the new 4g modems don't use demand-dial interfaces, afaik.
[12:08] <chrishawker> it uses a virtual ethernet port.
[12:09] <jea> Oh. that is different
[12:10] <jea> One of the benefits of the newer router-like 4G modems is that you don't have to configure all this
[12:11] <chrishawker> yeah should be plug-n-play
[12:11] <chrishawker> i'll setup a vm to test some stuff i have found, see how that goes.
[12:11] <chrishawker> brb.
[12:12] <jea> ok