Hi, I wanted to understand what is going on the kernel-side when connecting to the Internet via a Huawei E173 USB web-stick (3rd Generation: UMTS / HSPA). Especially the correlation between the diverse USB/NET kernel-drivers and how the networking is setup. I have tested a Ubuntu trusty kernel on my Ubuntu/precise system and compared the configs to get the stuff run on 3.18-rc2+. Beyond the "option" driver, I required usb_serial / usb_wwan to be activated and some more ("cde-ether" or sth. sound similiar...). ( Currently, I am not sitting (it's a Windows machine) in front of my machine, so I cannot send you my latest kernel-config. ) As usually I looked into Documentation directory. So, my 1st question where do I get some informations in general on this topic - usb [1] or net subdirectory (seen from kernel-side)? I found a usb-serial kernel-doc [1]. ( I have no Linux Git source so I cannot grep for patterns. ) The next mystery is what is network-manager doing in the background? I have seen that modem-manager is invoked, but as said I would like to understand the "internas" (means check the logs, turn on some debugging kernel-space/user-space, etc.). I am not sure but syncing with 3G network seems to take a while since I really can connect to the Internet. I am happy about some fruitful informations or web-links... Thanks in advance. Regards, - Sedat - [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html