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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:52:05 +0330
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From: Farooq Karimi Zadeh <hapu@riseup.net>
Subject: Setting up D Link DWM-156 on Alpine for Data
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Hello.

I've bought an old D Link DWM-156 3G(or 3.75G?) USB modem for me PC. And 
I need some hints on setting it

up for using it for Internet.


The modem is found by ModemManager and `mmcli -m 1` reports:


```

   --------------------------------
   General  |                 path: /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/1
            |            device id: 7423702de5132c5d2b887b2b5038bcd793c239a6
   --------------------------------
   Hardware |         manufacturer: MTK1
            |                model: MTK2
            |    firmware revision: 2.0.8
            |            supported: gsm-umts
            |              current: gsm-umts
            |         equipment id: 355619054965791
   --------------------------------
   System   |               device: 
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:0c:00.3/usb3/3-1
            |              physdev: 
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:0c:00.3/usb3/3-1
            |              drivers: cdc_mbim, option
            |               plugin: generic
            |         primary port: ttyUSB0
            |                ports: ttyUSB0 (at), ttyUSB1 (at), wwan0 
(ignored)
   --------------------------------
   Status   |                state: registered
            |          power state: on
            |          access tech: hspa
            |       signal quality: 100% (recent)
   --------------------------------
   Modes    |            supported: allowed: 2g, 3g; preferred: none
            |              current: allowed: 2g, 3g; preferred: none
   --------------------------------
   IP       |            supported: ipv4, ipv6, ipv4v6
   --------------------------------
   3GPP     |                 imei: ..........
            |          operator id: 43235
            |        operator name: 43235
            |         registration: home
            | packet service state: attached
   --------------------------------
   SIM      |     primary sim path: /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/SIM/1
```
Also `mmcli -m 1 --simple-connect='apn=...'` gives this:


```

error: couldn't connect the modem: 
'GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.Error.Core.NotFound: Not 
found: Couldn't validate update of profile '1': Profile '1' not found'

```


I wonder where am I wrong.


Thanks in advance,

Farooq.