Post date: Sep 29, 2012 11:50:47 AM

So, we have already determined we need usb-modeswitch (and usb-modeswitch-data) to kick the dongle out of its silly install mode (12d1:14fe) and to present the actual network interface it provides (12d1:1c1e).

It seems that when it did work in a VM it worked with CDC_NCM, and a 2.6.x kernel … newer 3.x kernels seem to be a little stroppier about unrecognised CDCs. More research is required. sigh