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Help steps may be help to the users of bsnl wireless phones to connect to the web. Please see the 'Note' it step 6 before starting... 1. Find the product and vendor ids.( You may need to become root). $ lsusb 2. Now load the driver. $ sudo /sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=0× VVVV product=0× PPPP Where VVVV is the vendor id and PPPP is the product id of your phone. Note: If an error like "usbserial not found" shows up in ubuntu jaunty then please skip this step and do what is said at http://blog.dipinkrishna.info/2009/07/usbserial-not-found-in-ubuntu-jaunty.html and then continue the steps below. 3. Now load the ppp driver $ sudo /sbin/modprobe ppp_generic 4. Check dmesg output $ sudo dmesg I got it as [ 227.271459] /build/buildd/linux-2.6.24/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for generic [ 227.271485] usbserial_generic 2-1:1.0: generic converter detected [ 227.271616] usb 2-1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB0 [ 227.27...

Hello linixians, Failed to access internet through your bsnl clarity phone.... Here is an easy way 1. Just download this executable..... bsnlclarity and save it to your home folder. 2. Connect your phone to the system with the usb cable. 3. Now at terminal type $ sudo ./bsnlclarity You will be asked for your username and password for accessing the internet enter it ..... now start surffing Ctrl+C to stop