[UNSOLVABLE] Huawei ec1705 cricket modem and wicd

Installed usb_modeswitch and all the necessary dependancies. Light on the modem is on, but wicd says there's no connection OR network to connect to.
lsusb:
ID 12d1:140c Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
read the wiki on USB 3G modems, but I am not using any of the programs listed to handle my network settings. Do I actually need to use one of those just for this purpose? Wicd has handled everything else so far and I'd prefer to stick with it if I can.
EDIT: just saw on the wicd wiki that it does not yet support ppp, so this is a dead topic... will start one with my infinite connect loop problem
Last edited by CPUnltd (2011-05-26 15:59:13)

considering wvdial, but I'm hoping for a more "user-friendly" gui-based option. This is for someone new to Linux and I'd like to keep it simple for them. I'm testing out network manager now, and I'm happy that it just finds the modem and gives me the Cricket Wireless option in a list of possible providers... but the modem never connects... the icon just spins as if it's in an infinite connection loop. Will take all suggestions and work with them first thing in the morning as I am not taking this laptop home with me tonight.

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