Broken - Novatel MC950D Ovation USB Modem

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Broken - Novatel MC950D Ovation USB Modem

This modem works fine under 10.5 - not even recognized by the computer under 10.6. Any advice on how to fix or do we have to wait for Novatel to rework the driver?

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Sep 2, 2009 3:51 PM

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Sep 3, 2009 1:28 PM in response to J Browne

Same problem here...

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ibosie

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Sep 3, 2009 1:37 PM in response to J Browne

That's odd, mine works fine in SL.

http://www.novatelwireless.com/index.php?view=article&catid=42%3Amac-installatio n-instructions&id=166%3Amacosxleopard-novatel3g&option=com_content&Itemid=182

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Sep 3, 2009 2:37 PM in response to ibosie

I tried to reinstall the drivers with the link you provided but when I checked the Extensions folder, there was nothing in there. I then installed manually the files ("Show package contents" - Than drag and drop the two .kext files into the Extensions folder... I restarted the computer... and I still doesn't work !

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J Browne Author

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Sep 3, 2009 3:28 PM in response to Samiboy22

Very odd. Anyway, I heard back from Novatel today and they are working on a new driver, which will be available on their website towards the end of next week.

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Kyodai

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Sep 3, 2009 11:31 PM in response to ibosie

Works fine when you upgrad, but not when you do a clean install

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ibosie

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Sep 4, 2009 1:13 AM in response to Kyodai

Thanks for the info - so the problem is the installer rather than the actual .kext?

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J Browne Author

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Sep 4, 2009 4:30 AM in response to ibosie

I have a number of Macs - and tested on a clean install and upgrade - didn't work on either.

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ibosie

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Sep 4, 2009 1:25 PM in response to J Browne

Oh, I just installed it on a clean Snow Leopard and it's working fine - the driver listed is 3.18.02.0-00 (click About WWAN with Show WWAN status in menu bar selected on the network in System Preferences).

04/09/2009 21:09:58 kernel Warning - com.novatelwireless.driver.3GData declares no kernel dependencies; using com.apple.kernel.6.0.
04/09/2009 21:09:58 kernel Warning - com.apple.driver.InternalModemSupport declares no kernel dependencies; using com.apple.kernel.6.0.
04/09/2009 21:09:58 kernel AppleWWANSupport1: Version number - 2.0, Input buffers 16, Output buffers 4
04/09/2009 21:09:58 kernel AppleWWANSupport1: Version number - 2.0, Input buffers 4, Output buffers 2
04/09/2009 21:09:58 kernel AppleWWANSupport1: Version number - 2.0, Input buffers 4, Output buffers 2
04/09/2009 21:09:58 kernel AppleWWANSupport1: Version number - 2.0, Input buffers 4, Output buffers 2
04/09/2009 21:10:27 kernel IOHIDSystem::relativePointerEventGated: VBL too high (33529824), capping to 20000000
04/09/2009 21:13:43 configd[14] network configuration changed.
04/09/2009 21:13:43 configd[14] network configuration changed.
04/09/2009 21:13:43 pppd[191] pppd 2.4.2 (Apple version 412) started by [user removed], uid 501
04/09/2009 21:13:44 ccl[193] CCLWrite : AT\13
04/09/2009 21:13:44 ccl[193] CCLMatched : OK\13\10
04/09/2009 21:13:44 ccl[193] Initializing phone: ATE0V1&F&D2&C1S0=0
04/09/2009 21:13:44 ccl[193] CCLWrite : ATE0V1&F&D2&C1S0=0\13
04/09/2009 21:13:44 ccl[193] CCLMatched : OK\13\10
04/09/2009 21:13:44 ccl[193] Initializing PDP context: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","MOBILE.O2.CO.UK"
04/09/2009 21:13:44 ccl[193] CCLWrite : AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","MOBILE.O2.CO.UK"\13
04/09/2009 21:13:44 ccl[193] CCLMatched : OK\13\10
04/09/2009 21:13:44 ccl[193] Initializing with secondary command: AT$NWPDN=0
04/09/2009 21:13:44 ccl[193] CCLWrite : AT$NWPDN=0\13
04/09/2009 21:13:44 ccl[193] CCLMatched : OK\13\10
04/09/2009 21:13:44 ccl[193] Dialing: ATD99**1#
04/09/2009 21:13:44 ccl[193] CCLWrite : ATD99**1#\13
04/09/2009 21:13:44 ccl[193] Waiting for connection
04/09/2009 21:13:44 ccl[193] CCLMatched : CONNECT
04/09/2009 21:13:44 ccl[193] Connection established
04/09/2009 21:13:46 configd[14] network configuration changed.
04/09/2009 21:13:47 ccl[193] CCLExit: 0
04/09/2009 21:13:47 pppd[191] Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/**.wwan
04/09/2009 21:13:50 pppd[191] Could not determine remote IP address: defaulting to 10.64.64.64
04/09/2009 21:13:50 pppd[191] local IP address 10.122.239.153
04/09/2009 21:13:50 pppd[191] remote IP address 10.64.64.64
04/09/2009 21:13:50 pppd[191] primary DNS address 82.132.136.102
04/09/2009 21:13:50 pppd[191] secondary DNS address 82.132.136.103

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J Browne Author

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Sep 4, 2009 1:53 PM in response to ibosie

Amazing. WWAN doesn't even show up in the network prefs, even with the modem inserted.

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jandi70

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Sep 6, 2009 9:25 AM in response to J Browne

Hi,

I had the same problem after the upgrade to SL on my mac book.
I now use the former version 2.2.3 of the driver and it works fine.

Worth to try.

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