Instructions | Using Konekt with a Rasberry Pi

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Step 1

Download and install the Raspbian image to your micro SD card following the instructions on the Raspberry Pi Site.
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Step 2

Insert the Konekt SIM card into the USB Dongle. The cover slides off easily and there's a slot on top for the SIM. It'll look like this when you have it installed correctly:
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Step 3

Put the microsd card into the slot on the back of the Pi.
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Step 4

Plug the monitor, keyboard, mouse, Ethernet cable, and USB dongle into the Pi and then power it on.
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Step 5

Since this is a new image, you'll be greeted with the RPi configuration utility. It's up to you what you want to change in here. I always go through the internationalization settings and switch from the British keyboard layout to the US layout.
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Step 6
Once you're finished there, you'll be sent to a command prompt. Let's start up the GUI by typing
```
startx
```
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Step 7
Open up a terminal window and type
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install usb-modeswitch
```
Answer yes to any questions that come up. This will install the utility needed to switch the USB dongle from storage mode into modem mode.
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Step 8

Reboot the Raspberry Pi and run startx again
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Step 9

Open a terminal window and type ifconfig. You should see an entry for eth1 similar to the image below. This is the interface for the USB modem.
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Step 10

Type sudo dhclient eth1. This will assign it an IP address.

ni com wrote 10/14/2015 at 14:58

Hello Ben! Would you please advise - if there are two or four (multiply) USB 3G modems will be in use - will it be possible to have multiply WAN links on PI up and running (for redundancy for example or to manage different operator networks, etc)? Thanks in advance!

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