Lenovo Thinkpad T460s & Debian Linux
Still not as good as the X201s, but meh it'll do.
↑Huawei ME906s 4G Modem
The cheaper of the 2 modems available, and slightly less US centric.
Connecting without NetworkManager
NetworkManager does a bunch of stuff to handle the card, but I don't use it.
There's several modes that it can work in, but MBIM was easiest to get
going. First, apt install libmbim-utils.
Then set your network details in /etc/mbim-network.conf:
cat <<EOF >/etc/mbim-network.conf APN=(network apn) APN_USER=(network user) APN_PASS=(network pass) APN_AUTH=pap EOF
Then I use the following script, connect-4g to disable wifi and connect:
#!/bin/sh set -eu wpa_action wlan0 stop WDM_DEVICE="$(ls -1 /dev/cdc-wdm* | head -1)" NET_DEVICE="$(basename /sys/class/net/wwp0s20f*)" mbimcli -d $WDM_DEVICE --set-radio-state=on mbim-network $WDM_DEVICE start echo mbim-network $WDM_DEVICE status || true ifup $NET_DEVICE=net-untrusted echo "Press enter to disconnect..." read moo ifdown wwp0s20f0u2c3 mbim-network $WDM_DEVICE stop mbimcli -d $WDM_DEVICE --set-radio-state=off ifup wlan0