How to get wireless extensions working with Novatel USB modem?

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OS is a freshly installed 12.2; computer is a ASUS X54H; modem is a Novatel USB551 LTE (a version made for Verizon). The modem works fine in Windows 7, but that still sucks.

lsusb shows it; scrolling through all that dmesg output shows the device in certain places with no mention of firmware. This modem is listed as linux compatible by Novatel, and I did have another of the same model working in 12.1 at one time.

iwconfig shows:

wwan0     no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=15 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

wlan0 is a pcie wireless built into the ASUS, so wwan0 has to be the usb modem.

Running iwlist scan tells us that wwan0 interface does not support scanning.

What do I have to do to get this thing to work, or what more info do you need?

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Hmmm! getting plenty of looks but no replies. Just thought this could be as simple as not having the right settings in Network Manager. What I put, from an older post, was:

Number: #777
Username: to (phonenumber)@vzw4g.com
password: vzw

the original post used vzw3g.com, so I changed it to 4g, but have also tried 3g with the same results. Does anyone know the correct settings for Verizon 4g LTE modems?

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