I have decided to port over this particular post from the previous version of my site, which seemed to have garnered some interest and I would like to believe have helped a number of people in resolving the Snow Leopard-HuaWei compatibility issue.

Manage to find the solution to fix the compatibility issue between Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) & Hua Wei E170.  Made some changes to it, so here it goes,

It’s a bit long winded but I’ll try and explain as best I can, but it will do until there is an official fix. Make sure your dongle is not plugged in when you start. Please be aware that starhub is not responsible if you mess something up, I am just a customer offering advice. Also you need to be running the 32-bit kernel mode for this to work

Download: http://www.kimhoong.com/download/HuaweiDataCardDriver(2.6)-intel.pkg.zip

Unzip & Install the package.

Plug in your dongle, and you will be prompted to enter the ‘Network Preferences’ utility’. You now have an item added to the list on the left called ‘Huawei Mobile” Click on this to configure it.

Add *99# into the box where it says Telephone Number

Tick the checkbox to show modem status in the menu bar (handy for easy connection)

Hit Apply to save these settings.

With any luck, you should now be able to connect using this new connection you’ve created.

Reference: http://support.t-mobile.co.uk/discussions/index?page=forums&topic=801038254fcdad01237a3a281b007f72

It’s been running on my Macbook 32-bit Mac OS X 10.6 and the connection has been pretty stable for the past hour.  Try it out and lemme know if it works fine for you too.