On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Thanks Neil, I'd like to get as close as possible to being ready to >>> plug-and-play with one of those modems. Do you remember the names of >>> the kernel modules? I've never used PPP software before. Can you >>> recommend a package? >> >> You need usbserial and the Novatel modems use the option module. I use >> wvdial with this config, which worked with T-Mobile, Vodafone and O2. >> >> [Dialer tmob] >> Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0 >> Baud = 460800 >> Init2 =AT >> Init3 = AT&FE0V1X1&D2&C1S0=0 >> ISDN = 0 >> Modem Type = Analog Modem >> Phone = *99***1# >> Username = username >> Password = password > > Thanks Neil. Weird that wvdial is in /usr/portage but doesn't come up > at gentoo-portage.com.
Looking at http://gentoo-portage.com/Browse it seems the entire net-dialup category (and several others) are absent from that site. Maybe he didn't get it all set up properly after the servers were lost.
