Thanks a lot! You Sir are a hero! :) I will try it and let you know about the problems/results.
One more thing though, how do I know which USB port is which cuaXX? If I connect to cua00 it seems to start conversation but the whole thing freezes. cuaU0 gives not configured info. Thanks, MS 2018-04-15 22:50 GMT+02:00 Roderick <hru...@gmail.com>: > > On Sun, 15 Apr 2018, MS wrote: > > Is there a successful story with OpenBSD and a 3G USB modem? >> > > I use it since years. > > I've read the manuals, but can't really glue the whole thing together >> to make it work. >> > > Yes, the manuals and the files/examples in /etc/ppp should be enough. > It should be like configuring an old analog modem (That I never needed :). > > Some ideas to get the whole picture: > > (1) You need to create a ppp interface, let us say do > "ifconfig ppp0 create". See "man 4 ppp" for it. > > (2) You need need the modem to be ready for the connection, > first connect to it with "cu -l /dev/cuaU0" (if it is > pluged in cuaU0) and give commands like: > > AT > AT+CPIN="YourPin" > AT+CGCONT=1,"IP","APNofYourProvider" [perhaps only once, modem saves > it] > ~. [to leave the session] > > You can see more commands here: > > http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/127000_127099/127007/13. > 03.00_60/ts_127007v130300p.pdf > http://smssolutions.net/tutorials/gsm/ > > (3) With "man pppd" you learn how to write a file with "options" that > goes to the directory "/etc/ppp/peers/". It depends on your > modem, on your provider. Let us call it "/etc/ppp/peers/xyz". > Then you start the connection with "pppd call xyz". See with > "ifconfig" what happens. > > (4) You need to set manually a DNS in "/etc/resolv.conf", unfortunately > OpenBSDs pppd does not do it. > > Back to "/etc/ppp/peers/xyz". There are lines ("options") of the form > > connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/con.chat" > disconnect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/dis.chat" > > They call the program "chat" applied to the "chat scripts" con.chat and > dis.chat when connecting and disconnecting, chat communicate > with the modem. See "man 8 chat" to see how the chat scripts are > written. The above commands (after cu) could be for example included > in con.chat. You could also use other programs different from chat. > > You also can see in in "/etc/ppp/peers/xyz" a line of the form > > user username > > For this username there should be a password in the file > "/etc/ppp/chap-secrets" or "/etc/ppp/pap-secrets". The > provider gives you this username and password. Authentication is > also described in "man 8 pppd". > > I hope, you get now the whole picture and can concentrate on the details. > > Any corrections or commentaries there? > > Rodrigo. > >
