Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless broadband modems - Working?
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 08:48:10PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:01:38 -0700, Grant wrote: > > > Any better way to manage the connection than 'wvdial' and ctrl+c ? > > I've used Kppp with simlar settings. > If you can do it with wvdial, it can also be done using gentoo net.* init scirpts. For example this is the wvdial.conf for my gprs phone: [Dialer Defaults] #Modem = /dev/ttyACM0 Modem = /dev/rfcomm0 Baud = 460800 Init1 = ATZ Init2 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"ip","internet.wind","",0,0 ISDN = 0 Modem Type = Analog Modem Carrier Check = no Phone = *99***1# Username = wind Password = wind And this is the equivalent part in my /etc/conf.d/net config_ppp2=( "ppp" ) link_ppp2="/dev/rfcomm0" username_ppp2='wind' password_ppp2='wind' pppd_ppp2=( "noauth" "defaultroute" "usepeerdns" ) phone_number_ppp2=( "*99***1#" ) chat_ppp2=" ABORT '\nBUSY\r' ABORT '\nERROR\r' ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r' ABORT '\nNO CARRIER\r' ABORT '\nNO DIALTONE\r' ABORT '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r' '' '\rAT' TIMEOUT 12 OK ATZ OK 'AT+cgdcont=1,\"IP\",\"internet.wind\"' OK 'ATDT\T' TIMEOUT '60' CONNECT '' TIMEOUT '5' '~--' '' " So, instead of using wvdial I just run "/etc/init.d/net.ppp2 start" and "/etc/init.d/net.ppp2 stop". --- TopperH http://topperh.blogspot.com pgpKE5zzwmkAF.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless broadband modems - Working?
On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:01:38 -0700, Grant wrote: > Any better way to manage the connection than 'wvdial' and ctrl+c ? I've used Kppp with simlar settings. > It sounds like wicd doesn't support ppp yet. I did read somewhere that it was planned. -- Neil Bothwick God: What one human uses to persecute another. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless broadband modems - Working?
>> 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 > > > -- > Neil Bothwick Thanks again Neil. My Nokia N82 is working like this: Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 Modem Type = USB Modem Phone = *99***1# ISDN = 0 Username = username Init1 = ATZ Password = password Modem = /dev/ttyACM0 Baud = 460800 Any better way to manage the connection than 'wvdial' and ctrl+c ? It sounds like wicd doesn't support ppp yet. - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless broadband modems - Working?
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Grant 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.
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless broadband modems - Working?
>> 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. - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless broadband modems - Working?
On Sun, 8 Mar 2009 08:56:02 -0700, Grant 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 -- Neil Bothwick I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless broadband modems - Working?
>> Does anyone have experience with this stuff? Do wireless broadband >> modems work in Gentoo? > > I tried a number of 3G modems for an article I wrote last year and all > of them worked. There were only two brands of modem supplied by the > various telcos, Huawei and Novatel and they are very similar in > operation. > > Vodafone have a software package for these modems, whichever telco you > use, but it is tricky to get working with a shedload of dependencies. If > is only needed if you want to do stuff like send SMS messages from the > computer. For standard Internet usage, you only need the kernel modules > and your favourite PPP software. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick 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? - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless broadband modems - Working?
On Sat, 7 Mar 2009 16:37:03 -0800, Grant wrote: > Does anyone have experience with this stuff? Do wireless broadband > modems work in Gentoo? I tried a number of 3G modems for an article I wrote last year and all of them worked. There were only two brands of modem supplied by the various telcos, Huawei and Novatel and they are very similar in operation. Vodafone have a software package for these modems, whichever telco you use, but it is tricky to get working with a shedload of dependencies. If is only needed if you want to do stuff like send SMS messages from the computer. For standard Internet usage, you only need the kernel modules and your favourite PPP software. -- Neil Bothwick without C people would code in Basi, Pasal and Obol signature.asc Description: PGP signature
