Re: Linux Compatible Modem

Anton <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.user-groups.linux.singapore
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Found a database for ppp configuration:
http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/MobileBroadband/ServiceProviders
http://mirrors.kernel.org/gentoo/distfiles/mobile-broadband-provider-info-20100510.tar.bz2

On 1 June 2010 13:40, Anton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Guys, the root of the problem is in udev rules.
> Here is the commitment where developers removed the support for that
> hardware from the udev:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git;a=commitdiff;h=8a993fab2f218234f06743bcc127dda61a45711b
> If fact, the whole "extra" module together with modem-modeswitch was
> obsoleted upstream
>
> So if you use sys-fs/udev-149 and above you need to use
>>=sys-apps/usb_modeswitch-1.1.1
> (it has the proper udev rules for different modems).
>
> Once it's done, check if /dev/ttyUSB* exist and you are ready to move
> on for the ppp configuration.
>
> Cheers,
> Anton
>
>
>
> On 1 June 2010 10:16, Bharathi Subramanian <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Under Ubuntu 10.04 and most other recent distros, one need only unmount the
>>>> USB storage device from the desktop. The USB driver will then recognize the
>>>> device's alternate modes and activate the "broadband network" option under
>>>> Network Manager (assuming your distro uses that tool). I'm not sure if it
>>>> will work for your device, but this works just fine for my
>>>> Starhub-distributed ZTE MF626. So, give it a shot before hand-configuring
>>>> usb_modeswitch.
>>>
>>> All these modems that do not work OOTB need to be filed with
>>> networkmanager/modemmanager:
>>>
>>> https://launchpad.net/modemmanager
>>
>> No. For me, it is not working OOTB with NM and usb_modeswitch. But
>> with conf file in the link, which was provided by Lena, is working for
>> me. Modem got detected by the wvdialconf and able to make a data call.
>> But due to the following PPP error, "unable detect the remote IP",
>> wrong/default gateway route entry is getting added and packets are not
>> going out.
>>
>> Anybody faced this kind of issue? Is there any tweaking is need at
>> /etc/ppp/option or dialer conf file?
>>
>> Bye :)
>> --
>> Bharathi Subramanian
>>
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