From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LgMLc-0003Bs-MG for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:59:32 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A4600E0396; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 16:59:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F92CE0396 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 16:59:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from krikkit.digimed.co.uk (krikkit.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C3FA231E7F0 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 2009 16:59:30 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 16:59:23 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless broadband modems - Working? Message-ID: <20090308165923.5eb1a00b@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10903080856p269ef101ja2b0461d1da1739e@mail.gmail.com> References: <49bf44f10903071637n7e4499ffv5263288db54029b3@mail.gmail.com> <20090308101530.401e5abe@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> <49bf44f10903080856p269ef101ja2b0461d1da1739e@mail.gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1cvs2 (GTK+ 2.14.7; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/wc1DxapQwEW5twIa/_.rAuR"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: d6a48cd3-9d0e-4a48-b7da-6c4d0bbed1d3 X-Archives-Hash: 74565b0d368abfdc3110a40d63a74bc4 --Sig_/wc1DxapQwEW5twIa/_.rAuR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 =3D /dev/ttyUSB0 Baud =3D 460800 Init2 =3DAT Init3 =3D AT&FE0V1X1&D2&C1S0=3D0 ISDN =3D 0 Modem Type =3D Analog Modem Phone =3D *99***1# Username =3D username Password =3D password --=20 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) --Sig_/wc1DxapQwEW5twIa/_.rAuR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkmz+XAACgkQum4al0N1GQM7CQCfSbosHGSoGxSyCDMXPor9LS5z bxAAn0tabOmsb/USbydfxm7Oc5SmygfK =lb0O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/wc1DxapQwEW5twIa/_.rAuR--