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 1LghOJ-0000ck-MS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:27:43 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B10F3E00B8; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 15:27:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.176]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75B84E00B8 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 15:27:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j4so899011wah.2 for ; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:27:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=o2EqWFSWB3NlZhywwu1PJf7h9R6Rw1Ee0umuydYfVow=; b=qzioz1DeLHic+9P77CLo+Ag+L8xjXl8nLyTOYs9r4GQ/YQuZsfJkb0iDprx75lNd/j ymL0GphHBuazZDZ9DLKC9nOU4ZvvQDWlUTRFtNeQqnVhJ/9UJXli5/z5E0W9UaLSk6St Mf++Otmxy/rWhVllTWNJm2isAO5K2SyWVA4HQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=rVfZk72IoqfCpRwZOW5TJMoR3P9UwLsFoUoa1TBOLUiA94w+IRcqN64lbKHnAUXurt er1J0GslGLMo0US58MrefcGAMcbKb6BEzzkgm1D5Z9AtNALLtGTcmG5UkEgIr5mpoMi/ Q+7mI3Bs6xC1UQovjQDQv8HpOxtSolGq1U1Rw= 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 Received: by 10.115.19.16 with SMTP id w16mr3591211wai.51.1236612461974; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:27:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090308165923.5eb1a00b@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> References: <49bf44f10903071637n7e4499ffv5263288db54029b3@mail.gmail.com> <20090308101530.401e5abe@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> <49bf44f10903080856p269ef101ja2b0461d1da1739e@mail.gmail.com> <20090308165923.5eb1a00b@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 08:27:41 -0700 Message-ID: <49bf44f10903090827g6c3dcdcbva0ed1ec183eb0184@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless broadband modems - Working? From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 7acf9e36-0088-4167-ad2a-3d2c88d4c71c X-Archives-Hash: f08f75cecb3ac17d3079c92cdf2321e2 >> Thanks Neil, I'd like to get as close as possible to being ready to >> plug-and-play with one of those modems. =A0Do you remember the names of >> the kernel modules? =A0I've never used PPP software before. =A0Can 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 Thanks Neil. Weird that wvdial is in /usr/portage but doesn't come up at gentoo-portage.com. - Grant