Pablo Manalastas | 19 Jul 03:58
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Re: Using 3G Phone to Connect Linux Laptop to Internet

Thank you Cha.  I'm putting your "Globe settings" in my Yahoo blog.

Pablo M.
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--- On Fri, 7/18/08, Cha Gascon <cha.gascon-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
From: Cha Gascon <cha.gascon-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [plug] Using 3G Phone to Connect Linux Laptop to Internet
To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List" <plug <at> lists.linux.org.ph>
Date: Friday, July 18, 2008, 2:06 PM


> Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet"
"internet" entry will vary depending on telco settings?
For globe i use "internet.globe.com.ph", username=globe, password=globe

I use gnome-ppp to manage the connection to have the cutsey gui icon to connect/disconnect. But the additional init strings you have to put in. The special dialin number *99# or *99***3# works for most devices. I've used several usb HSDPA dongles. Better google for your device's settings.

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:34 PM, AC Perdon <turf.ph <at> gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,

Any idea why my ppp deamon saddenly died? below are the details.

#dmesg | grep ttyACM
[  129.132518] cdc_acm 4-1:1.10: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
[  960.831645] cdc_acm 4-1:1.10: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
[ 1141.317419] cdc_acm 4-1:1.10: ttyACM0: USB ACM device

#wvdial running
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Cannot get information for serial port. --> Im not sure why I get this
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0

ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Sending: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet"

AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet"
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Idle Seconds = 3000, disabling automatic reconnect.
--> Sending: ATD*99#
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATD*99#
CONNECT
~[7f]}# <at> !}!} } }2}#}$ <at> #}!}$}%\}"}&} }*} } g}%~
--> Carrier detected.  Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Fri Jul 18 12:13:56 2008
--> Pid of pppd: 6499
--> Using interface ppp0
--> pppd: [18]�[06][08]
--> pppd: [18]�[06][08]
--> pppd: [18]�[06][08]
--> pppd: [18]�[06][08]
--> pppd: [18]�[06][08]
--> pppd: [18]�[06][08]
--> Disconnecting at Fri Jul 18 12:14:01 2008
--> The PPP daemon has died: A modem hung up the phone (exit code = 16)
--> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.
--> Try again and look into /var/log/messages and the wvdial and pppd man pages for more information.


#/var/log/message
Jul 18 12:13:56 myturf pppd[6499]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
Jul 18 12:13:57 myturf pppd[6499]: Using interface ppp0
Jul 18 12:13:57 myturf pppd[6499]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyACM0
Jul 18 12:13:57 myturf pppd[6499]: PAP authentication succeeded
Jul 18 12:13:57 myturf kernel: [  184.053428] PPP BSD Compression module registered
Jul 18 12:13:57 myturf kernel: [  184.117052] PPP Deflate Compression module registered
Jul 18 12:13:57 myturf pppd[6499]: LCP terminated by peer
Jul 18 12:14:00 myturf pppd[6499]: Connection terminated.
Jul 18 12:14:00 myturf pppd[6499]: Modem hangup
Jul 18 12:14:00 myturf pppd[6499]: Exit.

OS: ubuntu 8.04.1 (2.6.24-19-generic)
wvdial: 1.60.1

My laptop is dual boot for win its works.

Thanks,
AC


On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Paolo Falcone <pfalcone-ctE++fEYmiYdc6zLPptBHg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
Now if only someone would package that (like what Apple did on Mac OSX), and integrate it with Network Manager that would be even better!


On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Mhac Janapin <mhacjanapin-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
Cool!

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Pablo Manalastas <prmanalastas-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
In my Yahoo blog, I reposted Gideon Guillen's article on connecting your Linux laptop to the Internet, using a 3G phone.  I have added other important details, in an attempt to make the connection process as painless as possible. Here is the link to my post, which I have also included below:

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/prmanalastas?cq=1&p=267

*** Actual Blog Post Follows ***

Using 3G Phone to Connect Linux Laptop to Internet (Jul 18 08)

Gideon Guillen wrote in his blog a procedure for using a Motorola V6 mobile phone as a modem to connect your Linux laptop to the Internet.

http://elijah.pinoguin.com/blog/blog-view/article/motorola-v6-as-modem-in-ubuntu-linux.html

His procedure actually works for the Nokia 6680 3G phone (and possibly other 3G phones as well) when used as a modem for your Fedora-9 or Debian Testing (Lenny) to connect to the Internet using a Smart Buddy prepaid SIM.

Let me recap the important steps to do:

1. On your Nokia 6680 phone, get the correct Internet settings by sending the following text message to 211:

SET N6680

Smart replies by giving you the correct settings for SmartGPRS, SmartInternet, and SmartMMS. Save all of these settings as the default settings for your phone. If prompted for pasword, type 1234, unless you changed the default password on your phone. If you have a different phone, you can get the correct message to send to 211 by sending the following text message to 211 instead:

SET LIST

After installing the correct settings for GPRS, Internet and MMS, your phone is ready for stand-alone use for connecting to the Internet using your phone's little Web browser. However, you would like to use your laptop with your phone, since your laptop has a better keyboard and mouse and a bigger, more comfortable screen. You need the data cable DKU-2 to connect your N6680 phone to the USB port of your laptop. The DKU-2 cable is part of the Nokia 6680 package, but if your package does not include the data cable, you can always get one from CDR-King or from any cellphone store. A different 3G phone will use a different data cable.

2. On your Linux laptop, install wvdial and ppp, if you do not already have them. In Fedora, these were installed by default, but in Debian, I had to get them using apt-get:

apt-get install wvdial

After installing wvdial, as root, create or modify the file /etc/wvdial.conf so that it contains the following:

[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet"
Modem Type = USB Modem
ISDN = 0
Phone = *99#
New PPPD = yes
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
Username = yourusername
Password = yourpassword
Baud = 460800
Idle Seconds = 3000
Auto DNS = 1
Stupid Mode = 1
Compuserve = 0
Baud = 460800
Dial Command = ATD
Ask Password = 0
FlowControl = NOFLOW

3. As root user, install your user account in the file /etc/sudoers. For example, if you are user "ambo", you need to add the line

ambo ALL=(ALL) ALL

to the /etc/sudoers file.

4. Before dialing, connect your phone to your laptop using the USB data cable, and check that the phone has already been detected by the system. Type the command

dmesg | grep ttyACM

and if you see a line containing /dev/ttyACM0, that means your phone is already detected by the system and you can now dial. As a normal user (in my case, I am user "ambo"), dial Smart by typing the following command in a terminal window:

sudo wvdial

This command dials the Smart Internet number, manages a ppp connection, performs "ifconfig" to assign an IP address to your laptop, does a "route add" command to fix the routing table, and installs the DNS IP numbers provided by Smart in /etc/resolv.conf. Do not exit from this terminal window -- typing a control-C in this window will disconnect you from the Internet.

As a normal user, check if you have a successful connection by giving the command:

dig www.google.com

If the system gives you the IP address of Google, then you are now connected to the Internet. Smart will charge you ten pesos for every 30 minutes of Internet use.

Some notes:

This procedure works without fail in my Debian Testing/Lenny laptop. Since Ubuntu is a Debian derivative, it should also work for Ubuntu. However, on my Fedora laptop, I needed to manually copy the DNS values given by the ppp connection into the file /etc/resolv.conf. I had to type the entries

nameserver 203.84.191.216
nameserver 121.1.3.250

in /etc/resolv.conf. I think the Fedora ppp package or the Fedora NetworkManager package does not automatically take care of this.

Thank you Gideon Guillen for providing us with this useful procedure.


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