[plug] Bigpond Wireless - Linux

[Peter]

Leo,

You are my hero!   It works!!! 

All i did is change the Modem line to /dev/ttyUSB1 and add the 
appropriate credentials... and away it went (after a couple of false 
starts.... but that is typical in this neck of the woods....).

If you are ever passing through Katanning, give me a shout....  I owe 
you a beer (or whatever it is you prefer)...

Cheers,
Peter


Leon Brooks wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 May 2009 20:09:27 Peter wrote:
>   
>> He uses a Bigpond Wireless 3G modem (BP3-EXT) and I am
>> not having much luck getting it to work.
>>     
>
> I am using Virgin (carrier is actually Optus) through
> wvdial, works perfectly including odd places like Logue
> Brook -- & on a road coach en route through Northam,
> Brookton, Narrogin, Katanning (limit is laptop battery
> as the coach has only 24V lighter sockets, I only have
> a 12V ligher adaptor).
>
> /etc/wvdial.conf looks like this:
>
> [Dialer Defaults]
> Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
> Modem Type = USB Modem
> Baud = 460800
> Init1 = ATZ
> Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
> Carrier Check = no
> Dial Command = ATDT
> Phone = *99#
> Username = ppp
> Password = ppp
> Auto Reconnect = yes
>
>   
>> So far, I have tried the built in (Automatic) dialer
>> that comes with Mint 6 and Mint 7 RC1.  I have also
>> tried it on a Ubuntu 9.04 machine and most recenlty
>> on a fresh install of Debian 5 (this almost works!).
>>     
>
> This is using Mandriva 2009.0 but I know of a Ubuntu user
> of Virgin, also flawless. For BigPong, at least the number
> (*99#) will probably be different. BigPong AKA Telstra
> AKA Telecom have always delighted in complicating things.
>
>   
>> The interface works and it finds the modem ok... but
>> it just won't connect.
>>     
>
> lsusb here shows:
>
> ID 12d1:1001 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E620 USB Modem
>
> dmesg shows:
>
> usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1001
> usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
> usb 2-1: Product: HUAWEI Mobile
> usb 2-1: Manufacturer: [line of identical odd chars]
> usb 2-1: SerialNumber: [ditto]
> usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
> usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
> usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
> usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
> usb-storage: device found at 3
> usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
> usbserial: USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
> option 2-1:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
> usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> option 2-1:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
> usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
> option 2-1:1.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
> usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
> usbcore: registered new interface driver option
> option: USB Driver for GSM modems: v0.7.2
> scsi 7:0:0:0: CD-ROM   HUAWEI  Mass Storage   2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
> sr1: scsi-1 drive
> sr 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
> sr 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
> scsi 7:0:0:1: Direct-Access  HUAWEI  SD Storage  2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
> sd 7:0:0:1: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
> sd 7:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
> usb-storage: device scan complete
>
> There does not appear to be any actual storage (/dev/sdb1
> does not exist, fdisk /dev/sdb shows nothing).
>
> Cheers; Leon
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