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Hi guys, I'm back online *at last* ! I had to set the phone number to <FONT COLOR="#000000">*99***1#</FONT> and I also had to plug it into a windows box and run the install cd, let it connect, then I disconnected again. To do this I had to visit my parents place and use their windows box. After it had done its thing with the install cd, I unplugged it from the windows machine, plugged it into my linux box and ran wvdialconf. This allowed me to create a /etc/wvdial.conf configuration file and after adding my username/password [and the phone number] it all connected and is running fine. 8-)<BR>
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thanks to all who helped 8-)<BR>
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David.<BR>
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On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 22:52 +1000, dbuddrige@bigpond.com wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Kewl. I'll give that a go when I get home tonight. 8-)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">thanks heaps for that</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">David.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">---- Coral and Ben <<A HREF="mailto:cobel@bigpond.com">cobel@bigpond.com</A>> wrote: </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Hi, I use bigpond "nextG" blue desktop modem with linux, it is easy, the </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> tech guy you spoke to is an idiot, it does use a phone number, it is: </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> *99***1#</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> the other number is for telstra mobile phones to connect as modems (as </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> far as I can determine?)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> it will work just fine with the usbserial module if you specify the </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> device ID</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> <A HREF="mailto:dbuddrige@bigpond.com">dbuddrige@bigpond.com</A> wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Hi all,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Up until recently, I was getting my broadband internet through the CDMA service offered by Bigpond. However, they recently [about three weeks or so ago], discontinued that service. Before doing so however they sent me a 3g wireless modem which connects to the internet wirelessly over the 3g network.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > However, while I was able to connect to the CDMA network by running wvdial, with a phone number of #777, under 3g this number does not work.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > I have had to upgrade my kernel (to 2.6.25.3) to get linux to recognise the modem, which it does now seem to do - since wvdialconf recognises the device [on ttyUSB1), but now I just need to know what the phone number is to get it to connect to the service.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > I tried ringing bigpond but the tech-guy there said that it doesn't use a phone number, just a signal [of some kind] and the solution offered was to load up windows and insert the bigpond cdrom. Since I don't have windows [haven't since windows 98] this is not helpful.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > At the moment, I've had to come around to my folks place to send this email [after googling for answers] because I now have no internet available at home.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Does anyone know how to configure the bigpond 3g modem? I had tried using the number #99* as well but this does not work either].</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > thanks heaps guys</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > David. 8-)</FONT>
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