[Voyage-linux] Connectivity through a 3G USB modem

[Konstantinos Birkos]

@Beat Meier
Thank you very much for your help.

Regards,
Kostas

On 31/5/2011 3:43 πμ, Beat Meier wrote:
> Ok nevertheless I put you my files I've found
>
> I did the following on my alix board with voyage-0.5.2:
>   /etc/ppp/peers/3g_telecom
>   /etc/chatscripts/3g_telecom
> which was for an E160 modem and
>   /etc/ppp/peers/3g_movistar
>   /etc/chatscripts/3g_movistar
>   /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/19d2:2000
> which I think was the ZTE MF110
> and generall stuff
>   /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/setup_3g
>    (/etc/ppp/ip-down.d/clean_3g not provided)
>
> The modem ZTE MF110 (I think it was this model...) I started
>  usb_modeswitch -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/19d2:2000
>   /sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=0x19d2 product=0x0031
>   pon 3g_movistar
> at least found a note about that
>
> An entry in /etc/network/interface like
>
> ###################################
> auto 3g_telecom
> iface 3g_telecom inet ppp
>         provider 3g_telecom
>         address 200.200.200.123
>         netmask 255.255.255.0
> # please do not modify the following line
>         pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up
> ###################################
> will start modem automatically at startup, where address is not 
> imported because received and set from pppd
> This was for the E160. I cannot test anymore because have not anymore 
> access for this devices ...
>
> Maybe it helps
>
> Greetings
>
> Beat
>
> On 05/29/2011 10:45 AM, Konstantinos Birkos wrote:
>> Yes, I managed to connect. Actually I needed to install 
>> usb-modeswitch and write two scripts: one with the connections 
>> parameters and another one handling  connection establishment.  For 
>> some reason I cannot understand, although I can connect, receive 
>> updates, use ftp etc., I cannot ping other computers and neither can 
>> other computers ping me (plus that the green light on the stick keeps 
>> flashing on and off continuously).
>> Thanks for your feedback.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kostas
>>
>> O/H Beat Meier έγραψε:
>>> Have you solved your problem?
>>> I had such a modem working (ZTE MF110) on voyage-0.5 some time ago 
>>> but have to search how I did.
>>> If you still have the problem send a note and I will search my old 
>>> cf flash with the installation!
>>>
>>> Greetings
>>>
>>> Beat
>>>
>>> On 05/22/2011 08:11 PM, Konstantinos Birkos wrote:
>>>> I am trying to get a 3G USB modem working in an ALIX.3d3 board with 
>>>> Voyage Linux MPD 0.7. The modem is a ZTE MF110 and works perfectly 
>>>> in common Linux distributions.
>>>> What steps should I follow? Until now I have found partial 
>>>> instructions, instructions that involve a GUI or solutions to 
>>>> specific problems but not a concrete set of instructions.  Just to 
>>>> mention that when I plug the modem it is recognized as a scsi usb 
>>>> storage device and a scsi CD-ROM drive but no ttyUSB0 or ttyUSB1 
>>>> appears as a device. Any point to start with?
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>


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Konstantinos Birkos
PhD Student
Wireless Telecommunication Laboratory
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Patras
Patras, Greece
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