After some weeks searching the web and dealing with wvdial bug in debian (
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=521473), finally I've got my huawei 3g modem running on my sheeva. My model is K3520/e169 but sholud apply to any other modem.
I've tested with Ubuntu jaunty 9.04 2.6.30.2 in NAND and Debian 2.6.30.2 (SD and USB boot). Fresh install.
First of all, thanks to PaulF for his time and effort to help me. Credits go to
http://www.nslu2-info.de/board8-nslu2/debian-auf-der-nslu2/7893-wvdial-liefert-fehler/.
This configuration is for Spain (movistar). You should search for your specific provider (perhaps the people can post their own...)
1.- Install wvdial
apt-get install wvdial
2.- Edit /etc/resolv.conf and be sure it's empty
3.- Edit /etc/network/interfaces and put
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
4.- Edit /etc/ppp/peers/movistar
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/movistar"
noauth
debug
/dev/ttyUSB0
460800
defaultroute
noipdefault
user movistar
password movistar
ipcp-accept-remote
remotename movistar
ipparam movistar
crtscts
lock
nomagic
nobsdcomp
novj
novjccomp
usepeerdns
lcp-echo-failure 4
lcp-echo-interval 65535
5.- Edit /etc/chatscripts/movistar
TIMEOUT 5
ECHO ON
ABORT '\nBUSY\r'
ABORT '\nERROR\r'
ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r'
ABORT '\nNO CARRIER\r'
ABORT '\nNO DIALTONE\r'
ABORT '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r'
'' \rAT
TIMEOUT 15
OK ATE1
OK 'AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","movistar.es","",0,0'
OK ATD*99***1#
CONNECT ""
6.- Run
pon movistar
You should check /var/log/messages and be sure you have something like this...
Feb 28 11:27:54 ubuntu pppd[2673]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: timeout set to 5 seconds
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: abort on (\nBUSY\r)
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: abort on (\nERROR\r)
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: abort on (\nNO ANSWER\r)
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: abort on (\nNO CARRIER\r)
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: abort on (\nNO DIALTONE\r)
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: abort on (\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r)
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: send (^MAT^M)
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: timeout set to 15 seconds
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: expect (OK)
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: AT^M^M
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: OK
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: -- got it
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: send (ATE1^M)
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: expect (OK)
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: ^M
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: ATE1^M^M
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: OK
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: -- got it
Feb 28 11:27:55 ubuntu chat[2677]: send (AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","movistar.es","",0,0$
Feb 28 11:27:56 ubuntu chat[2677]: expect (OK)
Feb 28 11:27:56 ubuntu chat[2677]: ^M
Feb 28 11:27:56 ubuntu chat[2677]: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","movistar.es","",0,0^M^M
Feb 28 11:27:56 ubuntu chat[2677]: OK
Feb 28 11:27:56 ubuntu chat[2677]: -- got it
Feb 28 11:27:56 ubuntu chat[2677]: send (ATD*99***1#^M)
Feb 28 11:27:56 ubuntu chat[2677]: expect (CONNECT)
Feb 28 11:27:56 ubuntu chat[2677]: ^M
Feb 28 11:27:56 ubuntu chat[2677]: ATD*99***1#^M^M
Feb 28 11:27:56 ubuntu chat[2677]: CONNECT
Feb 28 11:27:56 ubuntu chat[2677]: -- got it
Feb 28 11:27:56 ubuntu chat[2677]: send (^M)
Feb 28 11:27:56 ubuntu pppd[2673]: Serial connection established.
Feb 28 11:27:56 ubuntu pppd[2673]: Using interface ppp0
Feb 28 11:27:56 ubuntu pppd[2673]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyUSB0
Feb 28 11:27:57 ubuntu pppd[2673]: CHAP authentication succeeded
Feb 28 11:27:57 ubuntu pppd[2673]: CHAP authentication succeeded
Feb 28 11:27:57 ubuntu pppd[2673]: kernel does not support PPP filtering
Feb 28 11:27:57 ubuntu kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered
Feb 28 11:28:00 ubuntu pppd[2673]: Could not determine remote IP address: defau$
Feb 28 11:28:00 ubuntu pppd[2673]: local IP address 88.29.109.211
Feb 28 11:28:00 ubuntu pppd[2673]: remote IP address 10.64.64.64
Feb 28 11:28:00 ubuntu pppd[2673]: primary DNS address 194.179.1.100
Feb 28 11:28:00 ubuntu pppd[2673]: secondary DNS address 194.179.1.101
If not, check again the configuration to be sure there is no mistake...
6.1.- ifconfig should show
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:88.29.109.211 P-t-P:10.64.64.64 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:1228 (1.2 KB) TX bytes:622 (622.0 B)
7.- Finally add a route
route add default ppp0
You should now ping google....
Good luck
