Mobile Braodband (GSM) on fc9 i686 laptop

[Mark C. Allman]

Consulting IT Project/Program Management: on-time, on-budget


...... Original Message .......
On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:07:14 -0600 "Gregory P. Ennis" <PoMec at PoMec.Net> 
wrote:
>
>Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
>> Dear List,
>> 
>> I just received a gift from my wife of a Verizon mobile broadband (GSM)
>> usb modem.  Unfortunately all of the documentation is for the inferior
>> MS platform.  
>> 
>> I have plugged it into my usb port and nm-tool recognizes it as :
>> 
>> Device ----ttyACM0-----
>> Type   : Mobile Broadband (GSM)
>> Driver : cdc_acm
>> State  : disconnected
>> Default: no
>> 
>> I have tried calling Verizon about connecting to Linux, but have only
>> waded through the first layer of responders that were  not aware of
>> Linux.
>> 
>> Have any of you used these with Fedora?  Can you point me in the
>> direction of a "how to" or is there an easy switch to toggle.
>
>I tether my Verizon Blackberry Storm (hereafter called "BB") to my
>laptop (F11) on occasion to use it as a wireless modem.  You need to
>jump through some hoops (e.g. barry and XmBlackberry) to get it to set
>up the modem for use, but it works.  What follows is what I do on the
>BB.
>
>You first have to dial "#777" (at least on the BB).  Once that's done, 
>the trick is knowing what your username and password are.  Your user
>name is your cell number (area code and number without the leading "1",
>"@vzw3g.com" (probably...at least mine is).  The password is your phone
>number (again, without the leading "1".  Example:
>
>	Username: 8885551234 at vzw3g.com
>	Password: 8885551234
>
>So, my /etc/chatscripts/blackberry file looks like:
>
>ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT VOICE ABORT 'NO DIALTONE' ABORT 'NO 
>DIAL TONE' ABORT 'NO ANSWER' ABORT DELAYED ABORT ERROR
>SAY "Initializing\n"
>'' ATZ
>OK-AT-OK ATDT#777
>CONNECT \d\c
>
>That script is called via the "/etc/ppp/peers/blackberry" script:
>
>debug debug debug
>nodetach
># NOTE: This may change depending on which device XmBlackberry
># sets up as the serial port for the modem...
>/dev/pts/7
>115200
>connect "/usr/sbin/chat -f /etc/chatscripts/blackberry"
>nomultilink
>defaultroute
>noipdefault
>ipcp-restart 7
>ipcp-accept-local
>ipcp-accept-remote
># added this, so that it doesn't disconnect after few mn of innactivity
>lcp-echo-interval 0
>lcp-echo-failure 999
>modem
>noauth
>nocrtscts
>noipdefault
>novj # refused anyway, no point in trying every time
>usepeerdns
>user 8885551234 at vzw3g.com
>password 8885551234
>
>I hope that helps.  And yes, it was a right bitch to figure all that
>out.  Google can be your friend, but you have to interpolate some of
>the data.
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>- Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer                      ricks at nerd.com -
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Rick,
>
>Thanks much for the information.  I'll let you know how it goes!!!!
>
>Greg
>
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I've used a Verizon USB broadband modem.  I'll post my config file shortly 
(getting on a train as I type this).  

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