Mobile Braodband (GSM) on fc9 i686 laptop

[Gregory P. Ennis]

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.
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- Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer                      ricks at nerd.com -
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Rick,

Thanks much for the information.  I'll let you know how it goes!!!!

Greg