Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:44:18 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Ryan Coleman <editor@d3photography.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up Novatel Mifi 2200 on 8.2-REL Message-ID: <20110315184645.S36648@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <C489D509-690E-4EE2-A37E-DD4508D02111@d3photography.com> References: <BA603911-8320-4ECA-A622-3A2451784CBC@d3photography.com> <10FEF549-E793-4EAB-92FB-9EBD14203C15@d3photography.com> <B9909E6F-DF6C-4938-B678-BC4902E3F532@d3photography.com> <201103150054.26198.milu@dat.pl> <9F7A8C1B-5603-4B34-8EC2-5F542A908ECB@d3photography.com> <C489D509-690E-4EE2-A37E-DD4508D02111@d3photography.com>
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2011, Ryan Coleman wrote:
> I've searched high and low and have no idea where to start to get
> this thing going... It's recognizing it now but I am not finding any
> details online (like people who have shared their full configuration
> details) on how they got the VirginMobile version going. In fact,
> I've found so few pieces I am not sure how I might piece it all
> together. I've tried to hack a VZW one through but no luck.
>
> Thanks again. I'm working, also, on getting VPN to work should this
> not be settled by the time the machine needs to be installed.
Ryan, I can't comment on your gadget, and though I used dialup ppp for
about 10 years, it's been a while and some things have likely changed -
but you want to be looking at ppp(8), /etc/ppp/ppp.conf and the example
files referenced there in /usr/share/examples/ppp/ esp. ppp.conf.sample
for the correct formats, particularly of the dial string.
> Current ppp.conf details:
> virgin:
> > set device /dev/cuau0
> > set speed 230400
> > set phone "#99*"
> > set authname ""
> > set authkey ""
> > set server /var/run/ppp.pid "" 0177
I'd assume that's ok, but for the first two error messages below .. I'll
transplant them to here:
> > Mar 15 04:26:50 camserve kernel: tun2: link state changed to UP
> > Mar 15 04:26:50 camserve ppp[8111]: tun2: Warning: Local: bind: Address already in use
I suspect that means /dev/cuau0 is already in use.
> > Mar 15 04:26:50 camserve ppp[8111]: tun2: Warning: set server: Failed 2
See 'set server' in ppp(8). It should specify a local tcp port or local
domain socket. A pidfile seems most unsuitable for that, it's a file
not a socket and most likely used by /etc/rc.d/ppp. Here I used:
set server 3000 mypassword
so 'pppctl 3000' can be used to control or interrogate ppp. pppctl(8)
uses an example local domain socket of:
set server /var/run/internet "" 0177
> > set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 "
That closing double quote ends your dial string, so the below are then
all interpreted as (invalid) commands to ppp instead.
> > AT OK
> > ATZ0 OK
> > ATQ0 OK
> > ATV1 OK
> > ATE1 OK
> > AT+EFCS=2 OK
> > AT&V OK
> > #\dATDT\T TIMEOUT 30 CONNECT"
Your dial string needs to be one single string, and you can't include
any #comments within it. Again transplanting some of the error messages:
> > Mar 15 04:26:50 camserve ppp[8111]: tun2: Warning: AT: Invalid command
> > Mar 15 04:26:50 camserve ppp[8111]: tun2: Warning: AT: Failed 1
> > Mar 15 04:26:50 camserve ppp[8111]: tun2: Warning: ATZ0: Invalid command
> > Mar 15 04:26:50 camserve ppp[8111]: tun2: Warning: ATZ0: Failed 1
> > Mar 15 04:26:50 camserve ppp[8111]: tun2: Warning: ATQ0: Invalid command
> > [..]
Here's one of my old dial strings in the correct format. For a dialup
modem so won't be at all suitable, but I'm pointing out the format:
set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER ABORT NO\\sANSWER TIMEOUT 10 \
\"\" ATZ OK-ATZ-OK ATE0Q0L1S7=50W3+MS=V34B,1,24000,33600 OK \
\\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 60 CONNECT \\c \\n"
> > set login
> > set redial 3 0
> > set timeout 0
> > set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0
> > add! default HISADDR
> > enable dns
> > disable ipv6cp
> > enable lqr
> > accept lqr
> > set cd off
Maybe :) I won't comment on any of the rest as I don't know this kit or
anything about its requirements.
HTH, Ian
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