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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