From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 24 19:13:08 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C3AA1065670 for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:13:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C49058FC0C for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:13:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnq2 with SMTP id q2so1288222ggn.13 for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:13:07 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.193.229 with SMTP id hr5mr15693227igc.15.1327430914552; Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:48:34 -0800 (PST) Sender: aimass@yabarana.com Received: by 10.231.77.5 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:48:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:48:34 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: deJAEdAKzv59fV0phTtF5XulBn4 Message-ID: From: Alejandro Imass To: Odhiambo Washington X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQn62NMk5bFrNANskhr+7SyEZ5JSeApQGfPcDIuUD3ayk+HKEe2tJcMu1wDJWmYVcJ6c8vs/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9 and 3G Modems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:13:08 -0000 On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > I am Google-ing for a recent definitive HOWTO use my 3G modem with > FreeBSD/PC-BSD and what I get seem rather old. > Which one? You need to specifiy modem brand/model and network provider to see if other have got that particular one working. Also check the Linux crowd (Ubuntu in particular) and then extrapolate to FBSD. > Someone can point me to a recent document detailing the steps. I have > PC-BSD 9 on my laptop. > Usually it's just a question of making the kernel mount the tty and the dial using something like wvdial. If it's popular and supported it's pretty easy, if not is still possible. Supporting the modem is usually a two layer problem first solving the multi-device problem on the USB bus, that is, selecting the correct device available (i.e. selecting the modem instead of the flash that contains the windows software), and then the actual kernel or userspace driver for that specific device (ZTE, Enfora, etc.). Ultimately, you get a serial modem and you just have to use AT command to dial, etc. and wvdial does a great job and it's quite easy to set-up and run. Good luck, -- Alejandro > > -- > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254733744121/+254722743223 > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"