Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 23:28:21 -0500 From: "Dak Ghatikachalam" <dghatikachalam@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Sierra Wireless Card AC860 how to get the working in freebsd. Message-ID: <ba29b9b40701082028p23750343oee13f90b6b24629e@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Freebsd I have been breaking my head intermittently over this for months, so far I had no success getting this Sierra Wireless card , to Cingular ISP This card is 3G card works on my other winXP partition, I have become very uneasy to continue to use this only in windows because of reliability/security concerns I want this card working in my Freebsd OS, I wanted to wean away from windows XP as soon as possible. which I using now to access just to connect while travelling, which is too much pain. My buddy Paul Pathiakis told to post this issue here as someone of you may have been in same situation. I added the quircks for the kernel and had rebuild the kernal successfully, looking as /var/log/messages, makes sense it is detecting the card. now I am puzzled how to get this dialled and get it working. he also said we may need a device driver. When I called Cingular they said me to use Tel# to dial : *99***1 username: ispda@cingulargprs.com password: CINGULAR1 As you see below I tried putting them up these entries in ppp.conf file. default: set log Phase Chat LCP IPCP CCP tun command ident user-ppp VERSION (built COMPILATIONDATE) # Ensure that "device" references the correct serial port # for your modem. (cuad0 = COM1, cuad1 = COM2) # #set device /dev/cuad1 set device /dev/cuad4 set speed 115200 set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \ \"\" AT OK-AT-OK ATE1Q0 OK \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT" set timeout 180 # 3 minute idle timer (the default) #enable dns # request DNS info (for resolv.conf) cingular: # # edit the next three lines and replace the items in caps with # the values which have been assigned by your ISP. # set phone *99***1# set authname ispda@cingulargprs.com set authkey CINGULAR1 set login "TIMEOUT 10 \"\"\"\" gin:--gin: \\U ispda@cingulargprs.com: \\P col: CINGULAR1" set timeout 300 #APN:ISP.CINGULAR #set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.255 add default HISADDR # Add a (sticky) default route ----------------------------------------------------------- kernel log /var/log/messages Jan 8 19:28:04 DAK kernel: sio4: <Sierra Wireless AC860> at port 0x3e8-0x3ee ir q 22 function 0 config 32 on pccard0 Jan 8 19:28:04 DAK kernel: sio4: type 8250 or not responding Jan 8 19:28:04 DAK kernel: sio4: unable to activate interrupt in fast mode - us ing normal mode ====----------------------------- # ppp congular congular: Configuration label not found # ppp cingular Working in interactive mode Using interface: tun0 Warning: Add route failed: 0.0.0.0/0 already exists ppp ON DAK> connect cingular Warning: connect: Invalid command Warning: connect: Failed 1 ppp ON DAK> ok connect Warning: ok: Invalid command Warning: ok: Failed 1 ppp ON DAK> at Warning: at: Invalid command Warning: at: Failed 1 ppp ON DAK> help (o) = Optional context, (c) = Context required accept(o) : accept option request add : add route allow : Allow ppp access bg : Run a background command clear(o) : Clear throughput statistics clone(c) : Clone a link close(o) : Close an FSM delete : delete route deny(o) : Deny option request dial(o) : Dial and login disable(o) : Disable option down(o) : Generate a down event enable(o) : Enable option ident(c) : Set the link identity iface : interface control link : Link specific commands load(o) : Load settings log(o) : log information nat : NAT control open(o) : Open an FSM quit : Quit PPP program remove(c) : Remove a link rename(c) : Rename a link resolv : Manipulate resolv.conf save : Save settings sendident(c): Transmit the link identity set(o) : Set parameters shell : Run a subshell show(o) : Show status and stats term(c) : Enter terminal mode help : Display this message ppp ON DAK> show Use ``show ?'' to get a list. ppp ON DAK> show ? (o) = Optional context, (c) = Context required bundle : bundle details ccp(o) : CCP status compress : VJ compression stats escape(c) : escape characters filter : packet filters hdlc(c) : HDLC errors iface : Interface status ipcp : IPCP status ipv6cp : IPV6CP status layers(o) : Protocol layers lcp(c) : LCP status link(c) : (high-level) link info links : available link names log : log levels mem : mbuf allocations ncp : NCP status physical(c): (low-level) link info mp : multilink setup proto(o) : protocol summary route : routing table stopped(c) : STOPPED timeout timers : alarm timers version : version string who : client list help : Display this message ppp ON DAK> show link Name: deflink State: closed Peer name: N/A Discriminator: Null Class Defaults: Phone List: *99***1 Dial tries: 1, delay 3s/30s Reconnect tries: 0, delay 3s Callback requested: none Dial Script: ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 "" AT OK-AT-OK ATE1Q0 OK \dATDT\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT Login Script: TIMEOUT 10 """" gin:--gin: \U ispda@cingulargprs.com: \P col: CINGULAR1 Logout Script: Hangup Script: ppp ON DAK> ------------------ $ ifconfig fwe0: flags=108802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NEEDSGIANT> mtu 1500 options=8<VLAN_MTU> ether 06:e4:0a:19:50:37 ch 1 dma -1 rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 options=8<VLAN_MTU> inet6 fe80::20a:e4ff:fed7:bb00%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 inet 192.168.1.101 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 ether 00:0a:e4:d7:bb:00 media: Ethernet autoselect (none) status: no carrier lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 tun0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1412 Opened by PID 1271 $ ------------------------------------- tun0 is the one I expecting to have the connecting be made, rl0 is the physical etherney connection I have on me from the cable modem/router. file I added the QUirks I addded before rebuilding the kernel /src/sys/dev/pccard/pccard_cis_quirks.c,v 1.16 2005/09/20 1 0:25:51 glebius Exp $"); Please advise how to get this card working if you have faced before. Thanks Dak
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