From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 25 10:51:40 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 EB63F106564A for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:51:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 756538FC12 for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:51:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eaai10 with SMTP id i10so2127037eaa.13 for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:51:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=xqUiWX2x4QI432Tkt6ccsRQ30CwlT6WSfsjUEQvv+w0=; b=Sgvjz7tMhWED6JkZRE1doBOZegpMBTeVYcB1xgpSM8ilGT7owYzsnCnpCfOAL73ZnW haS84xspguE0ITtReu1tKnjYScbEpTdGaYVYoN9Bbd4zWTK8Zl45zn2Dzoum+XTAby9q lTI5xjaYpR/xSe34azuvrB3ioooXdcFdw37Vg= Received: by 10.213.22.10 with SMTP id l10mr2055545ebb.126.1327488699390; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:51:39 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.34.5 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:50:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Odhiambo Washington Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:50:58 +0300 Message-ID: To: Alejandro Imass Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary=0015174be73e5edba204b7580cb8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:51:41 -0000 --0015174be73e5edba204b7580cb8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 21:48, Alejandro Imass wrote: > 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. > I have a Huawei E1820 and I am in KE, using Safaricom. > > > 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.). > Luckily, I already disabled the flash/virtual CD-ROM that the modem contains. I got the AT string combo to do this. I also have one ZTE dongle that I don't want to talk about because I haven't managed to find a way to disable the virtual CD-ROM it contains. > > 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. > > You know, sometimes all this process is what makes people shy off of *BSD. I am a diehard lover of FreeBSD, but the few times I have installed Linux on my laptop, this whole process was a breeze... well, not quite, but not as difficult as it is in FreeBSD. Luckily, I use WiFi more than I use 3G, so it's never quite bothered me. Even now, I just want to see how easy it can be on PC-BSD/FreeBSD, with a GUI to boot, if there is, but I do not feel it is such a big necessity for me, because I have D-Link DIR-825 which can use this modem on it's USB port and allow me to use 3G. -- 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. --0015174be73e5edba204b7580cb8--