Re: [opensuse] Modem working on openSuSE 10.2
On Dec 23, 2007 12:58 AM, umesh b
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The Saturday 2007-12-22 at 08:49 +0100, Cristea Bogdan wrote:
I have an external USB modem and trying to get this working on linux. I have set up through yast the modem parameters related to Internet provider, but I am not able to communicate with the modem. Has anyone experienced a similar problem?
Test the modem first using minicom.
- -- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
I have an EVDO USB modem provided by the local telco(ZTE AC8700). Its working beautifully on open suse, except for when it redials after connection is reset by telco( for some reason they say "traffic"). havent figured out to fix that yet. This is how i made it work. #1 start tail -f var/log/messgaes on one of the terminals #2 insert the USB modem. #3 check #1 for vendor and product ids if recognized. #4 give modprobe usbserial module using command and parameters vendor and productid eg : modprobe - v usbserial vendor=0X056C product=0x7000 #5 start pppd service, in opensuse it would be smpppd eg: smpppd -d #6 use kppp to start dialing to modem. configure the number to be dialed provided by telco. We are using usb to serial module here to dial to usb modem. Anybody has any ideas on the failure case. When modem does a redial, i see some commands being passed in the modem terminal. But connection does not get established. Am i missing something here? Regards, Umesh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-12-23 at 01:23 +0530, umesh b wrote:
I have an EVDO USB modem provided by the local telco(ZTE AC8700). Its working beautifully on open suse, except for when it redials after connection is reset by telco( for some reason they say "traffic"). havent figured out to fix that yet. This is how i made it work.
Telcos don't like redialling a number too soon after the previous attempt failed. Dialing is an operation they have to spend some resources (compared to an stablished connection), so they may limit the number of dials you do in a period. And some modems implement this limitation themselves, refusing to redial right after a failure. If this modem was given to you by the telco, that's what I would think first. Just wait a little time. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHbXE3tTMYHG2NR9URAtVEAJ0XquaZZDvkBZp2exqruapivdloDQCgg/Jp Rlc5WsX404A2vPYUotqfFOo= =Au+y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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