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Establishing a CDMA modem connection using wvdial


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Hi all,

I am trying to use TATA Indicom CDMA USB modem on Mandriva Linux 2008

using wvdial.

I have edited wvdial.conf file as per company's suggestion and it looks as follows:

[Dialer Defaults]

Init1 = ATZ

Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0

stupid mode = 1

Modem Type = USB Modem

ISDN = 0

+FCLASS = 0

Phone = #777

Modem = /dev/ttyACM0

Username = internet

Password = internet

Baud = 460800

 

I know it works because I have used it on Open SUSE on same computer and have

got no problems.

On Mandriva, when I run wvdial and then disconnect using Ctrl+C, I get following

output:

 

[root@localhost kedar]# wvdial

--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.56 (abuild@mandelbrot)

--> Cannot get information for serial port.

--> Initializing modem.

--> Sending: ATZ

ATZ

OK

--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0

ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0

OK

--> Modem initialized.

--> Sending: ATDT#777

--> Waiting for carrier.

ATDT#777

CONNECT

--> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.

--> Starting pppd at Tue Aug 26 08:00:01 2008

--> Pid of pppd: 6954

--> Using interface ppp0

--> pppd: h[16][06][08]�[1e][06][08]

--> pppd: h[16][06][08]�[1e][06][08]

--> pppd: h[16][06][08]�[1e][06][08]

--> pppd: h[16][06][08]�[1e][06][08]

--> local IP address 121.245.41.169

--> pppd: h[16][06][08]�[1e][06][08]

--> remote IP address 172.23.129.14

--> pppd: h[16][06][08]�[1e][06][08]

--> primary DNS address 203.197.12.30

--> pppd: h[16][06][08]�[1e][06][08]

--> secondary DNS address 202.54.1.18

--> pppd: h[16][06][08]�[1e][06][08]

Caught signal 2: Attempting to exit gracefully...

--> Terminating on signal 15

--> pppd: h[16][06][08]�[1e][06][08]

--> Connect time 0.6 minutes.

--> pppd: h[16][06][08]�[1e][06][08]

--> pppd: h[16][06][08]�[1e][06][08]

--> Disconnecting at Tue Aug 26 08:00:40 2008

 

If I ping primary or secondary DNS, I get following output:

 

From 121.245.41.169 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable

--- 203.197.12.30 ping statistics ---

0 packets transmitted, 0 received, +48575 errors

 

On one blog I found that wvdial requires a file /etc/resolve.conf with IP addresses of

primary and secondary DNS. I manually created the file but problem persisted. I have

also tried adding the two IP addresses in hosts file using Mandriva Linux Control

Centre, but no solution.

 

What is happening ? Because of this I am not able to connect to the internet.

Regards,

Kedar

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I have already tried KPPP. But it doesn't recognise my modem, although it is showing correctly in network centre.

 

I have installed open SuSE again. and after running wvdial from it, I have figured out that wvdial starts the ppp daemon (pppd) which then executes the ip-up script. In Mandriva, pppd starts correctly but not ip-up. So, I will take back up of ip-up and ip-down scripts in open SuSE, install Mandriva once again compare the scripts there and get back to you folks.

 

Kedar

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I have already tried KPPP. But it doesn't recognise my modem, although it is showing correctly in network centre.

I suspect you just did not set it up right. See below how I set up kppp to work with my cellular PC Card modem. Of course your setup will be a little different. BTW, kppp is just a front end for ppp - same as wvdial.

 

http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?p=399588#399588

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  • 2 weeks later...

I tried using kppp in Open SUSE and my internet connection was running fine there. So I set up the same settings in Mandriva 2008 and tried to connect. Once again I was not able to open any webpages.

 

Following are the messages I got in kppp:

Modem Ready

Logging on to Network

 

then in kppp's debug window:

 

ATZ

OK

ATQ0 V1 E1 SO=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0

OK

ATM1L1

OK

ATDT#777

CONNECT

 

Starting pppd

 

Then I get a pop-up from system tray

Network is up on interface ppp0

 

But I am unable to connect to internet.

Also I have found out from network monitoring programs that after the initial handshake not a single byte is transmitted or received.

 

What I think I missed was commenting out lines in link ifup-ppp script as provided in link by you (but there was no reason to do so in open SUSE) and I am using dynamic addresses (I am seeing correct primary and secondary DNS addresses in resolve.conf). But I will try these out too and let you know.

 

Mandriva 2008 on Acer Laptop

 

Edited by Kedar:

I followed the instructions provided by you line-by-line. Still no help

Here is the output:

 

root@localhost kedar]# ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:D3:ED:C0:A7

UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

Interrupt:17

 

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

RX packets:128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:11248 (10.9 KiB) TX bytes:11248 (10.9 KiB)

 

ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol

inet addr:121.245.29.92 P-t-P:172.23.129.14 Mask:255.255.255.255

UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1400 Metric:1

RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:3

RX bytes:40 (40.0 B) TX bytes:67 (67.0 B)

 

[root@localhost kedar]# route -n

Kernel IP routing table

Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface

172.23.129.14 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0

0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 ppp0

 

What am I missing ?

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