How to Configure a 1X Aircard on a Laptop with SUSE 10.1
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By Peter Van den Wildenbergh
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Posted: 26 Jul 2006 |
Goal
This is a quick how-to for road-warriors, using a 1vEV-DO PC Card & SUSE 10.1 on their laptop. Although I was only able to test with a Kyocera KPC650 aircard, the instruction below are generic enough to get things going with other models/brands.
HowTo
Get into a root console, insert the card and type lsusb
# lsusb Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0c88:17da Kyocera Wireless Corp. Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
You should see your card coming up in the list. Note the ID (0c88:17da) split it into two parts omit the colon (:) and prefix both with '0x'.
Load the USB OHCI HCD and usb serial drivers (The aircard is 'recognized' as a serial modem) use the acquired ID in the second command.
modprobe ohci-hcd modprobe usbserial vendor=0x0c88 product=0x17da
Now we need to crate 2 files.
vi /etc/ppp/peers/1x
ttyUSB0 115200 debug noauth defaultroute usepeerdns connect-delay 10000 user 9999999999@bellmobility.ca show-password crtscts lock lcp-echo-failure 0 connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v -t3 -f /etc/ppp/peers/1x_chat'
Replace the 9999999999@bellmobility.ca with the area code and phonenumber assigned to your Bell Canada card.
Not using Bell Canada? Google for the right domainname!
Some examples I found @vzw3g.com for Verizon Wireless in the US and @1x.telusmobility.com in Canada)
The first line ttyUSB0 can also be ttyAMD0 depending on were things mount on your o.s.
Time to create the second file that we need.
vi /etc/ppp/peers/1x_chat
ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT ERROR ABORT 'NO DIALTONE' ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO ANSWER' '' 'ATTEV1&F&D2&C1&C2S0=0S7=60' 'OK-ATTEV1&F&D2&C1&C2S0=0S7=60-OK-ATTEV1&F&D2&C1&C2S0=0S7=60-OK' 'AT+CSQ;D#777' TIMEOUT 70 'CONNECT-AT+CSQ;D#777-CONNECT'
Now putting it all together by calling pppd.
pppd call 1x Serial connection established. using channel 3 Using interface ppp0 Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyUSB0 sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0xd94d0675> <pcomp> <accomp>] rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x3 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x964f0436> <pcomp> <accomp>] sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x3 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x964f0436> <pcomp> <accomp>] rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0xd94d0675> <pcomp> <accomp>] sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0xd94d0675] sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 <deflate 15> <deflate(old#) 15> <bsd v1 15>] sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns3 0.0.0.0>] rcvd [LCP DiscReq id=0x4 magic=0x964f0436] rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 72.25.192.100>] sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x1 <addr 72.25.192.100>] rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 magic=0x964f0436 d9 4d 06 75] rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x5 80 fd 01 01 00 0f 1a 04 78 00 18 04 78 00 15 03 2f] rcvd [IPCP ConfRej id=0x1 <compress VJ 0f 01>] sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns3 0.0.0.0>] rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x2 <addr 69.158.208.248> <ms-dns1 204.174.120.45> <ms-dns3 204.174.120.46>] sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x3 <addr 69.158.208.248> <ms-dns1 204.174.120.45> <ms-dns3 204.174.120.46>] rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x3 <addr 69.158.208.248> <ms-dns1 204.174.120.45> <ms-dns3 204.174.120.46>] local IP address 69.158.208.248 remote IP address 72.25.192.100 primary DNS address 204.174.120.45 secondary DNS address 204.174.120.46 Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started (pid 25431) Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 25431), status = 0x0
Leave the console window open, gives you debug information and start surfing the net but... be patient, it's not your office's 100 MB connection...
To terminate just type [Ctrl]-c in the same console window.
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