Hello that card seems to be nice for out of band management of non-mobile equipment, isn't it better to use a usb one? i think Christoph has an usb serial driver for plan9, that way you can use it with a notebook too :-?
gabi On 3/23/06, Ronald G Minnich <[email protected]> wrote: > erik quanstrom wrote: > > what equipment/service provider are you going to use? > > I'm using t-mobil, unlimited data plan for $19.95/month. > > I just bought a sim card; phone is > this:http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=478 > > I'm talking to plan 9 from cell, and have got to this point: > OK > at+cgdcont=1,"IP","internet2.voicestream.com" > > OK > ATDT*99# > ATDT*99# > CONNECT > > according to the t-mobil web site, I'm now ready to talk ppp.I've > started ppp as follows: > bind -a '#I' /net.alt > ip/ppp -f -p /dev/eia0 -x /net.alt & > > not having done this on plan 9, I'm not quite sure what happens next. It > seems an ip/ipconfig is in order. I'm not sure what t-mobil does for all > this; many details appear to live in a windows driver. My reading of the > various gsm docs implies that the provider has to give me a private IP > address. > > /net.alt looks like this: > /net.alt/arp > /net.alt/bootp > /net.alt/esp > /net.alt/gre > /net.alt/icmp > /net.alt/icmpv6 > /net.alt/il > /net.alt/ipifc > /net.alt/ipmux > /net.alt/iproute > /net.alt/ipselftab > /net.alt/log > /net.alt/ndb > /net.alt/rudp > /net.alt/tcp > /net.alt/udp > hm. what would I ipconfig against? Time to go RTFWiki > > ron >
