Hi Kevin I did a google and came across this site and will quote some of it
I hope it can be at least a starting point. if this is not formatted well click the link and search on the page for New Zealand Telecom T-Stic take care Tom. http://www.pcurtis.com/ubuntu-mobile.htm [quote] New Zealand Telecom T-Stick (Sierra 597 Wireless Compass USB Broadband Modem) I have been accessing a NZ Telecom T-Stick under Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 which I got working in an hour or so using the software built in and that I had already installed for other Dial-up connections. I found sufficient information on the web at Nathan Cooks Blog Article on the Telecom T-Stick under OpenSuse to find the username and password (username: mob...@jamamobile password: telecom) and the pseudo dialling code for a CDMA connection (#777) which gave me the confidence to proceed. I first plugged the t-Stick into a Windows machine so I was sure it worked and was enabled - I am not sure it is essential but recommend it as a sensible proceedure - no usernames or passwords were required and the Windows software looked very easy to use. The drivers self install as the T-Stick appears as a autostarting CD drive when first plugged in - a trick which is very good under Windows but can cause problems under Linux as I had found with the Vodafone equivalent. Returning to Ubuntu 8.04.1 I first checked if there were drivers and their version in the system for the Sierra modem by: modinfo sierra which told be I had driver version v.1.2.5b available and I did not have to do any further work. I pluged in the T-Stick and in a terminal typed dmesg which had the following at the end of the output: ........... [ 1018.489995] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 3 [ 1018.491730] sierra3 ttyUSB0: Sierra USB modem (3 port) converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0 [ 1018.492344] sierra3 ttyUSB1: Sierra USB modem (3 port) converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1 [ 1018.493098] sierra3 ttyUSB2: Sierra USB modem (3 port) converter now disconnected from ttyUSB2 [ 1018.493180] sierra 1-1:1.0: device disconnected [ 1022.738202] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present [ 2886.821961] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 [ 2886.896942] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 2886.920784] usb-storage: device ignored [ 2886.925656] sierra: probe of 1-1:1.0 failed with error -5 [ 2887.123273] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 4 [ 2888.405129] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5 [ 2888.566272] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 2888.569185] sierra 1-1:1.0: Sierra USB modem (3 port) converter detected [ 2888.577345] usb 1-1: Sierra USB modem (3 port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0 [ 2888.577514] usb 1-1: Sierra USB modem (3 port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1 [ 2888.577649] usb 1-1: Sierra USB modem (3 port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2 [ 2888.609553] scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 2888.668915] usb-storage: device found at 5 [ 2888.668925] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [ 2890.561028] usb-storage: device scan complete [ 2890.563971] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Sierra Wireless Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [ 2890.571046] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk [ 2890.571150] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 This showed that the T-Stick had been detected and installed with three USB modem connectors - the one used for normal connections is ttyUSB0. There is also detection of the built in usb storage for booting and the MicroSD card slot - you will see some extra output when a MicroSD card is plugged in and it will appear on the desktop just like any other USB memory dongle You can get further information to confirm that the modem has been installed correctly by using additional terminal commands to list the USB devices by lsusb and ls -al /dev/ttyU* as shown below. They were explained above for the Vodafone USB Broadband dongle. pcur...@wind-ubuntu:~$ lsusb Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 008: ID 05c7:0113 Qtronix Corp. Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 009: ID 1199:0023 Sierra Wireless, Inc. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 pcur...@wind-ubuntu:~$ ls -al /dev/ttyU* crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 2009-02-27 17:49 /dev/ttyUSB0 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 1 2009-02-27 17:49 /dev/ttyUSB1 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 2 2009-02-27 17:49 /dev/ttyUSB2 pcur...@wind-ubuntu:~$ I then tried to connect using gnome-ppp with the username, password and a phone number of #777 having set the device to /dev/ttyUSB0 . I found that I needed to remove all by existing connection strings just leaving the inbuilt ATZ to reset the modem. I also found I needed to use root to set the username and password in the file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets by adding a the line: mob...@jamamobile * telecom to the end of the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file - I think this was only because I do not have the permissions correctly set up for the access to the file from gnome-ppp so it may not be needed in your case - I did not investigate further as I have a philosophy of "If it's not broke don't fix it". The file can be edited by using: sudo gedit /etc/ppp/pap-secrets At this point I could make a connection using gnome-ppp and had fast efficient access. The connection time was also very fast, especially with the gnome-ppp 'stupid mode' option set. It does not seem to have the problems of my Vodafone equivalent in the UK where it has to be plugged in when the machine is booted from cold - in this case there seems to be no problem in pluging in and removing with the machine on and after the machine has been suspended. Before comparing the two major competing systems in New Zealand it is worth discussing the very different systems used: New Zealand Telecom does not use the usual GPRS data coding for its data communication network and phones do not include a SIM card and the 'personalisation' (Phone number etc.,) information is hard wired into the phones/data cards. They use CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) which is a wideband spread spectrum technique allowing many active users to share the same channel. Each user is assigned a unique digital code, which differentiates the individual conversations on the same channel. In contrast GPRS uses a time division multiple access (TDMA). In both cases further techniques are used to provide the very high data rates used in Mobile Broadband, in conventional systems they are 3G, UMTS etc., culminating in High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), sometimes known as 3.5G. Currently, HSDPA can in some implementations provide downlink transfer speeds of up to 21 Mbit/s and Vodafone in the UK provides theoretical speeds of up to 7 Mbytes using the USB dongle described in an earlier section. In New Zealand I have been accessing Vodafone via a mobile phone and even with a rare UMTS connection it has been painfully slow in many locations and on one occasion it took nearly two hours to upload a litle over 2 mbytes of data from Pauline's OU teaching Telecom uses Evolution Data Optimized ( EVDO) network access which uses multiplexing techniques including Code division multiple access (CDMA) as well as Time division multiple access (TDMA) to maximize both individual user's throughput and the overall system throughput. There are a number of different versions/speeds available and the type/speed of network detected is shown by the colour of the blinking LED on the T-Stick –the slower speed (Orange flashing) supports connections with data rates up to 153 Kbps. The higher speed (Blue flashing) standard Rev. A supports connections with data rates up to 3.1 Mbps (downlink from the network) and 1.8 Mbps (uplink to the network). The lights are continuous when a connection has been made. The Mobile Broadband speed received in practice will vary based on the number of users on the network, coverage and environmental conditions, applications used, network traffic, and file type. Telecom claim that on average their Mobile Broadband cell sites enable download speeds of 800Kbps and upload speeds of 300Kbps when using a Mobile Broadband Rev A data device such as the T-Stick. I have had reliable connections everywhere I have tried to use the T-Stick and they have provided good data rates close to the limits claimed by Telecom and in some places it has proved faster and more reliable than using broadband via Wifi. For example I checked the speed on a couple of Linux updates of 2 and 7 mbytes and the download rates never fell below 100 Kbytes/sec with the maximum 230 kbytes/sec (average about 1.5 Mbps) early morning on Waiheke Island near Auckland with a EVDO Rev A (blue light) connection. This exceeds what I get in practice in the UK on a hard wired (copper) broadband connection at most times of day and much better than I have seen on Vodafone in New Zealand on the few occasions I have had a UMTS connection via my phone. In the UK I have seen similar speeds on my Vodafone Mobile Broadband USB stick which has a 3.6 Mbps capability but I did not make extensive quantitative measurements in the few days I had it before leaving for NZ. During connections with the T-Stick at the lower data rate (orange flashing light on modem) the downlink speed is still a very acceptable 17kbytes/sec in the Auckland area which is faster than I have had with the 2G connections with Vodafone which are all that is currently available over most of the Vodafone coverage areas. In very weak signal areas the rates seemed to fall dramatically with a Telecom connection through the T-Stick and on Great Barrier Island whilst sailing I found it beneficial to bring the laptop up on deck. [end quote] On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 13:21 +1300, Kevin wrote: > I am still naive enough to buy a Broadband GMS USB stick from Telecom > because the telechick told me that of course it will work with Linux, > just stick it in and it down loads it own stuff and like it just like > works! with the usual /you old people are so untrusting /look. I don´t > read fine print that is for lawyers. I take it back and get my refund if > I have been bullshitted. Still I would rather have one that like just > like goes. > I don´t understand or try to understand Linux (anymore than I would > try to understand my ................) insert who ever you love here. I > use Linux because I am too dumb to get what I want out of Mac or Windows > and I usually find a schoolkid if I need to get anything sorted that > does not like just like goes. > > I also have a Vodem one with me as a friends wants me to sell it or buy > it as he found the $1 a day thing did not have a lot of truth with it, > so that may be able to made to work more easy. > > Can any one help, I am up in Chch often enough (in fact tomorrow 18/1/10 > I don´t mind rewarding for help) or if anyone can post a recipe I can > find a kid who can follow it. My primary source of IT connection is a > EEE700 when on the move and would also be happy to have a better class > of Linux on it as I imagine the DNA it was born with is a bit Limited. > Or maybe get a newer version of Netbook if that is what it takes, but > would prefer to stick with what I have got, cheers Kevin > Cheers Kevin >
