Hi!
Has anyone had already a look at integrating the Gnome service provider
database [1] into OpenWrt yet?
Basically it's an XML database for NetworkManager that provides the
needed settings (APN, etc...) for setting up a mobile broadband ppp
connection.
Basically you turn your modem on, you ask it its MCC and MNC (Mobile
country code and mobile network code) and you use them to look-up the
APN settings in serviceproviders.xml.
Wouldn't it be cool to have this integrated somehow with Luci?
If nobody has such a patch, I'm willing to provide it, not right now,
but it's definitely a feature i would like to have. And it would be a
great opportunity for me to dive into uci, lua and Luci!
On the side, for ideas about nice 3G features, have a look at connman
api [2] and ofono api [3] as well. I'm not saying that OpenWrt should
switch to ofono/connman, i'm just saying that they offer advanced
features that are worth being aware of.
Another nice feature with 3G modems is that you could send alert
messages by SMS as well...
Chris
[1] http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/MobileBroadband/ServiceProviders
[2]
http://git.kernel.org/?p=network/connman/connman.git;a=tree;f=doc;hb=HEAD
[3] http://git.kernel.org/?p=network/ofono/ofono.git;a=tree;f=doc;hb=HEAD
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