Cool! On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Pablo Manalastas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In my Yahoo blog, I reposted Gideon Guillen's article on connecting your > Linux laptop to the Internet, using a 3G phone. I have added other > important details, in an attempt to make the connection process as painless > as possible. Here is the link to my post, which I have also included below: > > http://blog.360.yahoo.com/prmanalastas?cq=1&p=267 > > *** Actual Blog Post Follows *** > > Using 3G Phone to Connect Linux Laptop to Internet (Jul 18 08) > > Gideon Guillen wrote in his blog a procedure for using a Motorola V6 mobile > phone as a modem to connect your Linux laptop to the Internet. > > > http://elijah.pinoguin.com/blog/blog-view/article/motorola-v6-as-modem-in-ubuntu-linux.html > > His procedure actually works for the Nokia 6680 3G phone (and possibly > other 3G phones as well) when used as a modem for your Fedora-9 or Debian > Testing (Lenny) to connect to the Internet using a Smart Buddy prepaid SIM. > > Let me recap the important steps to do: > > 1. On your Nokia 6680 phone, get the correct Internet settings by sending > the following text message to 211: > > SET N6680 > > Smart replies by giving you the correct settings for SmartGPRS, > SmartInternet, and SmartMMS. Save all of these settings as the default > settings for your phone. If prompted for pasword, type 1234, unless you > changed the default password on your phone. If you have a different phone, > you can get the correct message to send to 211 by sending the following text > message to 211 instead: > > SET LIST > > After installing the correct settings for GPRS, Internet and MMS, your > phone is ready for stand-alone use for connecting to the Internet using your > phone's little Web browser. However, you would like to use your laptop with > your phone, since your laptop has a better keyboard and mouse and a bigger, > more comfortable screen. You need the data cable DKU-2 to connect your N6680 > phone to the USB port of your laptop. The DKU-2 cable is part of the Nokia > 6680 package, but if your package does not include the data cable, you can > always get one from CDR-King or from any cellphone store. A different 3G > phone will use a different data cable. > > 2. On your Linux laptop, install wvdial and ppp, if you do not already have > them. In Fedora, these were installed by default, but in Debian, I had to > get them using apt-get: > > apt-get install wvdial > > After installing wvdial, as root, create or modify the file > /etc/wvdial.conf so that it contains the following: > > [Dialer Defaults] > Init1 = ATZ > Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 > Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet" > Modem Type = USB Modem > ISDN = 0 > Phone = *99# > New PPPD = yes > Modem = /dev/ttyACM0 > Username = yourusername > Password = yourpassword > Baud = 460800 > Idle Seconds = 3000 > Auto DNS = 1 > Stupid Mode = 1 > Compuserve = 0 > Baud = 460800 > Dial Command = ATD > Ask Password = 0 > FlowControl = NOFLOW > > 3. As root user, install your user account in the file /etc/sudoers. For > example, if you are user "ambo", you need to add the line > > ambo ALL=(ALL) ALL > > to the /etc/sudoers file. > > 4. Before dialing, connect your phone to your laptop using the USB data > cable, and check that the phone has already been detected by the system. > Type the command > > dmesg | grep ttyACM > > and if you see a line containing /dev/ttyACM0, that means your phone is > already detected by the system and you can now dial. As a normal user (in my > case, I am user "ambo"), dial Smart by typing the following command in a > terminal window: > > sudo wvdial > > This command dials the Smart Internet number, manages a ppp connection, > performs "ifconfig" to assign an IP address to your laptop, does a "route > add" command to fix the routing table, and installs the DNS IP numbers > provided by Smart in /etc/resolv.conf. Do not exit from this terminal window > -- typing a control-C in this window will disconnect you from the Internet. > > As a normal user, check if you have a successful connection by giving the > command: > > dig www.google.com > > If the system gives you the IP address of Google, then you are now > connected to the Internet. Smart will charge you ten pesos for every 30 > minutes of Internet use. > > Some notes: > > This procedure works without fail in my Debian Testing/Lenny laptop. Since > Ubuntu is a Debian derivative, it should also work for Ubuntu. However, on > my Fedora laptop, I needed to manually copy the DNS values given by the ppp > connection into the file /etc/resolv.conf. I had to type the entries > > nameserver 203.84.191.216 > nameserver 121.1.3.250 > > in /etc/resolv.conf. I think the Fedora ppp package or the Fedora > NetworkManager package does not automatically take care of this. > > Thank you Gideon Guillen for providing us with this useful procedure. > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Mhac Janapin PBTS System Administrator Baguio City, Philippines ============= http://mulingsilang.wordpress.com ============= I'm an Open Source Enthusiast. c",)
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