Re: Solution to Connecting to Verizon MiFi
Stan Hoeppner wrote: Wayne linux...@gmail.com put forth on 1/22/2010 12:15 PM: Note: If not able to connect to the internet, disable your firewall. If you can then connect, fix your firewall. I use firehol. Thanks Again Stan for all of your help. That's so kind of you Wayne. I didn't do all that much, just helped you climb over that one little hill that was standing in your way. I'm so glad you got it working! Just giving credit where credit is due Stan. Did not think about putting this on the wiki. Google, and others, picked up that thread within a day or so. That's why I keep reminding new users to Google before asking on the list. The answers for more more problems are out there for those that look. Or in my case, find someone who could ask the right questions. :-) Verizon was glad I posted it though. Cheers all! Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Solution to Connecting to Verizon MiFi
On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:15:36 -0500 Wayne linux...@gmail.com linux...@gmail.com wrote: In an effort to give back to the Debian Community, here is a rundown on How I get wireless working with Verizon's MiFi hub. Consider putting this on wiki.debian.org? Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Solution to Connecting to Verizon MiFi
Wayne linux...@gmail.com put forth on 1/22/2010 12:15 PM: Note: If not able to connect to the internet, disable your firewall. If you can then connect, fix your firewall. I use firehol. Thanks Again Stan for all of your help. That's so kind of you Wayne. I didn't do all that much, just helped you climb over that one little hill that was standing in your way. I'm so glad you got it working! -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Solution to Connecting to Verizon MiFi
In an effort to give back to the Debian Community, here is a rundown on How I get wireless working with Verizon's MiFi hub. -- D-link DWA-556 pciE Card with 3 antennas Working on DJ, an AMD64 system, running Debian Testing, and connecting to a Verizon MiFi. These package were installed to get this working: wicd, wpasupplicant, dhcp3-client, dhcp3-common, iproute, resolvconf. The ath5K drivers at http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/files/madwifi/0.9.4/ or from here; http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download More info at : http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/About/ath5k Using wicd version 2.0 as the network manager and the MadWifi ath5k drivers and kernel 2.6.30. This requires removing the ath9k driver (modprobe -r ath9k) and installing the ath5k drivers (modprobe ath_pci). When testing with the ath9k drivers the system would lock up and required a reboot. The card worked for some time prior to the kernel Panic. I added a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file with a blacklist ath9k line (no quotes) to solve that problem. When used with the MiFi the gateway is 192.162.1.1. The dns-domain is myvzw.com. I found that the DNS server changes, so I configured the 1st nameserver as 66.174.95.44, the 2nd as 8.8.8.8 and the 3rd as 8.8.4.4. The latter 2 being public servers belonging to google. So far this is working OK. The MiFi uses WPA-TKIP security and allow up to 5 computers to connect to it at the same time. I am using the dhcp3-client package mainly because I could not connect with the dhcpd package. Download speeds from my location, Cell tower about 3 miles away, is running from ~100kBs to 900 kBs on the Verizon 3G Network. This replaced a ATT Sierra modem which averaged 12-15 kbs on the GSM Network. Note: ATT claims a faster 3G Network then Verizon but it is not available here. Cost of either service is $60/mo with a 5190 MB download Cap. Note: If not able to connect to the internet, disable your firewall. If you can then connect, fix your firewall. I use firehol. Thanks Again Stan for all of your help. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
