Hi this is a *Quick Guide to setting up a Reliance ZT 880 Reliance Data card on Ubuntu Linux 8.10*
The guide should work for anything from Ubuntu 7.04 upwards and for similar cards of reliance, bsnl and tata indicom. This "how to" has been adapted from other "Guides and How To's" to setup similar USB Data Cards, there are no guarantees and warranties – this works for me and I have had no negatives so far. Also don't expect support from Reliance for this. If you want another solution run a search for "Ubuntu + zt 880 + India" you should get other usable results. So Here goes Open a terminal and run the following (copy and paste the command after -$ or type them out carefully) 1. *mknod's* (it might already be there but making it again won't do any harm) -$ mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0 -$ mknod /dev/ttyUSB1 c 188 1 2. *load usb serial driver* ~$ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x19d2 product=0xfffd (to know if the id and vendor is correct or same on your device) do lsusb -v and see the appropriate entry) the above one is correct since I did it on my machine $ lsusb -v major sections snipped and key parts *bolded* for your reference Bus 001 Device 003: ID 19d2:fffd Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.01 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 16 *idVendor 0x19d2 * *idProduct 0xfffd * bcdDevice 0.00 *iManufacturer 1 ZTE, Incorporated* iProduct 2 ZTE CDMA Tech iSerial 3 Serial Number 3. *Run “dmesg”* to see if the device is attached to usb port -$ dmesg [ 570.256642] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial [ 570.256670] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic [ 570.256689] usbserial_generic 1-1:1.0: generic converter detected [ 570.256878] usb 1-1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB0 [ 570.256888] usbserial_generic 1-1:1.1: generic converter detected [ 570.256962] usb 1-1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB1 [ 570.256972] usbserial_generic 1-1:1.2: generic converter detected [ 570.257050] usb 1-1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB2 [ 570.257076] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic [ 570.257080] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core to be clear remove device and run sudo dmesg -c – see output then attach device and run sudo dmesg -c again dmesg -c clears the ring buffer and shows only latest changes. *4. SETUP wvdial* ~$ sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf copy and paste the below into your wvdial.conf file [Modem0] Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0 Baud = 115200 SetVolume = 0 Dial Command = ATDT Init1 = ATZ FlowControl = Hardware (CRTSCTS) [Dialer zt880] Username = yourphonenumber Password = yourphonenumber Phone = #777 Stupid Mode = 1 Inherits = Modem0 save and exit *5. Unplug and replug the USB device* you can run dmesg -c to know whats happening *6. FINALLY* run ~$ sudo wvdial zt880 which should result in: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60 --> Cannot get information for serial port. --> Initializing modem. --> Sending: ATZ ATZ OK --> Modem initialized. --> Sending: ATDT#777 --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT#777 CONNECT --> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately. --> Starting pppd at Tue Dec 9 13:06:48 2008 --> Pid of pppd: 11812 --> Using interface ppp0 --> pppd: �_[07] --> pppd: �_[07] --> pppd: �_[07] --> pppd: �_[07] --> local IP address 220.226.82.219 --> pppd: �_[07] --> remote IP address 220.224.135.75 --> pppd: �_[07] --> primary DNS address 202.138.103.100 --> pppd: �_[07] --> secondary DNS address 202.138.96.2 --> pppd: �_[07] * 7. Exiting* Control C in the terminal and the connection should close Happy Surfing *Other Minor tips* 1. to copy or paste from or into a terminal use shift+control+ c or v 2. terminal means a command line interface tool (can be accessed by Applications → Accessories → terminal) 3. If you don't understand what a command does run -$ man “command” this should show you the man pages of this command 4. You can rename the wvdial dialer name “zt880” to anything you like and when running wvdial remember the name you chose and run -$ wvdial “yourchosenname” to access the internet *** hope this helps regards ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
