Jordi, Thanks for your help so far, I'm going to do some more testing on this today. One thing I couldn't see with the PPPConfig method was somewhere to place my APN address, which apparently is wap.o2.co.uk, does the PPP not require this? Perhaps using a default address which is set in the adapter or SIM? I couldnÂ’t only find place for a username/password/number and nothing more.
Your English is just fine! :-) Thanks, Rob -----Original Message----- From: Jordi Soucheiron [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 20 May 2009 23:24 To: Gustin Johnson Cc: Robert Rawlins - Think Blue; voyage-linux Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: [Voyage-linux] Huawei E160 Hi Gustin, Usually dynamic dns work fine. Here in Spain sometimes we have problems with ICMP messages over 3g connections so I use curl or wget to test the connection instead of pings (and to check if the connection is still alive ;) ). You can also try to enable the debug output of pppd and check if it prints something useful. There are several ways to connect on boot. I usually make a startup script in /etc/init.d and link it using update-rc.d. But it's up to you, there are many other ways to solve this problem. Excuse my english. 2009/5/20 Gustin Johnson <[email protected]>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Robert Rawlins - Think Blue wrote: >> O.K. Jordi that sounds good! I have my supposed APN/Username/Password here. >> >> I've configured pppconfig with my username, password and the telephone >> number as *99#, does that sound correct? >> >> Then I run 'pon o2' which seems to go ok, I then get a new ppp device listed >> under 'ifconfig'. However, I'm unable to ping any external addresses such as >> www.google.co.uk I'm wondering if this is a DNS issue?. When configuring >> pppconfig it asks if the DNS is static, dynamic or none, which of these >> should I be choosing? >> > It depends on the ISP. > You might to set the OpenDNS servers in the /etc/resolv.conf > Their DNS servers are: > 208.67.222.222 > 208.67.220.220 > >> Also, how would you recommend I set this so that the connection is >> established on boot? The idea being that these are remote systems out in the >> field and I need them auto-connect and ensure they stay connected. > > Can't help here, I have not used ppp in more than 10 years. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkoUayYACgkQwRXgH3rKGfMQhQCfWyxvt7DQQ7OyLbx7WY7UDz/d > d3gAn1xwPlH4g3tjJYy6oqjGefpO2ChK > =YsSq > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Voyage-linux mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux > -- Jordi Soucheiron Software Engineer DEXMA Parc Tecnològic la Salle Sant Joan de la Salle, 42 08022 Barcelona t/f: [+34] 93 181 01 95 www.dexmatech.com [email protected] _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
