OK Seems like I now have this working! :-D Seems that it was connecting just fine but the reason I couldnt ping anything was because I was connected via Ethernet to the box and the default route wasnt being set properly when the GPRS ppp connection was established.
I edit /etc/ppp/peers/wvdial and added the option 'replacedefaultroute' and now when the connection is established I can ping and wget using the ppp connection :-) One thing I have been unable to do though is connect inbound via SSH using the ppp connection, I can still only connect using the Ethernet. I've done a wget on an URL which gives me the boxes remote IP address on the ppp connection however trying to connect via SSH on that IP from another system doesnt seem to work. Any suggestions on what I might need to do to get those inbound connections working? Thanks for all the help so far, I really appreciate it! Rob -----Original Message----- From: voyage-linux-bounces+robert.rawlins=thinkbluemedia.co...@list.voyage.hk [mailto:voyage-linux-bounces+robert.rawlins=thinkbluemedia.co...@list.voyage .hk] On Behalf Of Robert Rawlins - Think Blue Sent: 21 May 2009 08:33 To: 'voyage-linux' Subject: RE: [SPAM] Re: [Voyage-linux] Huawei E160 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 couldnt 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 _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
