Consulting IT Project/Program Management: on-time, on-budget ...... Original Message ....... On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:07:14 -0600 "Gregory P. Ennis" <PoMec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >> Dear List, >> >> I just received a gift from my wife of a Verizon mobile broadband (GSM) >> usb modem. Unfortunately all of the documentation is for the inferior >> MS platform. >> >> I have plugged it into my usb port and nm-tool recognizes it as : >> >> Device ----ttyACM0----- >> Type : Mobile Broadband (GSM) >> Driver : cdc_acm >> State : disconnected >> Default: no >> >> I have tried calling Verizon about connecting to Linux, but have only >> waded through the first layer of responders that were not aware of >> Linux. >> >> Have any of you used these with Fedora? Can you point me in the >> direction of a "how to" or is there an easy switch to toggle. > >I tether my Verizon Blackberry Storm (hereafter called "BB") to my >laptop (F11) on occasion to use it as a wireless modem. You need to >jump through some hoops (e.g. barry and XmBlackberry) to get it to set >up the modem for use, but it works. What follows is what I do on the >BB. > >You first have to dial "#777" (at least on the BB). Once that's done, >the trick is knowing what your username and password are. Your user >name is your cell number (area code and number without the leading "1", >"@vzw3g.com" (probably...at least mine is). The password is your phone >number (again, without the leading "1". Example: > > Username: 8885551234@xxxxxxxxx > Password: 8885551234 > >So, my /etc/chatscripts/blackberry file looks like: > >ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT VOICE ABORT 'NO DIALTONE' ABORT 'NO >DIAL TONE' ABORT 'NO ANSWER' ABORT DELAYED ABORT ERROR >SAY "Initializing\n" >'' ATZ >OK-AT-OK ATDT#777 >CONNECT \d\c > >That script is called via the "/etc/ppp/peers/blackberry" script: > >debug debug debug >nodetach ># NOTE: This may change depending on which device XmBlackberry ># sets up as the serial port for the modem... >/dev/pts/7 >115200 >connect "/usr/sbin/chat -f /etc/chatscripts/blackberry" >nomultilink >defaultroute >noipdefault >ipcp-restart 7 >ipcp-accept-local >ipcp-accept-remote ># added this, so that it doesn't disconnect after few mn of innactivity >lcp-echo-interval 0 >lcp-echo-failure 999 >modem >noauth >nocrtscts >noipdefault >novj # refused anyway, no point in trying every time >usepeerdns >user 8885551234@xxxxxxxxx >password 8885551234 > >I hope that helps. And yes, it was a right bitch to figure all that >out. Google can be your friend, but you have to interpolate some of >the data. >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >- Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer ricks@xxxxxxxx - >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Rick, > >Thanks much for the information. I'll let you know how it goes!!!! > >Greg > >-- >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines I've used a Verizon USB broadband modem. I'll post my config file shortly (getting on a train as I type this). -- Mark C. Allman, PMP, CSM -- Allman Professional Consulting, Inc. -- www.allmanpc.com, 617-947-4263 -- (From my Treo 700p) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
