On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 04:56:29AM +0800, Ray Rashif wrote: > On 11 September 2011 00:27, Fons Adriaensen <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Since my (unknown) neighbour finally got smart enough to > > lock me out of his wireless access point (still unencrypted, > > probably filters on MAC address now), I got a Vodafone USB > > internet key, and even managed to make it work. But I've > > the impression that my current configuration isn't really > > optimal. > > Isn't that illegal? :P Don't know. There are many unprotected access points that are explicitly meant to be used by anyone who cares. So if I find one I'll use it. It's a trivial exercise to set up WEP or WPA, so if someone doesn't do that I assume the access point is open to tbe public. > > 1. The 'Don't know what to do! Starting pppd and hoping > > for the best.' line from wvdial looks suspect. > > That's normal, I think. However, I don't know the details. It means the other side didn't produce and prompt or menu. > > 2. The fact that I have _two_ new network interfaces. > > The existence of the 'usb0' one seems to suggest I > > don't need pppd at all, but how then to bring it up ? > > wvdial does all of the device handling for you - no need to explicitly > use pppd to do anything here. You either use wvdial (front-end to ppp > scripts) or pppd alone. pppd is also the one "bringing up" or > registering the ppp device - not you. In short, the following is the > connection process: I don't explicitly use pppd, wvdial does. And it looks as if it shouldn't - just do the dialling and then let something else (e.g. dhcpcd) set up the already existing interface (usb0). But wvdial has no options to make it do that AFAIK. > BTW, are you sure you need usb_modeswitch for this modem? Some modems > used to need that like sometime in 2005/2006, but they no longer do. Yes, originally it shows up as a cdrom device with the Windows software on it. After the modeswitch it becomes a modem. -- FA
