On Mon, 2010-12-20 at 06:36 +0900, hypnos75 at gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > My Japanese isn't good enough, and I doubt the tech support would be > very accommodating even if it were. So instead,a I reported on the > other thread, I got a working Internet connection through UQ by > running a Windows XP guest in VirtualBox. I got to the UQ startup > page, and after easing various security settings the "credential" > writing went through. (Obviously I'm glossing over some steps here.) > > After looking at the file dates in the Windows driver directory, > WiMAX_DB.bin did not change after this success. Instead, a 154-byte > binary file was written containing random bits, and the OM tree was > modified. In this tree, in a "DMAcc" block for UQ, there is a > sub-block with the following fields: > > AAuthName = <my mac address> > AAuthSecret = <some random text> > AAuthData = <more random text> > AAuthLevel = CLCRED > AAuthType = HMAC > > There is a similar sub-block with AAuthLevel = SRVCRED. > > Anything I can do with this in the Linux WiMAX stack? Scratch I truly don't know; there are things that are done differently at the Windows software (due to its non-open source nature), but I am not in the know. It should be just a matter of finding from customer support which is the realm, what's your login ID for the realm and then any passwords. Could you try giving them a call? > Thank you for your continuing help. > > > > On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:17:22 -0800 > Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky at linux.intel.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 12:41 +0900, hypnos75 at gmail.com wrote: > > > Hello again, > > > > > > An update: it looks like UQ of Japan uses an ActiveX control in > > > Internet Explorer to activate WiMAX service. The ActiveX control > > > launches the Intel WiMAX connection utility, which then writes > > > "credentials to your device." This is described here: > > > > > > http://www.clearwire.com/downloads/UQDayPassQuickStartGuide.pdf > > > > > > I am confronted with the situation on the last page. > > > > > > I guess this works for them since the only devices they support with > > > embedded WiMAX run Windows; unfortunately, I do not, though if I get > > > desperate I could install a Windows partition for this purpose. > > > > > > In closing, I have three questions: > > > > > > 1) What are these "credentials" ? > > > > I bet it is the TTLS credentials (user name, password, etc). The > > actual device certificates are embedded in the device, there is no > > way (or need) for them to modify them. > > > > > 2) Is there a way to install these credentials in Linux? > > > > Without being able to tell what they are exactly, I don't really know. > > You could try to ask them. > > > > > 3) How does activation work with other carriers, e.g. Clearwire in > > > the US? > > > > Clearwire, for example, just does MAC level authentication, you > > associate your MAC address to your account and are good to go, there > > is no extra authentication (ok, I am kind of lying here, your login > > name is MACADDRESS at clearwire-wmx.net <or similar>)). > > > > > Thank you for your attention. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:39:46 +0900 > > > <hypnos75 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I connected to UQ Wimax in Japan, and via the wimax connection > > > > went through their web-driven subscription process. However, > > > > after completion, I landed on their startup page and was unable > > > > to proceed. This startup page talks about how subscription data > > > > is being sent to my wimax chip, and that I should not close the > > > > laptop. I left it going all night to no avail. > > > > > > > > Moreover, my system_log filled up with the following: > > > > > > > > {pid:4366, tid: 2898962176 time = 09:31:45} > > > > [1292373105] ././Primitives/wimax_osal_strings.c:427 Error: > > > > [OSAL_strlwr_s]Exit Error Could not convert string into lower case > > > > > > > > (This log message only occurs when I set "OutputTarget" to console > > > > in /etc/wimax/config.xml .) > > > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > wimax mailing list > > > wimax at linuxwimax.org > > > http://lists.linuxwimax.org/listinfo/wimax > > > > > > >
