[SOLVED] What is the APN for openmobilepr?

juan11 · 01-08-2012, 11:55 AM

I`m using the Franklin u210 EVDO usb modem that openmobilepr sold me to get data internet service. In Puppy 525 it is recognized just fine, but the Internet Connection Wizard requires an APN, naturally. However, the people in the service department of openmobile seem to be afraid of giving out company secrets, or something. Is there some way of getting the required connection data directly off the modem?

business_kid · 01-08-2012, 02:33 PM

If you have wireless tools installed, run

iwlist wlan0 scan |less

Given that you don't know your AP, it will probably be the one with the highest quality. You can unplug it and try again to double check :-).

juan11 · 01-11-2012, 12:41 PM

Thank you for pointing out iwlist. It would be a great tool for wifi, but for my EVDO modem, it just gives me things like "Interface doesn`t have a list of Peers/Access-Points", and "Interface doesn`t support scanning".

In a file called wvdial.conf.txt it says "#To list all the APNs stored in the modem, uncomment the Init8 line; check the Connection status log for lines beginning with +CGDCONT:"

So can you explain to this noob how do this? I do know how to uncomment, but where is the file that has the Init8 line?

business_kid · 01-12-2012, 03:26 AM

Quote:

"Interface doesn`t have a list of Peers/Access-Points", and "Interface doesn`t support scanning".

Makes it sound like it's not a wifi device at all. Rereading #post 1, it's a modem. So it should be there on a serial port, shouldn't it? At a guess, /dev/usb/something. Go through the following:

1. pull the device and give the box a few seconds to notice.
2. ls -l /dev/{usb,ttyS*}
3. insert the device and give the box a few seconds to notice.
4. ls -l /dev/{usb,ttyS*}

juan11 · 01-12-2012, 11:42 AM

Oh, it`s there all right. In the screenshot you`ll see the output from your suggestion. From Puppy`s Internet Connection Wizard, I already knew the modem is connected at ttyACM0. But I can`t go any further without putting in the APN.

business_kid · 01-13-2012, 02:59 AM

Let me spell this out.

What you have /dev/input/ttyACM1 is a serial device (i.e. modem) and you only need /dev/input/ttyACM1. This uses serial type protocols. A modem by definition shows the PC serial type protocols while talking onto a network.

What Puppy is doing is that it has mistaken it for a network card (wlan0 or similar), and it asking for an AP :-/. That uses network protocols.

Forget Puppy's configurator and try with kppp or wvdial in some form and pppd.

juan11 · 01-19-2012, 01:10 PM

I found it! The APN for Openmobilepr is #777. I asked for a demonstration of their connection software in their store, and under the settings tab the first entry was #777. So I stuck it into the Internet Connection Wizard, and it worked.

Puppy`s Internet Connection Wizard uses wvdial and pppd.