Greetings,

I bought Red Hat 9 a couple months now and i'm just finding the vibes/time to mess with it, i'm so excited :-) Anyway, my first problem is how to get this thing online???

I'm dualbooting with WIN2000 and i have a PCI 56k and a USB GPRS connection that keeps me going, however, Linux is not too friendly with either of them as it doesn't see the modem and i don't how/where/what to look for when i plug in the GPRS cable.

Well, what else can i say, i'm stuck like a duck!
Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks!

Over 200 views and still no reply?!! I have tried KPPP but was unsuccessful. I followed info received from www.techjamaica.com I'm still looking Can someone assist I am posting this using Windows XP and a program called GPRS Manager from Motorola. The PC crashed twice!!! I have a love/hate relationship with Windows. I would love to hate it but I can't figure out how to get on the net with my Mandrakelinux 10.0. I am now using Mozilla Firefox for Windows and no crashes so far. I have no other way to get on the internet at this time. Does anyone know how to get my Motorola E380 connected using a USB cable to my Linux box to get on the net using my phones GPRS I would be grateful get rid of Windows forever. I'd even remove 'Longhorn' from ny user name.

hehe,

hey, i hope the be running all linux by jan 05!

i got two desktops which are like silk thread, everything's fine!!

I was introduced to fedora1 via a book i bought from bn.com, now i'm all over fedora three digging through the mess :-)

my real problem is my hp zd7168cl laptop, it's got a 17" screen that just won't give me a reasonable resolution under rh9/fc1/fc3, but i'm still at it!!

n e way, for OUR problem try minicom, it might just work for you, then you can tell me all about it :-) :-)

btw, i can see the port the phone's on but it's not responding to any AT commands ..... good luck

there is a programme called 'Modemlink' in knoppix and kanotix. May be you can download it from somewhere or use harddisk install of kanotix as I do. It detects the mobile device and creates link as /dev/modem, then you can use kppp to dial out.

It detectes irda, cable, and bluetooth. I am using nokia 6820 and bluetooth.

I can get the whole system connected to the internet within 10 minutes including the installation.

Cheers

Jigsih

Aha!

Thanks for that, i'll let you know!


Respect!

I tried to get your 'modemlink' software from the net, but I couldn't find any website hosting it.
I even try to find it on a knoppix ftp, but there's no way I can find somewhere to just grab a package.
Moreover, what is exactly modemlink? Is it a script ? is it a bin ? Since I can't get it just by itself, I would be pleased to know a little more about it before downloading a whole ISO with a 56K line...
Hope you'll answer me. =]

I had a similar problem, but i gave up, the funny thing is i attached the phone to my friends laptop running Suse, and the phone/modem worked like a charm.........

Thanks for that ! Maybe it should have cheered me up ? It didn't =)
I won't give up... I'm a little bit disturbed by the fact that some distros are packed with specific software that you can't get anywhere else but the distro installed itself... Maybe am I wrong... but "open source", "sharing of knowledge"... All those beautiful words have they been forgotten by some of us ????
Plus, I can attach my phone to my laptop ; it's found by the kernel like an usb modem... But I just can't dial with it...
I've try the "GPRS Easy Connection" tool, but it failed every time I tried, whatever the conf params were, it failed...
If someone out there hear my call... Please answer me...
I'm just trying to call home (with gprs)... =)

The phone is a modem (/dev/ttyACM0), you can use ppp to connect. Nothing special needed.

What is it doing?

Hi,

I've tried to use PPP but a coudln't find a correct chat script for my phone.
If you've got one, with a lot of comments so that I could understand what's written...
Thanks

I normally use the dialup tools that come with my distro, like kinternet which uses wvdial. However I did try chat and here is how I am connected now. Your device is probably /dev/ttyACM0 which does not matter to pppd.

I use cdma, if you get errors let us know..

# grep vzw /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
251533xxxx@vzw3g.com * vzw *

Perms of /dev/rfcomm0 are ok, no 'mesg n' neccesary.
Serial connection established.
using channel 22
Using interface ppp0
Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/rfcomm0
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x951f73b6> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x951f73b6> <pcomp> <accomp>]
rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 1514> <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5> <magic 0xe2182581> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfNak id=0x1 <auth pap>]
rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x951f73b6> <pcomp> <accomp>]
rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x951f73b6> <pcomp> <accomp>]
rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <mru 1514> <asyncmap 0x0> <auth pap> <magic 0xe2182581> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 <mru 1514> <asyncmap 0x0> <auth pap> <magic 0xe2182581> <pcomp> <accomp>]
sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0x951f73b6]
cbcp_lowerup
want: 2
sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="251533xxxx@vzw3g.com" password=<hidden>]
rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 magic=0xe2182581]
rcvd [PAP AuthAck id=0x1 ""]
sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 0.0.0.0> <compress VJ 0f 01> <ms-dns1 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns3 0.0.0.0>]
sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 <deflate 15> <deflate(old#) 15> <bsd v1 15>]
rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x3 <addr 66.174.42.237>]
sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x3 <addr 66.174.42.237>]
rcvd [IPCP ConfRej id=0x1 <compress VJ 0f 01>]
sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns3 0.0.0.0>]
rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x4 80 fd 01 01 00 0f 1a 04 78 00 18 04 78 00 15 03 2f]
rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x2 <addr 166.145.88.238> <ms-dns1 66.174.6.7> <ms-dns3 66.174.3.7>]
sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x3 <addr 166.145.88.238> <ms-dns1 66.174.6.7> <ms-dns3 66.174.3.7>]
rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x3 <addr 166.145.88.238> <ms-dns1 66.174.6.7> <ms-dns3 66.174.3.7>]
local IP address 166.145.88.238
remote IP address 66.174.42.237
primary DNS address 66.174.6.7
secondary DNS address 66.174.3.7
Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started (pid 11639)
Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 11639), status = 0x0


check the dns settings..
nameserver 66.174.6.7
nameserver 66.174.3.7


check routing..
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
66.174.42.237 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
0.0.0.0 66.174.42.237 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0

I haven't my laptop this week. I'll try and reply next week...
Anyway, thank you for the post =]