[SOLVED] HowTo set up EVDO card or usb enabled phone(CDMA)

[Mach1US]

I have not been able to replicate the problem but it definitely looks like its Network Manager problem not a Evdo card issue so i suggest to look in the threads regarding additional configurations in Network Manager itself.

[eric9477]

I'm not sure what the problem is. Somehow my computer was looking for a connection through my ethernet card instead of my um150. I've kept messing with it and everything seems to be working for now except my weather report applet. Going to System > Administration > Network and setting my wired connection config to "automatic config (dhcp)" seemed to fix my problem with Firefox making me uncheck "work offline" every time.

[Mach1US]

One more thing coming of the top of my head is to restore /etc/network/interfaces file to original cofigs as network manager does not know how to handle interfaces configured by other software.
To do so type :

sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

and make sure that all it is in that file is the following :

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

and uncomment everything else.

Hope this helps.

[eric9477]

One more thing coming of the top of my head is to restore /etc/network/interfaces file to original cofigs as network manager does not know how to handle interfaces configured by other software.
To do so type :

sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

and make sure that all it is in that file is the following :

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

and uncomment everything else.

Hope this helps.

Well, I spoke too soon. The changes I made earlier didn't stay after a complete shutdown/restart (I had only rebooted before and they had stayed put then). I checked the network interfaces file and everything looked fine. Thanks for the suggestions!

[MrDetermination]

I am getting disconnected after a very short time.

Verizon Wireless + PC5740 + Hardy
sudo wvdialconf
sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf

[Dialer Defaults]
Stupid Mode = on
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Baud = 9600
New PPPD = yes
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB3
ISDN = 0
Phone = #777
Password = 123
Username = 6661114444@vzw3g.com
Carrier Check = no
Auto Reconnect = on
lcp-echo-interval = 0

wvdial
Result

--> Connect time 2.5 minutes.
--> Disconnecting at Fri Jun 20 15:44:09 2008
--> The PPP daemon has died: Lack of LCP echo responses (exit code = 15)
--> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.
--> I guess that's it for now, exiting
--> Provider is overloaded(often the case) or line problem.
--> The PPP daemon has died. (exit code = 15)

No problems in Windows (dual boot). What am I missing?

[Mach1US]

I am getting disconnected after a very short time.

Verizon Wireless + PC5740 + Hardy
..... What am I missing?

Wvdial was originally developed for dial-up connections such as ISDN and supports a feature called echo checking which most of the time isn't supported by cell providers ( Verizon doesn't support it for sure ) so it should be turn off to make a connection "always active" .

To do so Open terminal and type:
Code:

sudo gedit /etc/ppp/peers/wvdial

And insert additionally those lines:
Code:

lcp-echo-failure 0
lcp-echo-interval 0

Restart the connection and you should be on unless you lose the signal or your provider kicks you out .

[MrDetermination]

Mach1US is my hero.

[Jaxl]

if anyones interested GPPP IS ALL YOU NEED LOOK HEIR
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ghlight=1xevdo
Tested with gnome ubuntu 8.04

[Mach1US]

Thanks for additional info , it got me interested but as i tried it without blacklisting the dmesg give me two identifiers.
What is the method you have chose to isolate correct dev ?

[Mach1US]

Just got this short and simple method on the evdo setup , haven't tested it yet on new install but if this is as simple as it appears it may be the easiest way to get EVDO cards working.

Citing directly from the post

1) open terminal and type sudo wvdialconf
2) in terminal type sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf
3) after Init1 make it say ATX0.
username is INSERTPHONE#HERE@alltel.net
password is alltel

save and close
4) in terminal type wvdial

you should be on the internet now.
 make sure to uncheck work offline under file in the browser.
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Originally posted slick8199