By abhishek |

EVDO DeviceI recently shifted to Debian GNU/Linux (Lenny), and the first task included configuring my Internet Connection, i use BSNL EVDO Modem to connect to the internet which is not recognized my default in Debian so following is the process by which i configured my BSNL EVDO in Debian

Step 1) Checked for Modem, Vendor and Product ID

$ cat /proc/bus/usb/devices

You will find many entires in this just check for your modem entry in my case i found

T:  Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#=  4 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=19d2 ProdID=fffe Rev= 0.00
S:  Manufacturer=ZTE, Incorporated
S:  Product=ZTE CDMA Tech

by this i know the following information

Vendor=19d2
ProdID=fffe

Step 2) Detect modem (as root user)

# modprobe usbserial vendor=0x1952 product=0xfffe

Note : appending "0x" before Vendor and ProdID is a must

Step 3) Replug The Modem

Check if its detected using dmesg

# dmesg

[   14.280399] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[   14.280399] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
[   14.280399] usbserial_generic 1-1:1.0: generic converter detected
[   14.280399] usb 1-1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[   14.280399] usbserial_generic 1-1:1.1: generic converter detected
[   14.280399] usb 1-1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[   14.280399] usbserial_generic 1-1:1.2: generic converter detected
[   14.280399] usb 1-1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB2
[   14.280399] usbserial_generic 1-1:1.3: generic converter detected
[   14.280399] usb 1-1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB3
[   14.280399] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[   14.280399] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core

from this you come to know that your modem Device is ttyUSB0

Step 4) Install wvdial

# apt-get install wvdial

Step 5) Configure wvdial

edit the wvidal configuration file (/etc/wvdial.conf) below is my wvdial.conf this should work for you aswell

# gedit /etc/wvdial.com

[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Stupid Mode = on
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Phone = #777
ISDN = 0
Username = cdma
Password = cdma
Baud = 9600

Step 6) Connect :)

# wvdial

hey you are now connected.....

Step 7) Adding the Modem Detection @ startup

edit /etc/modules and add the following

usbserial vendor=0x1952 product=0xfffe

# gedit /etc/modules (add the above line)

Notes : wvdial runs as a super user to enable this for normal user you need to edit user permissions.

You can get this working in network manager. The modem is not detected by NM, its a known bug, the fix has been pushed to 0.7.x , and should show up in the next ubuntu
to fix,
edit /lib/udev/rules.d/77-nm-probe-modem-capabilities.rules
change the line that looks like
DRIVERS=="option|sierra|hso|cdc_acm|qcserial", GOTO="probe"
to
DRIVERS=="option|sierra|hso|cdc_acm|qcserial|moto-modem", GOTO="probe"
save and replug your device. It should get detected by network manager,
you can then edit connections, enter the username and password and start
using the device.

Hi

I am using ubuntu 9.10, my modem is detected in /dev/ttyUSB0. I configured wvdial.conf file as follows
[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
ISDN = 0
Phone = #777
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Username = username@aaabg.in
Password = passwd
Baud = 460800
Stupid Mode = 1

If I run the sudo wvdial it shows following error modem is not responding. Please advise how to fix this issue.

--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
--> Sending: ATQ0
--> Re-Sending: ATZ
--> Modem not responding.

Ideally the modem should respond, check if the hardware is attached correctly just reinsert the device and check the log messages.

In some of the cases ttyUSB1 works instead of ttyUSB0 check the logs.

evdo
bsnl
howto
opensource
linux
sysadmin