[ILUG] Mobile Broadband under Linux

[Gerard Cunningham]

On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 06:59 +0100, Colin Rooney wrote:
> Gerard Cunningham wrote:
> > On Sat, 2008-06-14 at 14:58 +0000, Pawel Bogucki wrote:
> >> I have configured e170 yesterday on hardy. I'm using vodafone mobile card driver for linux. With Ubuntu hardy use version 1.99.17 no the latest beta which is not working. E270 is supported by that driver.
> > 
> > I have the E270, O2, on Hardy.
> > I tried this driver, it asked me for various settings first time  (APN,
> > usename password etc) and now I get the error 'Device setup not
> > completed. Vodafone mobile connect card driver for linux cannot connect
> > with the selected device (Huawei E270'
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> I'm still on Gutsy myself but I installed the beta3 of VMC 

OK, did this and as far as I can tell didn't do anything silly in the
process.


> and extended
> the networks.py file in
> /opt/vmc/usr/share/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux/resources/extra
> 

Took me a while to cop this bit. /opt is empty in Hardy Heron, the
networks.py file is in
  /usr/share/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux/resources/extra


Anyway, I added your settings as below.  When I trie to fire up I got
the initial splash screen, then nothing happened. The only way out was
to force-quit. I tried both plugging in the E270 after I'd logged on,
and booting up with the E270 attached, to see if it made any difference.
No joy.

I was about to give up when I noticed your postscript. I couldn't find
a .vmc in home, but there was a .vmc2. Deleting it did the trick, but
only if I plug in the E270 before booting the machine. If I plug in the
E270 on an already booted machine, then the program just hangs. There's
also a minor annoyance in that Firefox and Evolution start up in offline
mode, and have to be told they're online.


Still, I can connect, and I'm finally mobile with Linux, so everyone's
help is much appreciated. Fingers crossed I won't encounter an
intermittent problem in a few days time.




> to include a definition for the o2 network.
> Not sure if it's absolutely necessary but it worked for me.
> 
> class O2Ireland(NetworkOperator):
>     netid = ["27202"]
>     name = "O2 Ireland"
>     country = "Ireland"
>     smsc = "+353868002000"
>     apn = "open.internet"
>     username = "gprs"
>     password = "gprs"
>     dns1 = "62.40.32.33"
>     dns2 = "62.40.32.34"
> 
> I sent this configuration to the vmc team and they tell me it will be
> included with the next vmc release.
> 
> My notebook has an built in 3g modem that I think confuses it, but when
> it does recognise my E270 as such (and not a E870), then this works for me.
> 
> ps. to delete the current vmc configuration and start again just delete
> the .vmc dir in home (~/)