Re: NM using Option card

[Markus Becker <mab comnets uni-bremen de>]

On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Dan Williams wrote:

> On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 20:38 +0100, Markus Becker wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was trying to get NM SVN working using an Option UMTS card. After
> > figuring out that additionally to the capability "modem" (mentioned
> > previously on the mailing list) also the capability "gsm" is needed, my
> > /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/20thirdparty/10-3g-modem.fdi looks like
> > this:
>
> What's the exact model of your card, BTW?  I'm trying to put together a
> database of all the ones I come across.

That's the Vodafone Mobile Connect branded Option card. Not exactly sure, 
which Option name it has, one of the older ones with GPRS/UMTS only.

> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- xml -*- -->
> >
> > <deviceinfo version="0.2">
> >    <device>
> >      <match key="info.category" string="serial">
> >        <match key="@info.parent:usb.vendor_id" int="0x0af0">
> >          <match key="@info.parent:usb.product_id" int="0x5000">
> >            <match key="@info.parent:usb.interface.number" int="0">
> >              <append key="info.capabilities" type="strlist">modem</append>
> >              <append key="info.capabilities" type="strlist">gsm</append>
> >            </match>
> >          </match>
> >        </match>
> >      </match>
> >    </device>
> > </deviceinfo>
> >
> > However, I needed to modify nm-gsm-device to work with the Option card to
> > try the registration again also for the reply "+CREG: 0,0". After the
> > second or third "+CREG: 0,0" reply, it then replies with "+CREG: 0,2" as
> > expected. This patch works for me:
> >
> > Index: nm-gsm-device.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- nm-gsm-device.c	(revision 3294)
> > +++ nm-gsm-device.c	(working copy)
> > @@ -233,6 +233,7 @@
> >   		automatic_registration_get_network (device);
> >   		break;
> >   	case 2:
> > +	case 3:
> >   		gsm_device_set_pending (NM_GSM_DEVICE (device),
> >   						    g_timeout_add (1000, automatic_registration_again, device));
> >   		break;
> > @@ -251,7 +252,7 @@
> >   automatic_registration (NMSerialDevice *device)
> >   {
> >   	guint id;
> > -	char *responses[] = { "+CREG: 0,1", "+CREG: 0,5", "+CREG: 0,2", NULL };
> > +	char *responses[] = { "+CREG: 0,1", "+CREG: 0,5", "+CREG: 0,2", "+CREG: 0,0", NULL };
> >
> >   	nm_serial_device_send_command_string (device, "AT+CREG?");
> >   	id = nm_serial_device_wait_for_reply (device, 60, responses, automatic_registration_response, NULL);
> >
> > --------------
> >
> > I needed to tick "noauth" in gconf-editor, shouldn't this be the default
> > for dialup?
> >
> > Currently I am struggling with the routes and the IP configuration, setted
> > after dialing in. They do not seem reasonable to me and I cannot reach the
> > DNS server nor the peer (10.64.64.64).
> >
> > ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> >            inet addr:90.187.199.128  P-t-P:10.64.64.64 Mask:255.255.255.255
> >
> > Kernel IP routing table
> > Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
> > 10.64.64.64     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
> > 0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         U     0      0        0 ppp0
> >
> > Has anyone a clue?
> >
> > Thanks for NetworkManager and the GSM/UMTS support.
> >
> > BR,
> > Markus
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------
> > | Dipl.-Ing. Markus Becker
> > | Communication Networks
> > | Mobile Research Center
> > | TZI - Center for Computing Technologies
> > | University Bremen
> > | Germany
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