Re: ppp using NM

["Darren Albers" <dalbers gmail com>]

On Dec 4, 2007 10:30 AM, Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 10:20 -0500, Darren Albers wrote:
<Snip>
> > > Ok cool, I have access to a pretty wide range of cards (I currently
> > > use a sierra wireless 860) so if I can get some free time to test I
> > > can probably throw a few at it.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> >
> > Doh, I just realized that most of the other cards I have are CDMA
> > (Verizon and Sprint) so that may have to wait until CDMA support drops
> > in.   From a configuration standpoint they are the same as the GSM
> > devices except they require you to send your phone number as the
> > username as well as a password (Sprint and Verizon use generic
> > passwords, Verizon's was vzw last time I looked).   They create a
> > generic serial device just like all the GSM cards.
>
> I've never had to do that with Sprint cards; I just use bob/smith as the
> user/pw.  In my experience, you just need _something_ there, but it
> doesn't matter what it is (for Sprint at least).
>
> Dan
>

Really?  I wonder what the purpose of the username/password is then...  lol