NM using Option card

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

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:

<?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);

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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

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