Re: NM using Option card

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

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.

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
> 
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> | Mobile Research Center
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