[clug] 3G Wireless (Dell WWAN 5520) on Notebook

[Karun Dambiec]

On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 09:18:41PM +1100, David Cottrill wrote:
> OK,  just insert garbage into the username and password fields (or ring
> Vodafone and don't mention Linux - they may have changed since last time I
> used one of thier devices)
> Also - can you please post the contents of /etc/ppp/peers/* to me - or
> anyone else who is interested in this as I'm not really sure everyone is
> interested in troubleshooting WWAN.
> What does dmesg | tail give back after a connection attempt?
> Can you haul up the syslogs for a connection attempt (they may take a while
> to appear)?
> Have you tried connecting using command line?
>       'pppconfig' and then 'pon [what ever you named the connection]
> updetach'
>       The number to dial is *99#
> 
> David

I have now got it connecting to vodafone successfully, however I have 
this problem which prevents any packets going across the ppp connection 
to the internet, where it cant determine the remote IP.

Mar  6 10:32:36 debian-karun chat[4116]: send (\d)
Mar  6 10:32:37 debian-karun pppd[4115]: Serial connection established.
Mar  6 10:32:37 debian-karun pppd[4115]: Using interface ppp0
Mar  6 10:32:37 debian-karun pppd[4115]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyUSB0
Mar  6 10:32:38 debian-karun pppd[4115]: CHAP authentication succeeded
Mar  6 10:32:38 debian-karun pppd[4115]: CHAP authentication succeeded
Mar  6 10:32:41 debian-karun pppd[4115]: Could not determine remote IP 
address: defaulting to 10.64.64.64
Mar  6 10:32:41 debian-karun pppd[4115]: local  IP address 120.16.82.156
Mar  6 10:32:41 debian-karun pppd[4115]: remote IP address 10.64.64.64