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

[Owen]

> 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





What are you using as a dns server?



Owen