[clug] Mobile Broadband

[Adam Baxter]

Scratch that, usb-modeswitch is normally for 3g "dongles". Which Nokia
phone is it? Did you put it in "PC Suite Mode" when connecting it to
the computer?

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Adam Baxter <voltagex at voltagex.org> wrote:
> if usb-modeswitch isn't installed, give that a go first.
>
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Brett Worth <brett at worth.id.au> wrote:
>> On 03/13/2010 09:48 PM, Adam Baxter wrote:
>>> NetworkManager uses modem-manager for 3G connections. It logs to
>>> syslog, is there anything in there about the failed connection?
>>
>> I get a few of lines in /var/log/messages:
>>
>> Mar 14 08:59:07 dart modem-manager: (ttyACM0) closing serial device...
>> Mar 14 08:59:15 dart modem-manager: (ttyACM0) opening serial device...
>> Mar 14 09:00:18 dart modem-manager: Got failure code 3: No carrier
>>
>> And then these lines in /var/log/NetworkManager:
>>
>> Mar 14 08:59:15 dart NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ttyACM0) starting connection 'GSM
>> connection 1'
>> Mar 14 08:59:15 dart NetworkManager: <info>  (ttyACM0): device state change: 3 -> 4 (reason 0)
>> Mar 14 08:59:15 dart NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ttyACM0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device
>> Prepare) scheduled...
>> Mar 14 08:59:15 dart NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ttyACM0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device
>> Prepare) started...
>> Mar 14 08:59:15 dart NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ttyACM0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device
>> Prepare) complete.
>> Mar 14 09:00:18 dart NetworkManager: <WARN>  stage1_prepare_done(): GSM modem connection
>> failed: Serial command timed out
>> Mar 14 09:00:18 dart NetworkManager: <info>  (ttyACM0): device state change: 4 -> 9 (reason 1)
>> Mar 14 09:00:18 dart NetworkManager: <info>  Marking connection 'GSM connection 1' invalid.
>> Mar 14 09:00:18 dart NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (ttyACM0) failed.
>> Mar 14 09:00:18 dart NetworkManager: <info>  (ttyACM0): device state change: 9 -> 3 (reason 0)
>> Mar 14 09:00:18 dart NetworkManager: <info>  (ttyACM0): deactivating device (reason: 0).
>> Mar 14 09:00:18 dart NetworkManager: nm_system_device_flush_ip4_routes_with_iface:
>> assertion `iface_idx >= 0' failed
>> Mar 14 09:00:18 dart NetworkManager: nm_system_device_flush_ip4_addresses_with_iface:
>> assertion `iface_idx >= 0' failed
>>
>>
>> Which doesn't mean much to me except for the timeout which coincides with the "no carrier"
>> above.
>>
>> lsusb calls the phone: Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0421:002f Nokia Mobile Phones
>>
>> And given that the network manager recognises this as a mobile broadband device then I
>> think the usb_modeswitch as mentioned in various blogs is not needed.
>>
>> I'm using *99# as the number.  Could that be wrong?
>>
>> Brett
>>
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