[arch-releng] Support mobile broadband with wvdial

[Ray Rashif]

On 9 December 2010 01:48, Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:
> This is a chat file (would be generated on-the-fly by netcfg):
>
> ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT VOICE ABORT 'NO DIALTONE' ABORT 'NO
> DIAL TONE' ABORT 'NO ANSWER' ABORT DELAYED ABORT ERROR
> '' ATX
> OK 'ATZ'
> TIMEOUT 5
> OK 'ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0'
> OK AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet"
> OK ATH
> OK ATE1
> OK 'ATM0L0DT *99***1#' CONNECT
>
> This is more complicated than it needs to be actually, some stuff might
> be omitted. "internet" is the APN here, and *99***1# is the "phone
> number", which is different in some cases (I think *99#). The rest never
> has to be changed.
>
> Now, this can be launched using:
>
> /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyUSB2 persist nodetach nobsdcomp nodeflate connect
> "/usr/sbin/chat -s -S -v -f /path/to/chat/file/foo.chat" 460800 modem
> crtscts defaultroute user " " password " " noaccomp nopcomp novj
> novjccomp noccp noauth ipcp-accept-remote ipcp-accept-local noipdefault
> usepeerdns

Thanks so much, I think I get it now. I'll be trying this out, and
hopefully can organise a little bit of documentation for the
beginners' guide.