Re: Dialup Utility?

On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 08:14:58AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <BAY143-W6DDC6A730397B55C56326AC700@...>
>             Dru Lavigne <drulavigne@...> writes:
> : 
> : 
> : > >> http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=12829
> : > >>
> : > >> I honestly think people should try and port NetworkManger to FreeBSD
> : > >> ... it would be very beneficial for all.
> : > > 
> : > > 
> : > > It looks like adding
> http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/usb-modeswitch-1.1.1.tar.bz2
> and http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/usb_modeswitch.setup to
> the base system would be useful for 3G users.
> : > > 
> : > > Kris, are there any plans to add more options to the PPP/PPPoE
> section of Systems Network Configuration for 9.0? We could get people
> from the forums to test additions to see if it helps them in their
> modem setup process.
> : > > 
> : > > Cheers,
> : > > 
> : > > Dru
> : > >
> : > 
> : > I could probably add those features to the GUI, I just will need some
> : > specifics on what features to add, since I don't have a USB / tethering
> : > modem to test with.
> : > 
> : > If you or others can give me the values configuration options you need
> : > in the GUI, and where they need to be saved on the system, I can add
> : > them pretty easily.
> : > 
> : > Also, that usbmodeswitch stuff, is that a port, or will it become a port
> : > at some point?
> : 
> : It's not currently a port.
> : 
> : I'll put a call out on the blog for testers and to see if anyone is willing to port.
> 
> Does it need to be?  FreeBSD 8 doesn't need it, it seems.  It is a
> hack to force the old usb stack to cope with the weirdness of having a
> cdrom appear there...
> 

I know that Kris is already working on a GUI, but FWIW:

The tool Dru mentions is not needed. The functionality is included in
u3g(4).
To get the 3G modems connected, one needs the appropiate connection data
from his wireless provider. An exhaustive list of APNs, Usernames and
Passwords can be found here:
http://forums.pinstack.com/f24/tcp_apn_wap_gateway_port_carrier_settings-360/

Lars

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Re: Dialup Utility?

In message: <BAY143-W717348E66E4F2819FA704AC700@...>
            Dru Lavigne <drulavigne@...> writes:
: 
: 
: > The hard part here is that the different modem families have different
: > init strings.  The third line of the above is specific both to 3G
: > modems (the AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP", part of the command) as well as
: > specific to my country and carrier (the last bit:
: > "internet2.voicestream.com").  Also, the phone number varies between
: > carriers and technology used.  authname/authkey likely would also need
: > to be configurable.
: > 
: > When I setup my modem, the hardest part was finding line 3 above :)
: 
: 
: How is the finding usually done? e.g. does the provider or the modem
: manufacturer usually include this  info in their documentation or is
: the user required to try their  luck with Google? Adding how to find
: the required  info to this screen's  help button would  be useful. I
: notice some bugs in this screan  and will start a separate thread on
: those.

For me, it was trial and error.  There wasn't a table anywhere of
these things (I think called VAPs or something similar).  But I think
if we have the right terminology, we may save people lots of
Googling.  I could help out with some of that, at least for the
current generation of 3G cards.  Likely we'll need something different
with the 4G stuff, but we won't know that until we get the gear.

Warner