Vodafone pc card. Please help!

[Mario Gianni]

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Subject:	Re: Vodafone pc card. Please help!
From:	"Howard Coles Jr." <dhcolesj at gmail.com>
Date:		20/07/2007 12:01

> This is what I did (Vodafone Spain):

BEGIN WVDIAL
> [Dialer pin]
> Init1 = AT+CPIN=5792
>
> [Dialer hsdpa]
> Phone = *99***1#
> Username = vodafone
> Password = vodafone
> Stupid Mode = 1
> Dial Command = ATDT
> Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
> Baud = 460800
> Init2 = ATZ
> Init3 = ATE0V1&D2&C1S0=0+IFC=2,2
> ISDN = 0
> Modem Type = Analog Modem
> Init5 =AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","ac.vodafone.es";

END WVDIAL

Ok, Mario

2nd.  On the the files.  There are two files:  The first is located in the 
directory called /etc, and the name of that file is wvdial.conf

The contents of this file are in Jordi's response above as I have 
marked "BEGIN WVDIAL" and "END WVDIAL".  You need to copy the contents 
between those two markers and paste them into your wvdial.conf file.

The other is a script (presumably in Jordi's home directory) called dial_3g.sh
This file simply contains one line:

sudo wvdial hsdpa

create this file by opening a shell and pasting the following into it:

echo "sudo wvdial hsdpa" > dial_3g.sh ; chmod +x dial_3g.sh

There were then two other things he said he had to perform:

1.  He removed the PIN from the SIM card.  You'll have to ask him or check the 
web pages on why this is so.

2.  He also sometimes, note sometimes, has to change the default route using 
the following commands:

sudo route del default eth0
sudo route add default ppp0

Open a shell, such as Konsole, and enter each line in one after the other.

There were also some web sites to check to look into this further.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=49056&highlight=vodafone+3g
http://www.ubuntu-es.org/index.php?q=node/33041

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Howard Coles Jr.
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Howard

1st of all let me say thanks for your help. I apologize for any mistake I did replying the Jordi's mail but I am not confident with this kind of mailing lists. Generally the reply is on the top and if you want to follow the thread you start from the bottom.

Also I am using my Nokia E61 to write these mails because my XP suddenly stop to work. Hence it's not really easy to follow a format and wasn't easy to catch the Jordi's mail. I had the 3g card configured in Windows but I am moving to Kubuntu and need to get it working. I generally go to forums before to ask to the mailing list but I couldn't connect to Internet via a regular browser.

Having said that I have followed the instructions. I think I am close to get everything fine. But I need the final bit.

I have created the files and I get connected (I see the IP Addr from Vodafone when I issue "sudo wvdial hsdpa"). But when I open the browser and put any web site I can't get the page. I tried to make some ping through a konsole and it seems to work. DNS correctly translates the www link into an IP and get a reply.

Is there any config I need to do to have the browser working? I have tried also the route commands but I get an error after both (don'r recall the error now but if you need I can redo it). In any case I don't think this is the issue since the ping works. So routes should be ok.

Thanks
Mario

P.S. It's funny that to get the card working with Windows I need to install a 70mb sw and with Linux is just enough few lines into a conf file. :)