[Ubuntu-ZW] Ubuntu-zw Digest, Vol 50, Issue 3

Tue Jul 5 19:19:10 UTC 2011

Garikai

Does Linux really have to be this complicated? I think this is the
thing that discourages people to make a full time switch to Linux. I
have followed all the steps you have provided and have had to switch
back to Win7 which is just plug and play. I failed to connect and
maybe I got lost in the tangle of the command lines. maybe Linux is
really meant for programmers not simple minds like me.

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>    1.  [Solved] Africom CDMA modem (Garikai Dzoma)
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> Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 10:16:41 +0200
> From: Garikai Dzoma <garikaib at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-zw at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: [Ubuntu-ZW] [Solved] Africom CDMA modem
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> Hi, Everyone
>
> I am pleased to announce that I successfully connected using the Africom
> CDMA modem and if it is of any comfort I must say that setting up the
> connection was trivial.
> I used two methods which both worked viz: Network manager and pon. Both
> methods are outlined below. Also note these two methods work on maiden
> installations i.e. there is no need to install extra software.
>
> NetworkManager
>
> 1. Plug in your  modem before booting up the computer
> 2. Boot up your computer and login in to your desktop
> 3. Click on the networkmanager icon which is on the top right hand corner of
> your desktop left of the me menu.
> 4. Select and click on the Edit connections menu
> 5. Select the Mobile Broadband tab.
> 6. Click on new
> 5. Select the my country is not listed option and click next
> 6. Type the Africom in the connection name box and click next
> 7. Enter your username at africom.co.zw in the username box
> 8. Enter your password in the password box and click ok
> 9. To connect click on the networkmanager icon and click on Africom you will
> be notified if the connection was successful.
>
>
>
> Pon
> If you have beard as big as Richard Stallman's and are not intimidated by
> the command line you can use this method. Also as you have noted from above
> the Networkmanger method is only guaranteed to work if the modem is plugged
> in before booting. With this method the modem can be plugged in at anytime
> you want.
>
> 1. Plugin the modem.
> 2. Open the terminal and type: sudo bash
> 3. Enter your password and press enter
> 4. Type the command pppconfig and press enter.
> 5. In the pppconfig utility select the create new connection option using
> arrow keys and  type enter.
> 6. Delete the default connection name(the text saying provider) and type
> africom all in lower case. Changing the name is not really necessary but it
> will make your life easier.
> 7. Using arrow keys select use DNS and press the space bar to confirm option
> 8. Select 'PAP Peer Authentication Protocol', hit 'Ok'.
> 9. Enter your username at africom.co.zw and password pressing enter after each
> input.
> 10. Change the modem speed to 9600 (this should be safe since this is a ZTE
> modem)
> 11. Select tone dialing and press enter.
> 12. Enter the phone number to dial as: #777 i.e. hush triple seven please
> include the hush this is not cosmetic at all
> 13. Select enter modem manually ( you can also choose automatically detect
> it which will not work and you will be presented with the option to enter it
> manually)
> 14. Type /dev/ttyUSB0 as the location of the modem
> 15. Choose "Finished write files and return to main menu"
> 16. Choose "Quit exit this utility" in each case in step 15 and 16 press
> enter to effect choice.
> 17. When back in terminal type the command: echo
> 'replacedefaultroute'>>/etc/ppp/peers/africom
> 18. Instead of the above command type: sudo route add default ppp0 everytime
> you connect.
> 19. To connect type the command sudo pon africom
> 20. The connection process can be viewed by typing the command sudo plog. (
> At step 19 however you can see your modem's activity light blinking)
> 21. To connect as an ordinary user just type the following commands:sudo
> adduser Username dip and sudo adduser Username dialout replacing Username
> with your username. After this you can connect by simply typing pon africom.
> N.B for step 21 to work you need to have used the method in step 17.
> N.B. I am working on wvdial and will bring you the guide shortly
> N.B. I do not know whether this will work on the Powertel modem since I have
> not been availed with the opportunity to test it yet.
> Happy surfing
>
> Yours truly,
>
>
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> Garikai
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Tobias Nhambure