[Ubuntu-ZW] Ubuntu-zw Digest, Vol 50, Issue 5

Sat Jul 9 12:07:51 UTC 2011

GOT IT!!!

I think I was just too lazy to read and follow instructions as they were.
Finally sat down and looked at all the instructions and connected. Happy to
be still on linux.Sinclair, I tried the first method and when it worked I
then decided to look at the second option. Thanks everyone for lending a
hand.

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 2:00 PM, <ubuntu-zw-request at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

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>   1.  modem (Craig Brash)
>   2. Re:  Ubuntu-zw Digest, Vol 50, Issue 3 (O. Sinclair)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:50:20 +0200
> From: Craig Brash <eng at waverley.co.zw>
> To: tobias.nhambure at gmail.com, ubuntu-zw at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: [Ubuntu-ZW] modem
> Message-ID: <4E14681C.2020505 at waverley.co.zw>
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> Hi Tobias
>
> If u give me a call we can meet and i will try set up for u . I have
> been using linux for 2 years and found very few things that i need to
> resort to windows for
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> Regards
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> Craig Ph 0772 511 376
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> Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:58:31 +0200
> From: "O. Sinclair" <o.sinclair at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-zw at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-ZW] Ubuntu-zw Digest, Vol 50, Issue 3
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> Tobias,
>
> while the second method is as complicated, at least, as my "wvdial"
> method, I can not see how the 8 steps of method 1 is much more
> complicated than Windows7? I just now helped a friend install his
> PowerTel on a win7 machine and it includes at least as many steps.
>
> /Sinclair
>
> On 05/07/2011 21:19, Tobias Nhambure wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > On 7/4/11, ubuntu-zw-request at lists.ubuntu.com
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> >>     1.  [Solved] Africom CDMA modem (Garikai Dzoma)
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> >> Message: 1
> >> Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 10:16:41 +0200
> >> From: Garikai Dzoma<garikaib at gmail.com>
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> >> 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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Regards,

Tobias Nhambure
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