The purpose of this howto is to get you connected as quick as possible .
Tne modem used is a BP3-ext which was supplied by bigpond. I have Installed this modem on many Linux ststems using Ubuntu and now Kubuntu on my own test system running Gutsy.
You must first set up your connection on a windows system using the supplies driver & installation programme as to activate the sim card in the modem.
Connect modem boot linux and your modem should show 2 lights a wireless signal & power.
If both lights are lit we continue
In a terminal
sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x16d8 product=0x6280
In a terminal
dmesg
You should see the usbserial registersd and connected to at least /dev/ttyUSB0 through to /dev/ttyUSB3
Now we set connection using kppp.
Acount name can be anything I use bigpond
The phone number is *99#
The authentication is pap/chap
The modem name is anything i use nextg
The modem is /dev/ttyUSB1
The Login id is *******@bigpond.com (******* being your usename)
Password is the password you set in windows
That is all you should now be able to connect usind kppp
Usbserial will only allow download @ around 60kbps due to its limited buffer being used for this modem.
I do have the airprime module installed and working with this modem with downloads up to 280 kbps om this system.
I will add info on howto later.
regards
Sharke
Tne modem used is a BP3-ext which was supplied by bigpond. I have Installed this modem on many Linux ststems using Ubuntu and now Kubuntu on my own test system running Gutsy.
You must first set up your connection on a windows system using the supplies driver & installation programme as to activate the sim card in the modem.
Connect modem boot linux and your modem should show 2 lights a wireless signal & power.
If both lights are lit we continue
In a terminal
sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x16d8 product=0x6280
In a terminal
dmesg
You should see the usbserial registersd and connected to at least /dev/ttyUSB0 through to /dev/ttyUSB3
Now we set connection using kppp.
Acount name can be anything I use bigpond
The phone number is *99#
The authentication is pap/chap
The modem name is anything i use nextg
The modem is /dev/ttyUSB1
The Login id is *******@bigpond.com (******* being your usename)
Password is the password you set in windows
That is all you should now be able to connect usind kppp
Usbserial will only allow download @ around 60kbps due to its limited buffer being used for this modem.
I do have the airprime module installed and working with this modem with downloads up to 280 kbps om this system.
I will add info on howto later.
regards
Sharke