wvdialer configs

Overview

A couple of years ago, i bought a Sierra Aircard 881for use in Europe. Yes, i know the 880 would have been the better one, but i bought it in the US and the card was cheap. Unfortunately the card doesn't seem to work on the pretty network widget that comes with KDE4, so i use wvdial instead. I run wvdial on Kubuntu 10.10 64bit.

Installation

That one is rather simple

sudo apt-get install wvdial

Config

The following /etc/wvdialer.conf contents serve me very well to connect me to Germany's Fonic as well as Vodafone UMTS networks.

[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
ISDN = 0
New PPPD = yes
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB2
Dial Attempts = 1
Baud = 9600
Check Def Route = 1
Auto DNS = 1


[Dialer fonic]
Init3=AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","pinternet.interkom.de","",0,0
Dial Command = ATDT
Phone = *99#
Stupid Mode = 1
Username = fonic
Password = fonic

[Dialer vodafone]
Init3=AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","web.vodafone.de","",0,0
Dial Command = ATDT
Phone = *99#
Stupid Mode = 1
Username = none
Password = none

Dialing Vodafone

The as root from the command line i run

[root@fatty ~]# wvdial vodafone
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Sending: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","web.vodafone.de","",0,0
AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","web.vodafone.de","",0,0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT*99#
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT*99#
CONNECT
--> Carrier detected.  Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Tue Mar 22 19:29:41 2011
--> Pid of pppd: 22050
--> Using interface ppp0
--> local  IP address 109.84.60.130
--> remote IP address 10.64.64.64
--> primary   DNS address 139.7.30.126
--> secondary DNS address 139.7.30.125

Dialing Fonic

Or in the case of fonic i run

[root@fatty ~]# wvdial fonic
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Sending: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","pinternet.interkom.de","",0,0
AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","pinternet.interkom.de","",0,0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT*99#
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT*99#
CONNECT
--> Carrier detected.  Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Mon Mar 21 00:11:46 2011
--> Pid of pppd: 13824
--> Using interface ppp0
--> local  IP address 10.167.137.11
--> remote IP address 10.64.64.64
--> primary   DNS address 193.189.244.225
--> secondary DNS address 193.189.244.206

No GUI

It's not very pretty, but it works.

 Enjoy :)