New 3G device manager for Linux!

0.9.7 is out!

Hi all,

0.9.7 is out, go and download it while is hot! The release notes contain more information about the changes since 0.9.6

https://forge.vodafonebetavine.net/projects/vodafonemobilec/

Tested on:
- Guadalinex V4.1 beta
- Ubuntu Feisty
- Ubuntu Edgy
- Fedora 7
- SLED 10 SP1

Supported cards:
- Huawei E220
- Huawei E620
- Option GT Nozomi
- Option GT Max 36 (experimental support contributed by kgb0y)
- Option GT Fusion Quad Lite (experimental support contributed by Stefano Rivera)
 
0.9.7.2 released!

Hi everyone,

0.9.7.2 is out and corrects some bugs present on 0.9.7 and 0.9.7.1. This bugs were only exposed on systems with and old VMCCdfL upgrading to 0.9.7, if you were a first-time user then you don't need to upgrade. What do you think of 0.9.7.X ? No feedback received so far... :confused:

Pablo
 
Upgrading (!) to 0.9.7 (by running dpkg -i on Ubuntu 7.04) has broken my previously working installation (I think it was 0.9.6). Running the -debug version gives:

2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] Log opened.
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] twistd 2.5.0 (/usr/bin/python 2.5.1) starting up
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] reactor class: <class 'twisted.internet.gtk2reactor.Gtk2Reactor'>
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] Loading /usr/share/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux/tap.py...
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] Traceback (most recent call last):
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 218, in getApplication
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] application = service.loadApplication(filename, style, passphrase)
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/service.py", line 341, in loadApplication
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] application = sob.loadValueFromFile(filename, 'application', passphrase)
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/persisted/sob.py", line 215, in loadValueFromFile
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] exec fileObj in d, d
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] File "/usr/share/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux/tap.py", line 39, in <module>
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] from vmc.common.encoding import _
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] ImportError: cannot import name _
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] Failed to load application: cannot import name _
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] Unhandled Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 379, in run
runApp(config)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 23, in runApp
_SomeApplicationRunner(config).run()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 157, in run
self.application = self.createOrGetApplication()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 207, in createOrGetApplication
application = getApplication(self.config, passphrase)
--- <exception caught here> ---
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 218, in getApplication
application = service.loadApplication(filename, style, passphrase)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/service.py", line 341, in loadApplication
application = sob.loadValueFromFile(filename, 'application', passphrase)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/persisted/sob.py", line 215, in loadValueFromFile
exec fileObj in d, d
File "/usr/share/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux/tap.py", line 39, in <module>
from vmc.common.encoding import _
exceptions.ImportError: cannot import name _


Failed to load application: cannot import name _
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-]

Have the package dependencies changed? Where do I start looking?
 
v3gout said:
Upgrading (!) to 0.9.7 (by running dpkg -i on Ubuntu 7.04) has broken my previously working installation (I think it was 0.9.6). Running the -debug version gives:

2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] Log opened.
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] twistd 2.5.0 (/usr/bin/python 2.5.1) starting up
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] reactor class: <class 'twisted.internet.gtk2reactor.Gtk2Reactor'>
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] Loading /usr/share/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux/tap.py...
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] Traceback (most recent call last):
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 218, in getApplication
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] application = service.loadApplication(filename, style, passphrase)
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/service.py", line 341, in loadApplication
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] application = sob.loadValueFromFile(filename, 'application', passphrase)
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/persisted/sob.py", line 215, in loadValueFromFile
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] exec fileObj in d, d
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] File "/usr/share/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux/tap.py", line 39, in <module>
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] from vmc.common.encoding import _
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] ImportError: cannot import name _
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] Failed to load application: cannot import name _
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-] Unhandled Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 379, in run
runApp(config)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 23, in runApp
_SomeApplicationRunner(config).run()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 157, in run
self.application = self.createOrGetApplication()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 207, in createOrGetApplication
application = getApplication(self.config, passphrase)
--- <exception caught here> ---
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 218, in getApplication
application = service.loadApplication(filename, style, passphrase)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/application/service.py", line 341, in loadApplication
application = sob.loadValueFromFile(filename, 'application', passphrase)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/twisted/persisted/sob.py", line 215, in loadValueFromFile
exec fileObj in d, d
File "/usr/share/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux/tap.py", line 39, in <module>
from vmc.common.encoding import _
exceptions.ImportError: cannot import name _


Failed to load application: cannot import name _
2007/07/11 22:12 +0200 [-]

Have the package dependencies changed? Where do I start looking?
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Hi,

between 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 we changed the install path of the vmc module.

start by uninstalling everything, make sure there is no
/usr/lib/python2.?/Vodafone_Mobile_Connect_Card_* and no
/usr/lib/python2.?/vmc

install again and it should work.

Pablo
 
OK - deleted the old files and resinstalled, now it starts up OK. The first time I ran it, it warned about needing to remove passwordfd.so from the wvdial profile - so I went to preferences, selected 'use a custom profile', edited it, removed passwordfd.so, saved the change, and deselected 'use a custom profile'. When I try to connect, it fails, and opens up the warning dialog saying something about 'no carrier'. The system log in '/var/log/syslog' contains:
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: pppd 2.4.4 started by peter, uid 1000
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: using channel 11
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: Using interface ppp0
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyUSB0
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: Warning - secret file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets has world and/or group access
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1e <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5> <magic 0x1480abe> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1e <magic 0x1480abe>]
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1f <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x1f <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0x0]
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [LCP DiscReq id=0x20 magic=0x1480abe]
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [CHAP Challenge id=0x1 <e01a4b4fca90d1cb5026792b7c64c21e>, name = "UMTS_CHAP_SRVR"]
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: Warning - secret file /etc/ppp/chap-secrets has world and/or group access
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: sent [CHAP Response id=0x1 <b88e671b0cee54841b1c9e438793c1d6>, name = "vodafone"]
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 magic=0x1480abe 00 00 00 00]
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [CHAP Success id=0x1 ""]
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: CHAP authentication succeeded
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: CHAP authentication succeeded
Jul 12 21:49:44 earth pppd[7416]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns3 0.0.0.0>]
Jul 12 21:49:45 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14> <ms-wins 10.11.12.13> <ms-wins 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:45 earth pppd[7416]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:46 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x2 <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14> <ms-wins 10.11.12.13> <ms-wins 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:46 earth pppd[7416]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x3 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:47 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x3 <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14> <ms-wins 10.11.12.13> <ms-wins 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:47 earth pppd[7416]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x4 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:48 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x4 <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14> <ms-wins 10.11.12.13> <ms-wins 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:48 earth pppd[7416]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x5 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:49 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x5 <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14> <ms-wins 10.11.12.13> <ms-wins 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:49 earth pppd[7416]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x6 <addr 0.0.0.0>]
Jul 12 21:49:50 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x6 <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14> <ms-wins 10.11.12.13> <ms-wins 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:50 earth pppd[7416]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x7 <addr 0.0.0.0>]
Jul 12 21:49:51 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x7 <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14> <ms-wins 10.11.12.13> <ms-wins 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:51 earth pppd[7416]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x8 <addr 0.0.0.0>]
Jul 12 21:49:52 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x8 <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14> <ms-wins 10.11.12.13> <ms-wins 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:52 earth pppd[7416]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x9 <addr 0.0.0.0>]
Jul 12 21:49:53 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x9 <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14> <ms-wins 10.11.12.13> <ms-wins 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:53 earth pppd[7416]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0xa <addr 0.0.0.0>]
Jul 12 21:49:54 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0xa <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14> <ms-wins 10.11.12.13> <ms-wins 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:54 earth pppd[7416]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0xb <addr 0.0.0.0>]
Jul 12 21:49:55 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0xb <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14> <ms-wins 10.11.12.13> <ms-wins 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:55 earth pppd[7416]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0xc <addr 0.0.0.0>]
Jul 12 21:49:56 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0xc <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14> <ms-wins 10.11.12.13> <ms-wins 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:56 earth pppd[7416]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0xd <addr 0.0.0.0>]
Jul 12 21:49:57 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0xd <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14> <ms-wins 10.11.12.13> <ms-wins 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:57 earth pppd[7416]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0xe <addr 0.0.0.0>]
Jul 12 21:49:58 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0xe <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14> <ms-wins 10.11.12.13> <ms-wins 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:58 earth pppd[7416]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0xf <addr 0.0.0.0>]
Jul 12 21:49:59 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0xf <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14> <ms-wins 10.11.12.13> <ms-wins 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:49:59 earth pppd[7416]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x10 <addr 0.0.0.0>]
Jul 12 21:50:00 earth pppd[7416]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x10 <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14> <ms-wins 10.11.12.13> <ms-wins 10.11.12.14>]
Jul 12 21:50:00 earth pppd[7416]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x11 <addr 0.0.0.0>]
Jul 12 21:50:00 earth pppd[7416]: Modem hangup
Jul 12 21:50:00 earth pppd[7416]: Connection terminated.
Jul 12 21:50:00 earth pppd[7416]: Exit.

Looks like it does connect, but can not get configuration information. (?)
Can you perhaps post examples of what should be in /etc/wvdial.*, /etc/ppp/*secrets and other important config files please? Running wvdial from the command line also does not work anymore ...
 
Hi v3gout!
v3gout said:
Well, sometimes it works ... :-(
Click to expand...

I think wvdial works fine for you, but you get the right dns servers every now and then. pppd is limited to leech up to 2 DNS servers from the peer (which distribures 4 of them). One time ppp peer distributes wins servers first (which you may consider useless for resolv.conf) and on another occasion you get the proper DNSes as the first pair.

WinXP can read all four of them without trouble.

My tip: connect from WinXP, then open cmd.exe and type there

ipconfig /all

You will see both pairs of servers WINS and DNS. Take down the DNS ones, edit /etc/resolv.conf and put there the addresses like that:
Code: 
# your brand-new static resolv.conf
nameserver ip.add.re.ss1
nameserver ip.add.re.ss2
Afterwards, edit your /etc/wvdial.conf and put there "Auto DNS = 0" instead of 1

Sample configuration files for wvdial and pppd can be found in huawei.tar.bz2 package already quoted several times in this thread.
 
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Thanks oozie - I'm well accustomed to the bogus 10.11.12.1[34] addresses, and have worked around those already. The part that looks strange is that the datacard keeps on sending ConfReq and getting ConfNack in return - 16 times. While this is going on, I can't send or receive, and when it ends pppd dies. I'll try out your wvdial scripts later. When I get a rare clean connection, these messages do not appear in the log.
 
Huawei E630

Has anyone managed to test it with the HUAWEI E630. Does it work with the HUAWEI E630?
 
tohir said:
Has anyone managed to test it with the HUAWEI E630. Does it work with the HUAWEI E630?
Click to expand...

Hi thoir,

earlier in this thread, kgb0y contributed support for his Option GT Max. You can find instructions on how to add support for new devices here

If you don't feel that adventurous, then paste here the output of the "lsusb" command while your card is plugged in your laptop and I'll send you a patch so you can test it.
 
Sorry to post such a basic question, but after downloading the file from the betavine.net site, how do I actually install it? I read the documentation but got stuck on the very first line. I am running suse 10.2.

Thanks
Regards
Chris
 
Chris Clarke said:
Sorry to post such a basic question, but after downloading the file from the betavine.net site, how do I actually install it? I read the documentation but got stuck on the very first line. I am running suse 10.2.

Thanks
Regards
Chris
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Hi Chris,

OpenSUSE aint a supported architecture yet. Anyway, you can start by:
- installing the dependencies
- uncompressing the .tar.gz
- "sudo python setup.py install --prefix=/usr"

sudo chown :dialout /etc/ppp/peers
sudo chmod g+rw /etc/ppp/peers

sudo chown :dialout /etc/ppp/*-secrets
sudo chmod g+rw /etc/ppp/*-secrets

(Note that dialout may be "dip" in OpenSUSE, I'm not sure)

Make your user member of the uucp and dip/dialout groups

execute /usr/share/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux

We are probably gonna offer support for OpenSUSE rather than SLED in the near future,
stay tuned!
 
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Hi!
Ubuntu 7.04 router with E220 still running fine!
Glad to see a new version! Will give it a go... Thanks PAblooo :)
 
sky.akash said:
Hi:)

I downloaded the one with the .deb extension - I'm using Ubuntu Linux.

When I double click the file, the package installer come up with the following error message:


Any ideas, anyone?:confused:
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Try this:

Code: 
sudo apt-get update

and then

Code: 
sudo apt-get install python-central

if it comes back saying installed, try

Code: 
sudo apt-get upgrade python-central

lmk how that goes
 
I am trying to get my E220 modem working with the vodafone software, but when I click "connect" to connect to the vodacom network, I get this error:

Code: 
w1z4rd@b0x:~$ sudo vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux
libnotify-Message: Unable to get session bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

** (Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for Linux:6904): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_connect_signal: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

** (Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for Linux:6904): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_connect_signal: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

** (Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for Linux:6904): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_call: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

[1]+  Stopped                 sudo vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux
w1z4rd@b0x:~$

Any suggestions?
 
w1z4rd said:
I am trying to get my E220 modem working with the vodafone software, but when I click "connect" to connect to the vodacom network, I get this error:

Code: 
w1z4rd@b0x:~$ sudo vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux
libnotify-Message: Unable to get session bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

** (Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for Linux:6904): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_connect_signal: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

** (Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for Linux:6904): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_connect_signal: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

** (Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for Linux:6904): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_call: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

[1]+  Stopped                 sudo vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux
w1z4rd@b0x:~$

Any suggestions?
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Hi w1z4rd,

it seems that you have a problem with dbus. Does "sudo /etc/init.d/dbus restart" before starting the app helps?

Pablo
 
Hey guys,

Pretty new to Linux here, I have an IPCop installation with some bells and an ADSL router to the 'Net. Moving at the end of the month to a newly built flat in Fourways for which there is not ADSL available yet (the flat's location, not Fourways).

I have an E220 lying around - not using it but it's still here on a 2 year contract. I was thinking of getting an ASDPA router, but at a cost of R 3 000 and and/or another two year contract when I expect ADSL to be available for the flat soon enough, I'd really prefer the IPCop machine to use the USB modem.

Is that possible? I don't know IPCop to have a "click-here" interface, all I ever do to it is through SSH. Will this package (or part of it) be of any use to IPCop?
 
Hi Riaan

I have tried for some time to get the folks at IPCOP to support 3G/HSDPA. If you look at their website, there is not much going on.

I did not have success with the PCMCIA card, but I did have luck with a Samsung cellphone plugged into the USB port. So you may be lucky. If you use the command tail -f /var/log/messages from the IPCOP console, you should see the kernel recognise your connection of the modem to the USB port, and if it is successful, it should be assigned the port "ACM0". Select this in your web IPCOP config interface, dial no #99***1# username = any, password = any, and you should get some connection. At what speed - I'm not sure.

Bear in mind that IPCOP uses the 2.4 Linux kernel. May I suggest smoothwall as an alternative? It works on the 2.6 Kernel and there is a very large, helpful user community and a forum where people have done what you are trying to do before, and you will get good support.

One of the forum members here, The_Librarian, is a big smoothwall advocate and an active member of that forum.
 
pmati said:
0.9.7 is out, go and download it while is hot! The release notes contain more information about the changes since 0.9.6
Click to expand...

I'm on Ubuntu 7.04 , using this software v.0.9.7 and a Option Globetrotter+ Card and works great. Just some comments and issues :

The Python dependencies can be a problem to obtain if you do NOT have internet [in Linux] to connect via synaptic/universe [catch 22] , especially considering that this IS the "setting up internet" tool [so you probably won't have internet when installing this].

Might be useful to make them available on the site , or place linkks to all those packages for download via Windows etc. I managed this by first getting my card to work via editing wvdial.conf and letting the Vodafone installer download the dependencies.


The other minor issue i get is that the Vodafone App itself seem to "dissappear" from my taskbar/systray after awhile...it just closes itself. It fortunately does not close the connection, but i can't get back the app to disconnect etc [i need to run a new instance which seems to then kill the connection] .

All in all works very nicely thank!
 
Thx for this ........

I have Kubuntu installed, what version do i download, sorry a newbie here

Thx:confused:
 
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