Telkom ETS6630 Ubuntu 10.04

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Desktop Dell Pentium 4 machine running on Ubuntu 10.04 attempting to connect a Telkom SA operated Huawei ETS6630 Fixed Wireless Terminal. The ETS6630 is a rechargeable telephone with wireless access and a Telkom sim card is installed. It has a pin to activate the phone on startup, but according to Telkom, there is no need for a pin to access the 3G broadband after the phone is started. I am having trouble connecting to the device using the supplied usb cable.

Problem is the machine is for a community development project some distance away and Vodacom are reworking their network so I have to do research and work away from the project or force my vodafone usb to gprs. My time is limited. If I cannot get this to work, I will recommend they drop the Telkom service and go with another ISP for internet access. The vodafone Huawei E270 works fine on the computer and it was tested after installation of 10.04.

Followed the following http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/bb/viewtopic.php?p=2966
which took me some way towards getting the Huawei ETS 6630 modem to work. Lsusb shows the Huawei device listed time and time again. Usb modeswitch is working looking at /var/log/syslog. Have edited various files as per above link, including device and product codes, etc. Problem is getting to speak to /dev/ttyUSB0.

When I run wvdialconf it does not detect USB0. However, when I run from terminal
sudo modprobe -v usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1011
and then run wvdialconf it detects USB0. I then run kppp and it starts to initialise the modem, but goes no further. No messages in /var/log/syslog or /var/log/messages as to what is happening. I tried various combinations in the configuration of kppp, initialisation strings for the modem, etc.

Currently waiting for feedback from Telkom 0809999991 but to date they have no formal Linux software to support their product. Their IT guys will hopefully come back tomorrow, but I think that the Linux community would probably be best equipped to solve the problem.

Need an answer as to how to make the modprobe command stick (why doesn't modprobe modify the kernel so that each time I boot up it will be there? Does anyone from Telkom know what is sent to the modem? Why doesn't the modem appear under broadband on network manager? Made attempt to install but it doesn't connect.

The following was pulled usb memory from the device before modeswitch:
Apn = internet
Number = *99#
user =
password =
Auth prot = 0
Dns dynamic = 0
Wins Dynamic = 0

I assume that the software sends certain other instructions that are not in this basic configuration file. Any help most appreciated and will get the project on line after theft of telkom cables left this project without any service until the FWT arrived.
 
The usb modeswitch dimension is not an issue - I may be wrong. The same member's post in the modeswitch forum was followed to the T.
Issue remains Telkom logon dimension - initialisation string/s, to a lesser degree usbserial in kernel - need to check that out.
 
usbserial sorted, Telkom initialisation string still needed

http://risenfall.wordpress.com/2010...hs300-hsupa-modem-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/ provides an answer to the modprobe on boot issue (edited for ETS6630 below)

Find the model and the vendor of the modem

#lsusb -v | less and find for Huawei ETS6630.

You will find vendor : idVendor 0x12d1

and model : idProduct 0×1011

# rmmod usbserial

#modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0×1011

You can load the module on boot by adding

usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0×1011

line to /etc/modules by

#gksudo gedit /etc/modules

and paste in line, save, reboot. If the device is plugged in, which I believe will be in most cases, you may need to plug out and in again - but I will validate that when at the Dell machine again.

The prior link posted earlier is vital to add lines to usb modeswitch related files not included in 10.04 release, but probably will be included in next kernel updates.
 
wvdial.conf file to try

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1461765 is maybe something I can try - it provides a configuration for /etc/wvdial.conf that is much more comprehensive. I paste the info, plus the valid apn provided by telkom, etc. Still to test whether it works on the box about 60km south of where I am.

[Dialer Telkom]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Baud = 460800
New PPPD = yes
Dial Command = ATDT
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Init3 = AT+cgdcont=1,"IP","internet"
# 3G ONLY
#Init4 = AT^SYSCFG=14,2,3FFFFFFF,2,4

# 'GPRSONLY' :
#Init4 = AT^SYSCFG=13,1,3FFFFFFF,2,4

#'3GONLY' :
#Init4 = AT^SYSCFG=14,2,3FFFFFFF,2,4

# 'GPRSPREF' :
#Init4 = AT^SYSCFG=2,1,3FFFFFFF,2,4

#'3GPREF' : '
#Init4 = AT^SYSCFG=2,2,3FFFFFFF,2,4

ISDN = 0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Phone = *99#
Username = eplus
Password = gprs
Stupid Mode = yes

Auto DNS = on
Check DNS = on
Check Def Route = on

to run
# wvdial Telkom
 
Unfortunately Telkom did not pursue the matter, claiming that the ETS6630 is incompatible with Linux. This is not true, as ubuntu is working on other networks. So I bought a usb vodafone modem and am completing the setup to return the box to the project. Sorry Telkom, but the project will now cancel your adsl side of the account. Maybe a more proactive approach may be conducive to improving your reputation as people at the cutting edge of technology.
 
Stuck with no landline - a FWT with a service provider unable to problem solve Linux, then consider other service providers. I checked network coverage (most networks have a map that you can zoom to street level) and today installed a pay as you go sim into the Vodafone usb modem and got full 3G coverage. For those in Walkerville - MTN was our 3G option that worked - out of range for Vodacom.
 
I recently got this service - out of interest, did you have to explicitly specify that you wanted the internet access? I tried using the terminal on my PC the day I got it, and it wouldn't connect unless I used my vodacom sim instead of the Telkom sim...?
 
Tell me, how long have you been using Linux? It sounds like your blameing someone else for your inability to get things working on your side.

You should also have checked before the time that this device is not supported under Linux by Telkom.
 
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