Jaunty and Neotel Prime - its the shiz

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So I installed Jaunty this weekend and have just compiled my option drivers (refer to my other posts on this). Booted up my PC and low and behold Network Manager auto-detected my Neotel Prime CDMA phone.

Added in Username and Password and wooooppppiiii I'm online. It was so easy, I love Jaunty (it also detects my Wireless out of the box :) )

If anybody is running Ubuntu, consider upgradeing to Jaunty, its worth it :D
 
Have you done speed comparisons with Windows? I've seen people saying they getting different speeds with different operating systems.

When I tried with Ubuntu, I felt like I got slower speeds (I saw that you got max 60kB/s with the one driver, and if you did something you would get full speeds or something which I did), but haven't had time to experiment.
 
busker said:
Have you done speed comparisons with Windows? I've seen people saying they getting different speeds with different operating systems.

When I tried with Ubuntu, I felt like I got slower speeds (I saw that you got max 60kB/s with the one driver, and if you did something you would get full speeds or something which I did), but haven't had time to experiment.
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You need to compile the option drivers. Previous posts of mine. You will then get the proper speeds 115kB/s.

I had to use Windows to surf the web and there is no difference between Jaunty and XP - compared Firefox. I use to feel that Ubuntu was slower but then I had so much stuff running in the background (updates / feeds / sync tools ....).
 
cbrunsdonza said:
So I installed Jaunty this weekend and have just compiled my option drivers (refer to my other posts on this). Booted up my PC and low and behold Network Manager auto-detected my Neotel Prime CDMA phone.

Added in Username and Password and wooooppppiiii I'm online. It was so easy, I love Jaunty (it also detects my Wireless out of the box :) )

If anybody is running Ubuntu, consider upgradeing to Jaunty, its worth it :D
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PLease give the link for your previous post regarding this. Thanks
 
You need access to the net first to do this (I used my office internet to get this done):

Code: 
$ apt-get install linux-source
$ cd /usr/src
$ tar xjvf linux-source-2.6.28.tar.bz2
$ vi /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.28/drivers/usb/serial/option.c

Now look for static struct usb_device_id option_ids[] about line 300

Add the following above it:

Code: 
        // +++ chrisb
        #define NEOTEL_DEVICE_VENDOR_ID                 0x1d09
        #define NEOTEL_DEVICE_PRODUCT_ID                0x4000
        // +++

and then in the struct add:
Code: 
        static struct usb_device_id option_ids[] = {

               { USB_DEVICE(NEOTEL_DEVICE_VENDOR_ID, NEOTEL_DEVICE_PRODUCT_ID) },   // you want to add this line

               ....
To compile:
Code: 
$  cd /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.28/drivers/usb/serial/
$  make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`

You will see (without errors of course):
Code: 
             make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic'
               LD      /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.24/drivers/usb/serial/built-in.o
               CC [M]  /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.24/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.o
               CC [M]  /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.24/drivers/usb/serial/generic.o
               CC [M]  /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.24/drivers/usb/serial/bus.o
             ....
             make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic'
Now move the drivers:

Backup old drivers:
Code: 
$  mv /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/option.ko /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/option.ko.backup

Now add new drivers (compiled):
Code: 
$ cp  /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.28/drivers/usb/serial/option.ko  /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/option.ko


You also need to load the new option
Code: 
$ vi /etc/modules
And just add at the end of the file
Code: 
        option
Now reboot, and lsusb will give you:
Code: 
...
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1d09:4000 TechFaith Wireless Technology Limited 
...
 
Is there a way to install the modem on Jaunty without a direct internet connection?
I can download any needed files via windows (dual boot setup) and then use them on Jaunty. I downloaded the normal installation cd from Ubuntu, but when I tried installing the usb neotel prime modem using ...modprobe usbserial... mentioned on Neotel website, I got an error message saying usbserial could not be found.
Found a bugreport via google saying usbserial was moved into the kernel and will be moved out again in the next kernel update.
Which leaves a Linux noob like me seeing only question marks :o
 
Hi Bumblebee

THe post from cbrunsdonza solves this. What I did it bought the Dovado Router(Wanted a router anyway) and connected the Neotel Device through that and you connect to the router wirelessly or via cable - Works first time
 
bumblebee said:
Is there a way to install the modem on Jaunty without a direct internet connection?
I can download any needed files via windows (dual boot setup) and then use them on Jaunty. I downloaded the normal installation cd from Ubuntu, but when I tried installing the usb neotel prime modem using ...modprobe usbserial... mentioned on Neotel website, I got an error message saying usbserial could not be found.
Found a bugreport via google saying usbserial was moved into the kernel and will be moved out again in the next kernel update.
Which leaves a Linux noob like me seeing only question marks :o
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This issue screwed me over big. Had to take my PC to work to download the correct packages. This is a problem I forsee more and more with the distro's on CD not having enough space for all the required drivers.
 
hgiddy said:
Hi Bumblebee

THe post from cbrunsdonza solves this. What I did it bought the Dovado Router(Wanted a router anyway) and connected the Neotel Device through that and you connect to the router wirelessly or via cable - Works first time
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This is still the best route to go. Once I got the R2K I'm getting it. Want to use it not only for my Neotel but also my 3G.
 
Anyone tried this on anything but Ubuntu? Personally am not very fond of Ubuntu.
 
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