[ale] Linux + Verizon EVDO modem?

[James P. Kinney III]

And that same setup works on a K12LTSP v.5, v.6 and Centos v.5 setup as
well.

On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 16:52 -0400, George Allen wrote:
> Yes, mine works great. See these two pages.
> http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/03/08/2138237
> http://kenkinder.com/evdo-pc5740/
> 
> You'll need the usbserial module, and I'm using Ubuntu, so results may vary 
> for where to place PPP's config files, but this works for me...
> 
> You'll need to edit /etc/ppp/peers/lxevdo:
> ttyACM0
> 115200
> debug
> noauth
> defaultroute
> usepeerdns
> connect-delay 10000
> user 1235551234 at vzw3g.com
> show-password
> crtscts
> lock
> #passive
> lcp-echo-failure 8
> lcp-echo-interval 65535
> #persist
> connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v -t3 -f /etc/ppp/peers/lxevdo_chat'
> 
> And also /etc/ppp/peers/lxevdo_chat:
> '' 'AT'
> 'OK' 'ATE0V1&F&D2&C1&C2S0=0'
> 'OK' 'ATE0V1'
> 'OK' 'ATS7=60'
> 'OK' 'AT+CSQ;D#777'
> 
> (I had to experiment with the AT strings for a while, but these have given me 
> the best success)
> 
> then in /etc/network/interfaces add:
> iface ppp0 inet ppp
> 	provider lxevdo
> 
> I also have a script  ~/bin/verizon-updown to reset the connection, which will 
> drop on occassion:
> #!/bin/sh
> sudo ifdown ppp0
> sudo pkill -9 ppp
> sudo ifdown ppp0
> sudo ifup ppp0
> 
> Hope this works for you.
> 
> On Wednesday 25 April 2007 15:39:34 Robert L. Harris wrote:
> >   It seems I'm taking a trip next week for business.  Out of paranoia I am
> > concerned about network access.  I have the USB Data cable for my phone and
> > an LG 9800 phone setup with Verizon.  I have the supposedly unlimited EVDO
> > network but have no idea how to actually use it to connect directly instead
> > of dialing PPP to a conventional modem.  Has anyone set up something like
> > this to use the EVDO network with Linux?
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > :wq!
> >
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