Verify your installation
Configuring PPPD
· /etc/ppp/peers/vodafone
· /etc/ppp/vodafone-chat
Use PPP
Troubleshooting

HOWTO: Vodafone 3G Fusion pcmcia card and Ubuntu Dapper

I've got a Fujitsu-Siemens LifeBook P7120 (»have a look there) and recently had a Vodafone 3G pcmcia card GlobeTrotter Fusion (WiFi 802.11g, UMTS/GPRS/GSM - »have a look there).

I'm in France and registred at SFR (»have a look there) with an 'Internet Pro' service bundle (50 € per month or unlimited traffic).

On my laptop, I've got Dapper installed on. The 3G Vodafone was supported 'out of the box'.

Thank's to the following »howto made by Paul Hardwick, GPRS and UMTS is finally piece-of-cake to use under Linux.

To make my 3G installation work with Internet, I did the following:

plugged my pcmcia card
verified my installation
configured PPPD scripts
ran pppd and... let's rock

Verify your installation

Verify that, once the card plugged, you've see the following:

olem@lembox:~$ cardctl status
Socket 0:
  3.3V CardBus card
  function 0: »ready
  function 1: »ready
olem@lembox:~$ cardctl config
Socket 0:
  Vcc 3.3V  Vpp1 3.3V  Vpp2 3.3V
  interface type is "cardbus"
  irq 169 »exclusive »level
  function 0:
  Vcc 3.3V  Vpp1 3.3V  Vpp2 3.3V
  interface type is "cardbus"
  irq 169 »exclusive »level
  function 0:

Additionnaly, tail you /var/log/messages as you'll see your card registering.

Finally, be sure you've got /dev/ttyUSB[0,3] added to your system.

All is fine? Let's configure PPPD!

Configuring PPPD

Create to new files : /etc/ppp/peers/vodafone and /etc/ppp/vodafone-chat.

/etc/ppp/peers/vodafone

/dev/ttyUSB0
460800
idle 7200
lock
crtscts
modem
noauth
replacedefaultroute
defaultroute
user AnynameNotUsedAnyway
password AnypasswordNotUsedAnyway
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -V -f /etc/ppp/vodafone-chat"
noipdefault
usepeerdns
novj

/etc/ppp/vodafone-chat

ABORT BUSY
ABORT 'NO CARRIER'
ABORT ERROR
REPORT CONNECT
TIMEOUT 10
"" "ATZ"
OK "AT&F"
OK "ATE1"
OK "AT+CGDCONT=1,\042IP\042,\042internetpro\042"
SAY "Calling Vodafone GPRS\n"
TIMEOUT 60
OK "ATD*99***1#"
CONNECT \c

Use PPP

Let's rock:

to connect to Internet, run sudo pppd call vodafone
to disconnect from Internet, just run sudo killall pppd
before removing the card, just run sudo cardctl eject

Troubleshooting