Re: How to make a Verizon USB modem work with Linux?

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:38 AM, <tshipley@deru.com> wrote:

> POTS
>
> Publicly Operated Telephone System
>
> Plain Ol' Telephone System
>
> What you have is a 3g cellular/wireless USB dohicky branded by Verizon
> Wireless.
>
> Verizon won't care linux has drivers for it.
>
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: Josef Lowder
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> Subject: Re: How to make a Verizon USB modem work with Linux?
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> Josef Lowder wrote:
> > What are the steps to make a Verizon USB modem work with Linux?
>
> Eric replied, asking:
> DSL or POTS? Model?
>
> Here's the model: UM-175
> broadband access wwan
> (I don't know how to determine if it is DSL or POTS.
> What is POTS?)
>
> Attempting to get it to work with PCLinuxOS 2009
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Linux won't be supported but you can probably get it to work with some
coaxing.
tail -f dmesg
and plug it in to see if it is assigning it to a device such as /dev/USB1.


From what I read online about such devices you need to activate it first on
a Windoze or Mac machine with the supplied CD or it won't work.
In Linux you end up setting it up as a dialup connection.

I was doing this with my phone successfully you can probably do so with the
usb device.
I was using bluetooth and usb.
The trick is to turn off dialtone detection and

Configuring Treo 700wx as modem on Mandriva - may work for other linuxes

   1. install gnome-ppp and kppp (all)
   2. install usb
   3. Add one of following to /etc/rc.local:
   The 0bb4/00cf below will be different;
   1. /sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=0x0bb4 product=0x00cf
      2. /sbin/modprobe ipaq vendor=0x0bb4 product=0x00cf
      The above lines will be different for you; specifically the
      vendor/product numbers; they're hex so they need the leading 0x
      3. run it manually
      4. reboot
   4. launch gnome-ppp
      1. Enter username : <phonenumber>@vzw3g.com
      2. password:vzw
      3. uncheck the check for dialtone option

If all of the above won't work... you can create the dial file manually
vi /etc/wvdial.conf :
[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0 <this will proably be different for you>
Baud = 460800
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D1 +FCLASS=0
Carrier Check = no
Dial Command = ATDT
Phone = #777
Username = <phonenumber>@vzw3g.com
Password = vzw
Auto Reconnect = yes

[Dialer verizon]
Phone = #777
Username = <phonenumber>@vzw3g.com
Password = vzw
Auto Reconnect = yes


To run: sudo wvdial

You'll find specific directions out there for your specific device on sites
like this:
http://www.evdoforums.com/thread3560.html
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