[CALUG] Verizon Wireless 3G with UM175

[Sean Wilkerson]

Eldon,

Thanks for the notes.

I have a UM150 I use with EVDO.  I have a process which works with every
Linux flavor I have tried, including BootableLinux (e.g. backtrack).

I recall having to boot to windows initially (and install their
software) to setup my UM150.  That was annoying, but I found no way
around it at the time.

My connection process follows these instructions:
http://www.montanamenagerie.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=903

I have the individual files (mentioned in the URL above) in a dir in my
homedir.  I then use a little "setup-evdo.sh" script which places
everything in the right place.  This allows me to just type "wvdial" and
quickly get out.  I prefer this over having to use the gnome/kde
connection wizard on each machine I want access from.

This process with Evdo has never resulted in the DNS servers not
working.  Maybe something here could be applied to the UM175 and 3G?

I use this on fedora*, ubuntu*, etc., but particularly like that it
works on my USB-bt3 key allowing me to carry my OS, home, tools, and ISP
in my pocket.  This is nice for quick, discrete interventions.

Sean

Eldon Ziegler wrote:
> FWIW, I purchased a UM175 from the Verizon Wireless store in Columbia
> and ran into a few glitches getting it working with Fedora 9 i686. The
> first "glitch" was that the folks at the Verizon Wireless store had no
> idea of how to install it on Linux. One person said he had heard you had
> to install in on Windows first and then move it to Linux. As far as I
> can tell, he was right.
> 
> I couldn't find a way to register the wireless modem with Verizon other
> than going through the install on Windows with the CD that came with the
> modem. After that, installing gnome-ppp and plugging the UM175 into my
> Fedora 9 laptop installed the cdc-acm driver automatically and the setup
> given at
> http://ulpcs.com/blog/2008/09/verizon-3g-evdo-working-on-my-linux-aspire-one/
> got it up amd running with the following notes.
> 
> 1. The Username field seemed to need the phone number in the form
> 123-456-7890 at vzw3g.com, i.e., with dashes, and
> 
> 2. As the site above says, Verizon's DNS servers didn't work nor did the
> servers listed in his setup below. I setup a free account at
> www.opendns.com at then it worked using the openDNS servers.
> 
> SETUP:
> 
> Type “sudo gnome-ppp” and press <ENTER>.  Configure by entering the
> information described below.
> 
>       * Username: your-modem’s-phone-number at vzw3g.com
>       * Password: vzw
>       * Phone number: #777
>       * Click on the <Setup> button
>       * Under the Tab: “Modem”
>       * Device: /dev/ttyACM0
>       * Type: USB Modem
>       * Speed: 460800
>       * Under the Tab “Networking”
>       * Check: Manual DNS (Automatic does not seem to work)
>       * DNS 1: 66.174.92.14
>       * DNS2: 69.78.96.14
>       * Under the Tab: “Options”
>       * Check “Dock in notification area”
>       * Click on <Close> button
> 
> Hope this is helpful to someone.
> 
> Eldon
> 
> 
> 
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