On Sat, 7 May 2005, Globe Trotter wrote:
After two years of on and off trials, I am finally able to report success on my PCTEL-2310 WT which came inside as a cheapo part that only Dell can provide....
I am ecstatic! Thanks a bundle to Matthew Saltzman for pushing me through the final edge.
Glad I could be of assistance.
For some strange reason, setting minicom did not help and system-config-network did not display the modem. I was disappointed but decided to back to first principles and do wvdial manually:
# wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf Scanning your serial ports for a modem.
ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- and failed too at 115200, giving up. Port Scan<*1>: S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 Port Scan<*1>: S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 S14 S15 S16 Port Scan<*1>: S17 S18 S19 S20 S21 S22 S23 S24 Port Scan<*1>: S25 S26 S27 S28 S29 S30 S31 S32 Port Scan<*1>: S33 S34 S35 S36 S37 S38 S39 S40 Port Scan<*1>: S41 S42 S43 S44 S45 S46 S47 S48 Port Scan<*1>: S49 S50 S51 S52 S53 S54 S55 S56 Port Scan<*1>: S57 S58 S59 S60 S61 S62 S63 S64 Port Scan<*1>: S65 S66 S67 S68 S69 S70 S71 S72 Port Scan<*1>: S73 S74 S75 ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- OK ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z -- OK ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 -- OK ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 -- OK ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 -- OK ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK ttySL0<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI -- SmartLink Soft Modem ttySL0<*1>: Speed 4800: AT -- OK ttySL0<*1>: Speed 9600: AT -- OK ttySL0<*1>: Speed 19200: AT -- OK ttySL0<*1>: Speed 38400: AT -- OK ttySL0<*1>: Speed 57600: AT -- OK ttySL0<*1>: Speed 115200: AT -- OK ttySL0<*1>: Speed 230400: AT -- OK ttySL0<*1>: Speed 460800: AT -- OK ttySL0<*1>: Max speed is 460800; that should be safe. ttySL0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK
Found a modem on /dev/ttySL0. Modem configuration written to /etc/wvdial.conf. ttySL0<Info>: Speed 460800; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0"
(changed my wvdial.conf to reflect my number, usename and password which is meaningless in India, since the phone company uses caller-line identification to identify the account). Also, put in Carrier Check=no and Stupid Modem = yes
After hiccups, here we go:
wvdial /etc/wvdial.conf --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0 --> Warning: section [Dialer /etc/wvdial.conf] does not exist in wvdial.conf. --> Initializing modem. --> Sending: ATZ ATZ OK --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 OK --> Modem initialized. --> Sending: ATDT172-222 --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT172-222 CONNECT 40000 --> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt. Welcome to UTStarcom Total Control HiPer ARC (TM) Networks That Go The Distance (TM) login: --> Looks like a login prompt. --> Sending: username username Password: --> Looks like a password prompt. --> Sending: (password) ~[7f]}#@!}!}!} }?}!}$}%j}"}&[7f][7f][7f][7f]}%}&[1b]Z|}&}'}"}(}"}1}$}%j}3}#} 6K~ --> PPP negotiation detected. --> Starting pppd at Sat May 7 11:14:53 2005 --> pid of pppd: 4972 --> Using interface ppp0 --> local IP address 61.2.5.132 --> remote IP address 61.0.128.91 --> primary DNS address 61.0.128.65 --> secondary DNS address 61.0.0.5
Yippee! Thanks again, Mathew: configuring with ALSA_SUPPORT did the trick!
Best wishes!
Thw slamr driver is a proprietary binary-only module. When FC introduced ALSA support, I switched to the ALSA drivers and have not had any problems.
Build slmodemd in the modem/ subdirectory with:
make SUPPORT_ALSA=1
Start slmodemd in the same directory (as root) with:
./slmodemd --alsa -c AUSTRALIA
(or install slmodemd in /usr/sbin or /usr/local/sbin (probably better) and start it there the same way. You may need to modprobe snd_intel8x0m, but you do not need to modprobe slamr.
Note that not all PCTel modems are supported this way. In fact, not all are supported by slamr either. If you still have problems, visit www.linmodems.org and check out the scanModem utility and other resources there.
-- Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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