Bigpond 4G USB driver

[derekf]

I entered AT and got ok, then AT+CGDCONT? then this comes up:

+CGDCONT: 1,"IP",telstra.internet","0.0.0.0",0.0
+CGDCONT: 2,"IP",telstra.bigpond","0.0.0.0",0.0
+CGDCONT: 3,"IP",telstra.internet","0.0.0.0",0.0

OK

i know telstra.bigpond is my connection name.

[wedgetail]

derekf
Need more interrogation

Code: [Select]

AT$QCPDPP?
Some vital login details may be shown, so when you paste to forum make shure you xxxx username/password if shown

[derekf]

AT$QCPDPP?

$QCPDPP: 1,0
$QCPDPP: 2,1,"XXXXXXXXXXXX
$QCPDPP: 3,1,""
$QCPDPP: 4,0
$QCPDPP: 5,0
$QCPDPP: 6,0
$QCPDPP: 7,0
$QCPDPP: 8,0
$QCPDPP: 9,0
$QCPDPP: 10,0
$QCPDPP: 11,0
$QCPDPP: 12,0
$QCPDPP: 13,0
$QCPDPP: 14,0
$QCPDPP: 15,0
$QCPDPP: 16,0

OK

[wedgetail]

derekf

This is your ID

+CGDCONT: 2,"IP",telstra.bigpond","0.0.0.0",0.0

Now going to try to make a directIP connection, and you need to have a root terminal open, this is my interpretation.

So in root terminal do:

dhclient -nw usb0

Then in Putty:

AT!SCACT=1,2

Post what your lights are doing, you should now be on line, if that is the case the next step is to get you off line in safe mode.

Try using the internet Firefox etc  

[derekf]

dhclient -nw usb0

/sbin dhclient-script: configuration for usb0 not found.
SI0CSIFADDR: no such device
USB0: unknown interface: no such device

[wedgetail]

derekf
Looks like I need to see the output of

ifconfig

[derekf]

[root@8 ~]# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr BC:AE:C5:93:0E:BC
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:45 Base address:0xc000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:1167 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1167 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:96807 (94.5 KiB)  TX bytes:96807 (94.5 KiB)

wwan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 0A:4B:B0:93:02:07
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

[wedgetail]

derekf

Thinking back when AS was helping you I do remember seing this wwan0

I think this is what is needed in your case to get one step further, so first this in root terminal

dhclient -nw wwan0

Then in Putty

AT!SCACT=1,2

[derekf]

where in Putty do i put AT!SCACT=1,2

[wedgetail]

derekf
Notice the prefix is AT I am tempted to say this is almost a universal indicator you use it in a terminal command session. All these instruction are sent by copying them into the Putty window and hitting return in this case.

So if you have closed Putty just open it again, when you get the green prompt copy paste and ENTER.

So turn Echo on, so every thing you type in will be echoed to the screen

AT!SCACT=1,2

Optional, but I want to leave a record in here for future use.
Experiment with following, it is harmless but useful for you perhaps. Turn echo on in the Putty window so you see what you are typing:

ATE1  <--- this command turn Echo on
ATE0  <--- this command turns Echo off

[derekf]

ok i did AT!SCACT=1,2 and pressed OK and bingo it connected to the net.

Can i close the terminal now i am connected or does it have to stay open ?

[wedgetail]

derekf

Well leave it open, but minimise so you are ready use it again. It is not a disaster if you close it but then you should open Putty again when you decide to disconnect. Actually I think it would be a good idea if you go to Putty Config page, the frst one where you selected Serial, and now it is working you save the profile, give it a name say Sierra320U or whatever. Then when you start up you can just recall the profile to run the 320U.  If you don't use Putty for anything else it will probably remember the settings anyway.

There is something I am curious about in whirlpool thread, they set up special handling routine for using the Sierra 320U and probably it will be a good idea if you try that too.

Left to be done  as I see it is following:

1.. You test the connection running on the net as is and see if some timeout occur if you use Firefox, or other oddities
2.. Test out manual disconnect process
3.. Interactive script running the startup/shutdown process.

Now you are connected I will prepare the instructions for the Manual disconnect while you use it.

Addition:
When you are connected, I would like you to post :

ifconfig

The wwan0 section is all I am interested in

[and then..]

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(needed for line 3> import serial, time, sys, re)
Any ideas if/where this package can be obtained for PCLOS?
Cages

[derekf]

i disconnected from the net as i had to go out for a while.

 tried to reconnect to the net through Putty terminal window but would not connect, so i rebooted and the connection starts automatically.

Also what i tried was went to the icon on the bottom right of the panel and right clicked on it, entered my ( SU password ) then clicked disconnect.

Once disconnected i right clicked again and went to active interface and clicked on "( Wired Ethernet ) (wwan0) and entered my ( SU password ) it conected again to the net.

ifconfig - when on the net !

wwan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 2A:8F:ED:6F:01:07
          inet addr:124.185.25.235  Bcast:124.185.25.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::288f:edff:fe6f:107/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:8746 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:7354 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:9907639 (9.4 MiB)  TX bytes:1912642 (1.8 MiB)

[wedgetail]

derekf
I think you may have proved that the connection was not in the proper state. In future:

dhclient -r
dhclient -nw wwan0

Then go to Putty and use

To start
AT!SCACT=1,2

To stop
AT!SCACT=0,2