First off I have a fresh install of 2009 on this laptop. I have an older install of 2009 on another laptop on which using the same process I haven't been able to get the card connected. It connects, at least claims to be connected, but nothing comes through. I cant get any webpages to load.
On my laptop "lsusb" identifies my device as
Device 002: ID 106c:3701 Curitel Communications, Inc. Broadband Wireless modem
It is a PCMCIA slot card. But its on the USB bus. This card is older... my friend's contract on this is almost up for renewal. She'll be getting a different card as the Verizon rep assures her that she'll be getting more speed using the newer card.
On to my experiments with this card...
I first turned to netcenter (the connection icon that loads in the system tray). It correctly identifies my GPRS/Edge device but when I click on it to connect my device it asks for my pin or, leave it blank if I dont have one, and then in the next step claims to need a sim card. As anyone familiar with Verizon knows, they use the CDMA network and dont use sim cards. Dead end on that front.
Next I went to a terminal and logged in as root, issuing the "su" command to become root also works. After I became root I issued the command
# wvdialconf wvtest
Which gave me the following output...
[root@localhost ~]# wvdialconf wvtest
Scanning your serial ports for a modem.
Port Scan<*1>: Scanning ttyS0 first, /dev/modem is a link to it.
Port Scan<*1>: S0 S1 S2 S3
WvModem<*1>: Cannot get information for serial port.
ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- OK
ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z -- OK
ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 -- OK
ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 -- OK
ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 -- OK
ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI -- Manufacturer: Audiovox Communications Corp.
ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 4800: AT -- OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 9600: AT -- OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 19200: AT -- OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 38400: AT -- OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 57600: AT -- OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 115200: AT -- OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 230400: AT -- OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 460800: AT -- OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Max speed is 460800; that should be safe.
ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK
Found an USB modem on /dev/ttyACM0.
Modem configuration written to wvtest.
ttyACM0<Info>: Speed 460800; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0"
So. From that I can see that pclos has seen the device and that wvdial can communicate with it with the device link /dev/ttyACM0.
Ok. On to the next step. I opened KPPP. Start> Internet> Remote Access> KPPP.
When it came up it came up blank. I first clicked the "Configure" button. That brought up the KPPP Configuration window with the Accounts tab at the front. Here I clicked on "New". Which brought me to another window asking me if I wanted the wizard to do this... I'm gonna go with the "Manual Setup". The connection name can be anything. I chose Verizon.
Then enter the phone number as for your connection type. For CDMA its #777.
On the Modems tab, started a New modem. Modem name as PCMCIA. Modem device and Connection speed from what wvdial told me. /dev/ttyACM0. On the Misc tab tick the Dock into panel on connect.
Set the Login ID to
10digitphone@verizon.net. The password to "vzw".
When I click on Connect it docks into panel. To disconnect I right click and select Disconnect from the menu.
I have noticed that my keyboard stops responding after a disconnect from the net. Have to reboot.
