dialup connection in ubuntu

[DR RANJAN]

hi :lol: I have a airtel gprs connection. I am using dku5 data cable(nokia3220):D . plz tell me how I use internet on ubuntu.(guiadence/ any software)

[Desi-Tek.com]

ubuntu is not made for dial up! u can not connect dialup on ubuntu for more than 1-2 minute that is coz of bug in ubuntu.( source ubuntu irc, ubuntu forum)so try any other distro any but except ubuntu.
here is the tutorial
http://www.desi-tek.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=398&view=getnewpost

have fun

[The Outsider]

ubuntu is not made for dial up! u can not connect dialup on ubuntu for more than 1-2 minute that is coz of bug in ubuntu.( source ubuntu irc, ubuntu forum)so try any other distro any but except ubuntu.
here is the tutorial
http://www.desi-tek.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=398&view=getnewpost

have fun

nothing like that, i am able to run inet through gprs & normal dialup both without any problems in ubuntu 6.06 LTS :lol:


@DR RANJAN connect your phone properly, open terminal, type sudo wvdialconf & post the output here.

[Desi-Tek.com]

than u r lucky mate:) when i created the tutorial on above linked thread at that time i was able to use net on ubuntu. but that also after lots of attempt. but later it stopped working than i did the search about it on ubuntu forum than i came to no about the bug in ubuntu. and when i raised this question in ubuntu irc channel. some ubuntu devloper told me that it is going to be fixed in next ubuntu release.

[mehulved]

In Dapper?
Maybe it's specific to some kind of hardware that you're using.
Can you be more specific on that bug. It may help somebody else.

[The Outsider]

wierd :| , anyway DR RANJAN can atleast give it a shot

[Desi-Tek.com]

here it is http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=269876

and here is reported bug
https://launchpad.net/bugs/40855
i am not the only 1 but lots of user r facing this problem and only on ubuntu. But wvdial works very smoothly on fedora4 and other distro.

[The Outsider]

that sounds allright mate but i know people from this forum who have dialup workin fine on ubuntu/xubuntu/kubuntu dapper, for eg: led_shankar.

the line dropping problem happened to me too, but it was solved as i left wvdial & connected through the gui interface i.e. the "networking" tool found in applications (assuming i have gnome)

& ofcourse i have a smartlink softmodem/winmodem.

[Desi-Tek.com]

even i also tried that but it didn't worked for me :( i even tried kppd.
thats why i am now using fedora 4.
gprsuser


I need help i am getting following error when i used my samsung C110 mobile as modem with Aritel GRPS mobile office connection

pppd daemon has died: A modem hung up the phone(exit code = 16)

I used same wvdial provided above for /dev/ttyUSB0 device.

plz help me
http://www.desi-tek.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=398&pid=3070&st=0&#

[JGuru]

@Desi-Tek, The problem is that Ubuntu doesn't work very well with all hardware.
Dial-up works very well for me. So you shouldn't come to a conclusion that Ubuntu
doesn't support dial-up!! Yes, there are some bugs. Let's hope in future releases
of Ubuntu things are sorted out.

[Desi-Tek.com]

but it is able to detect my mobile, prolific chipset datacable. and i am able to connect gprs on ubuntu but it remains active only for 1-2minute than it get disconnected. so how can i say that it does not support my mobile or datacable or hardware?

[praka123]

ur h/w are all detected yaar.u can verify it using "lspci" command its listing.they detected this as a bug too.then after this much time no fix?...
i tried dialup last on ubuntu hoary only and it worked perfectly.also not on a moby phone .but using a ISP+external dialup56kbps modem.
so i configure /etc/wvdial.conf using wvdialconf command and then set the connxn using pppconfig command and dialled either "wvdial" or "pon ppp0" for connxn had u tried this method?

[Desi-Tek.com]

may be thats why author of that thread on launchpad made this comment

Re: [Bug 40855] Re: System>admin>network & modem monitor don't function correctly from John Y. at 2006-06-12 20:53:16 UTC

Yup, this bug was reported against dapper. I don't have the time to play
anymore games with this. If the ubuntu developers don't care about the
quality of their work than neither do I. Dapper-deleted!

On 6/12/06, Ben Collins <ben.collins@ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> If this affects dapper, please add a linux-source-2.6.15 target to this
> bug.
>
> ** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.10 (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
>
> --
> System>admin>network & modem monitor don't function correctly
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/40855
>

i may soon install redhat enterprise edition on my pc. as fedora 4 is not mounting ntfs drive i tried almost all the driver and fedora ppl told me to obtain fedora 5. but i don't have broadband to download it so i have no other chooice.
i think instead of wasting time in creating new distro linux developer should concentrate in providing quality.

[DR RANJAN]

hi chester, i use ur trick, but its not work for me!!!
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hi desi_tek, i want ur suggestion about linux. plz tell me...which one(linux os) support dialup connection & easy to easy to use for beginners

[The Outsider]

@DR RANJAN connect your phone properly, open terminal, type sudo wvdialconf & post the output here.

^^ do that first

don't worry i have the same phone and data cable.

[Desi-Tek.com]

finally i switched to fedora now i have no problem in connecting gprs and every thing is running fine for me :)

@DR RANJAN go for any distro other than ubuntu and family. u will be able to connect gprs.
ubuntu has some serious problem with kppp

[The Outsider]

still don't fully agree to you mate, yesterday i installed Kubuntu dapper on my friends pc and yes getin dialup to work was pain,
kppp couldn't find /etc/resolv.conf
the ppp daemon died unexpectedly etc etc

same happened with wvdial, at last i was able to connect by appending "Carrier Check = NO" in /etc/wvdial.conf

have to agree kppp sucks

[Desi-Tek.com]

but it works fine on fedora. and ubuntu has problem with SLIP/PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol ). and i used almost all the dialer available on Ubuntu but none of them worked for me. it only allow me to access net for 1-2 minute than it gives up.
and i am facing this problem only with gprs. never tested with external dialup modem.
and this is the output of wvdialconf
[root@localhost Dheeraj]# 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
ttyUSB1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud
ttyUSB1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud
ttyUSB1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- OK
ttyUSB1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z -- OK
ttyUSB1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 -- OK
ttyUSB1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 -- OK
ttyUSB1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 -- OK
ttyUSB1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK
ttyUSB1<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI -- LG Electronics Inc.
ttyUSB1<*1>: Speed 230400: AT --
ttyUSB1<*1>: Speed 230400: AT --
ttyUSB1<*1>: Speed 230400: AT -- \uffff\uffff
ttyUSB1<*1>: Max speed is 115200; that should be safe.
ttyUSB1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK
Found a modem on /dev/ttyUSB1.
Modem configuration written to /etc/wvdial.conf.
ttyUSB1<Info>: Speed 115200; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0"


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Ill be ver very thankfull if u will solve this problem
root@avtar:/home/dheeraj# wvdial
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.55
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> 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
--> Sending: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","airtelgprs.com";
AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","airtelgprs.com";
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT*99***2#
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT*99***2#
CONNECT
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--> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Sat Oct 28 07:10:25 2006
--> Pid of pppd: 8791
--> Using interface ppp0
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--> local IP address 10.190.202.94
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--> remote IP address 10.0.0.1
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--> primary DNS address 202.56.230.5
--> pppd: ��[05][08]�[01][06][08]
--> secondary DNS address 202.56.240.5
--> pppd: ��[05][08]�[01][06][08]
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--> Connect time 2.0 minutes.
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--> Disconnecting at Sat Oct 28 07:12:28 2006
--> The PPP daemon has died: Lack of LCP echo responses (exit code = 15)
--> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.
--> I guess that's it for now, exiting
--> Provider is overloaded(often the case) or line problem.
--> The PPP daemon has died. (exit code = 15)

[eddie]

@Desi-Tek.com: Check the contents of your /etc/ppp/options file. If you have anything like lcp-echo-failure mentioned in the file then delete that line and any others related to lcp. If you don't know how to edit the file manually then post the contents here and one of us will tell you how to do it correctly or else you might create more problems for yourself.

As for your NTFS problem. You don't need a new version of distro...you need a new kernel. Just download the kernel source from www.kernel.org and compile one yourself.

[Desi-Tek.com]

ab@Desi-Tek.com: Check the contents of your /etc/ppp/options file. If you have anything like lcp-echo-failure mentioned in the file then delete that line and any others related to lcp. If you don't know how to edit the file manually then post the contents here and one of us will tell you how to do it correctly or else you might create more problems for yourself.

As for your NTFS problem. You don't need a new version of distro...you need a new kernel. Just download the kernel source from www.kernel.org (http://www.kernel.org) and compile one yourself.
mate u made my day :) now i am able to use gprs on ubuntu without any problem:)
its complete credit goes to u.

it is difficult for me to believe but thats true now i can access non stop net on ubuntu :)
can u pls tell me wat does lcp realy means? and why it was not allowing me to connect gprs for more than 2 minute? gprs?

[JGuru]

@Desi_Tek, LCP means Link Control Protocol. Reason :

lcp-echo-failure n
If this option is given, 'pppd' will presume the peer to be dead if n LCP echo-requests are sent without
receiving a valid LCP echo-reply. If this happens, 'pppd' will terminate the connection. Use of this
option requires a non-zero value for the lcp-echo- interval parameter. This option can be used to
enable pppd to terminate after the physical connection has been broken (e.g., the modem has hung up)
in situations where no hardware modem control lines are available.

[int86]

I cant edit the wvdial file in etc folder.
I neither can delete or paste in that folder.
But I can run the sudo command succesfully in the terminal with the same login id and pass

[eddie]

^ you need to be either root or use sudo while editing the files in that folder.

[Ankur Gupta]

Hey didn't want to start a new thread so asking my query realated to net in ubuntu here itself...
After a bit of struggle i managed to get my MTNL TriBand net connection running on Ubuntu Dapper...
That i managed when my mode in router was pppoe...
But i prefer using the bridge mode...
So how do i make a pppoe connection in ubuntu to connect my net using it...
Is it possible and do i have to download any packages for it...

[gary4gar]

Hey didn't want to start a new thread so asking my query realated to net in ubuntu here itself...
After a bit of struggle i managed to get my MTNL TriBand net connection running on Ubuntu Dapper...
That i managed when my mode in router was pppoe...
But i prefer using the bridge mode...
So how do i make a pppoe connection in ubuntu to connect my net using it...
Is it possible and do i have to download any packages for it...
fedore provides a nice script "adsl-setup" to do it

see if RP-PPPoE (http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy#How_to_install_Broadband_ADSL.2FPPPoE_ Client_.28RP-PPPoE.29)works for u however it did'nt work for me
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I cant edit the wvdial file in etc folder.
I neither can delete or paste in that folder.
But I can run the sudo command succesfully in the terminal with the same login id and pass
read this
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy#How_to_browse_files.2Ffolders_as_root_ user_in_Nautilus
hey just go through the ubuntu guide page it more than enough for a newbie before u ask an query

[int86]

Thanx all
resolved

[eddie]

Hey didn't want to start a new thread so asking my query realated to net in ubuntu here itself...
After a bit of struggle i managed to get my MTNL TriBand net connection running on Ubuntu Dapper...
That i managed when my mode in router was pppoe...
But i prefer using the bridge mode...
So how do i make a pppoe connection in ubuntu to connect my net using it...
Is it possible and do i have to download any packages for it... Have you tried executing ppoeconf or adsl-setup commands from a terminal window as root? Remove all your previous network settings...shift your router into bridged mode...restart and try those commands. I have never tried it but hopefully one of them should work.

[Ankur Gupta]

Yeah tried using pppoeconf command but it gives error message that some controller not found or something like that...

[Desi-Tek.com]

same here it is not working for me either :(

[eddie]

It would be great if you people actually gave the error messages instead of posting "some controller not found". If you post in such a way then only advice you'll get is to install "some controller" which you can grab from "some place" at "some price".

[freebird]

first of all,make sure that ur lan is up.U can use "ifconfig -a" command in a terminal.
just post "ifconfig -a" o/p too.

/sbin/pppoeconf is used for configuring xdsl connxn in bridge mode.it is curses based.u can just copy paste the error message from terminal,itna to kar yaar?

[Ankur Gupta]

Net running fine to ubuntu in pppoe mode...but i want to configure mode...will post the output of ifconfig and the error msg as soon as i boot into linux...