Fedora Core 5+Nokia 6070+CA 42+AirTel GPRS

I have written the title as "Fedora Core 5+Nokia 6070+CA 42+AirTel GPRS" so that searching for this particular problem might be easier. & if this problem is sorted out it can also help out many other newbees with same problem.

I have Nokia 6070, a CA 42 USB-Serial Data Cable, AirTel GPRS connection, which works fine on Windows XP. After searching a lot how to connect the phone and use GPRS via the cable I came across this UBUNTU forum guide. I did not knew about WvDial before. I did just as mentioned there and configured my wvdial.conf which now looks like :-
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[Modem0]
Modem = /dev/ttyS1
Baud = 19200
SetVolume = 0
Dial Command = ATDP
Init1 = ATZ
Init3 = ATM0
FlowControl = XONXOFF

[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Baud = 230400
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ISDN = 0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Phone = *99#
Username = *
Password = *
Stupid Mode = 1
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I have no internal(soft) or external modem except the N 6070 as it recognises. All set, I WVDIALed and got o/p as below :-
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[root@airtelgprs ~]# wvdial
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0
--> 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
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT*99#
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT*99#
CONNECT
~[7f]}#@!}!} } }2}#}$@#}!}$}%\}"}&} }*} } g}%~
--> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Mon Oct 2 10:38:04 2006
--> pid of pppd: 2504
--> Using interface ppp0
--> pppd: ults
--> pppd: ults
--> pppd: ults
--> local IP address 172.28.37.241
--> pppd: ults
--> remote IP address 10.6.6.6
--> pppd: ults
--> primary DNS address 202.56.230.5
--> pppd: ults
--> secondary DNS address 202.56.230.6
--> pppd: ults
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Now it shows that GPRS is activated, which is also shown in the phone, the thw icons, open lock and small G within square as u ppl know when we use packet data connection. Now I should be able to browse net, but not a single page opens.

What is the step I am missing ? Just see the last portion of the o/p in the post link I have given :-
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Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Wed Apr 26 23:11:44 2006
--> pid of pppd: 11096
--> Using interface ppp0
--> local IP address 10.33.228.142
--> remote IP address 10.6.6.6
--> primary DNS address 193.35.133.10
--> secondary DNS address 193.35.134.10
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In my o/p I have this "pppd: ults" string after each line which he does not. Is only due to I use FC5 and he uses Ubuntu. Or do I need to configure pppd also. I read man pages of wvdial, pppd but could not find out where am I wrong. Also PINGed remote IP, which showed :-
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[root@airtelgprs ~]# ping -c1 10.6.6.6
PING 10.6.6.6 (10.6.6.6) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 203.101.95.209 icmp_seq=1 Time to live exceeded

--- 10.6.6.6 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 received, +1 errors, 100% packet loss, time 0ms

[root@airtelgprs ~]#
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--> What is "Time to live exceeded" ?
Any suggestion is welcome.

[Tech Geek]

THANKS!!! a lot dude.

Originally Posted by Tech Geek

THANKS!!! a lot dude.

Thanks !! But for what ?? Do u also have a same kinda problem ?

[subratabera]

Hi titun,
I think the "named" service is not running. You have to start the "named" service.
Follow these steps...this might solve your problem...

1)open a terminal.
2)su - (su with a dash)
3)enter password...
4)service named start (tried on Fedora Core 5)

After starting the "named" service, try to reconnect and open a website.

Subrata Bera.

[mehulved]

Sorry but why is named required? Isn't DNS given by airtel. Actually I don't have much idea of dynamic IP and DNS so I want to confirm.

@subratabera, I did just what u said, su with a dash, & then wvdial, but the same thing, net gets connected, but can't open any page.

Tried to use KPPP shown in the start button>internet menu, but don't know which setting is what, like PAP, what are they.
Oh !! So many things to remember, understand for a simple net connection.

Trying for past 3/4 days to access net. So what good is linux ?

[gary4gar]

^^^
hey don't give so early its dont default of linux something is missing on ur part.
try try until you succeed

[eddie]

Connect to GPRS once again. This time open a terminal window, change to super-user and give us output of following two commands.

cat /etc/resolv.conf
route

[praka123]

may be the ppp interface may not be the default connxn.try

 route add default ppp0

[alanpaladka]

Open file:/etc/resolv.conf and enter following setting

service named start
nameserver 202.56.250.5
nameserver 202.56.250.6

I'm also using Airtel GPRS in FC4 via N70. It's great....

I created this thread almost 4 months ago. Not being able to find the solution left the thread.

Today it is solved.
Let me repeat, I used Fedora Core 5 + Nokia 6070 + CA 42 Data Cable + AirTel GPRS.

What I did :

Fresh installed FC5 again last night.
su :
password :
[ Checked my mobile phone's Vendor ID & Product ID earlier in the other OS ]
: /sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=0x0409 product=0x04B0

then

: wvdialconf create [ This command did not show me any result ]
Manually typed following things in /etc/wvdial.conf

[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Baud = 230400
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ISDN = 0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Phone = *99#
Username = A
Password = B
Stupid Mode = 1

in another console,

: su -
: password :

: service named start

and it it displayed named service started.
Then
: wvdial
The O/P came as follows
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--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0
--> 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
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT*99#
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT*99#
CONNECT
~[7f]}#@!}!} } }2}#}$@#}!}$}%\}"}&} }*} } g}%~
--> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Fri Feb 16 09:51:27 2007
--> pid of pppd: 3495
--> Using interface ppp0
--> pppd: alog Modem
--> pppd: alog Modem
--> pppd: alog Modem
--> local IP address 172.28.41.189
--> pppd: alog Modem
--> remote IP address 10.6.6.6
--> pppd: alog Modem
--> primary DNS address 202.56.230.6
--> pppd: alog Modem
--> secondary DNS address 202.56.230.5
--> pppd: alog Modem
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It means net is now connected.
I was able to open google.com . But it took a longer time than normal, so closed connection. Opened /etc/resolv.conf and entered the following :

service named start
nameserver 202.56.250.5
nameserver 202.56.250.6

Now I just do this
: su
: password
: wvdial

3 simple steps to enjoy AirTel GPRS in Linux. Will soon upgrade to latest versions of Tux.
Heartly thanks and reputation points to everyone who replied in this thread.
I used the follwing links as my reference along with the help of you guys.
1] Using a GSM Cellphone as a GPRS Modem - Ubuntu Forums

2] Connecting Fedora Core to Airtel GPRS using Nokia 6020 and CA-42 cable