Dialling INTO a wireless broadband modem with OpenMoko

Philip Rhoades phil at pricom.com.au
Mon May 30 20:40:13 CEST 2011


Paul,


On 2011-05-31 03:42, Paul Fertser wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 03:24:49AM +1000, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>>> I assume you're already using pppd for establishing the connection
>>> from the remote system to some host in the internet that you
>>> control.
>>
>> No - when I plug the dongle in, I just let NetworkManager find it and
>> set it up.  I haven't got it in front of me now, but I think I have to
>> type some sort of keyring password to allow the connection?
>
> I would guess it's highly unlikely NM doesn't use pppd for establishing the
> connection.
>
>>> I think simply adding "persist lcp-echo-failure 10
>>> lcp-echo-interval 5" options to its config (/etc/ppp/options or
>>> /etc/ppp/peers/<yourpppdscript>   or some other way specific to how you
>>> start pppd) should be enough.
>>
>> I want to make the connection from the other direction - from my normal
>> F14 desktop TO the remote Virgin mobile broadband dongle F14 machine.
>
> Without CSD the most reasonable option imho would be to keep a persistent
> connection over GPRS to some internet host you control and use it as a proxy.
> An alternative would be to establish GPRS connection upon an incoming (voice)
> call or message but that'd be more complex and fragile to set up.


The GPRS connection is just as likely to drop out as the existing setup 
isn't it?

Thanks,

Phil.
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Philip Rhoades

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