[General] MTC E-go Device (and others) Under Linux

[Burhan Khalid]

Salaam All:

   I wrote this a while go for an internal company mailing list, but I 
thought it might be worth sharing:

  To make this device work in Linux, follow these steps:

  1. Download the appropriate package files for your distribution from 
https://forge.vodafonebetavine.net/frs/?group_id=12&release_id=11

     Packages are available for Ubuntu Fiesty, Ubuntu Edgy, SLED 10, 
FC7. Source code is also available (under GPL). If you want to compile 
from source, you will need the following additional packages (and their 
-dev components) on your system:

     python python-dbus python-twisted python-serial python-glade2 
python-pysqlite2 wvdial nozomi-source python-notify python-gnome2-extras

  2. Start the application (vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux)

  3. Plug in your device and WAIT. You have to wait for a minimum of 2 
minutes before the device properly registers with dbus. You can monitor 
the progress by tail -f /var/log/messages (or view the output of dmesg). 
The light should stop blinking on the device once it is registered 
properly. You should see something similar to this in your logs:

   usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
   usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
   usb-storage: device ignored
   usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
   drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for 
generic
   usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
   drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core
   drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for 
GSM modem (1-port)
   option 1-2:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
   usb 1-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
   usbcore: registered new interface driver option
   drivers/usb/serial/option.c: USB Driver for GSM modems: v0.7.1

4. You will get a notification message that a new device has been 
detected by the vodafone dialer application. Accept the defaults for the 
device (it will detect it correctly). You will see your network provider 
and signal strength in the status bar of the application.

5. Settings; I only have settings for MTC (and half settings for 
Wataniya). Call 121 if you have a Wataniya SIM. Go to Tools > 
Preferences and change as follows:

    MTC:
       Username: hspss
       Password: hspss
       APN: hspss

    Wataniya:
       Username: ???
       Password: ???
       APN: action.wataniya.com
      I recommend you use static DNS, as sometimes the DNS received by 
the system is unreachable. You can use 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 
as DNS.

6. After saving the settings, click on Connect. Wait a second or two, 
and the system will connect. Note: when you do this, all default routes 
are disconnected. So don't do this while you are SSH'd into a server 
running some script. It might cause problems. You'll get output like 
below in your log:

   pppd[24431]: pppd 2.4.4 started by burhan, uid 1000
   pppd[24431]: Using interface ppp0
   pppd[24431]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyUSB0
   pppd[24431]: Warning - secret file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets has world 
and/or group access
   pppd[24431]: Warning - secret file /etc/ppp/chap-secrets has world 
and/or group access
   pppd[24431]: CHAP authentication succeeded
   pppd[24431]: CHAP authentication succeeded
   pppd[24431]: Could not determine remote IP address: defaulting to 
10.64.64.64
   pppd[24431]: replacing old default route to eth0 [192.168.0.1]
   pppd[24431]: local  IP address 10.177.75.84
   pppd[24431]: remote IP address 10.64.64.64
   pppd[24431]: primary   DNS address 10.11.12.13
   pppd[24431]: secondary DNS address 10.11.12.14
   pppd[24431]: Terminating on signal 15
   pppd[24431]: Connect time 1.1 minutes.
   pppd[24431]: Sent 5039 bytes, received 96 bytes.
   pppd[24431]: restoring old default route to eth0 [192.168.0.1]
   pppd[24431]: Connection terminated.
   pppd[24431]: Exit.

7. There is no step 7. Click and Enjoy :) I accept donations in filafil 
or shawarmas :P
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