Mobile Broadband connection through NetworkManager

[Andrig T. Miller]

>> I just purchased a EVDO USB broadband card from Sprint, and I'm trying
>> to set it up using NetworkManager.
>>
>> When I select Edit Connections from the applet, and then select the
>> Mobile Broadband tab, I come to an empty screen, as I would expect.
>> Then I click on the Add button, but nothing happens.  I get no dialog,
>> no error message, nothing.
>>
>> This is what I get in /var/log/messages when I insert the card into
>> the USB slot:
>>
>> Aug  8 20:01:15 localhost kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB
>> device on port 1
>> Aug  8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device
>> using ohci_hcd and address 3
>> Aug  8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen
>> from 1 choice
>> Aug  8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: sierra: probe of 2-1:1.0 failed with
>> error -5
>> Aug  8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb-storage: device ignored
>> Aug  8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device found,
>> idVendor=1199, idProduct=0fff
>> Aug  8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device strings:
>> Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
>> Aug  8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Product: USB MMC Storage
>> Aug  8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Sierra
>> Wireless
>> Aug  8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: SerialNumber: SWOC22905731
>> Aug  8 20:01:16 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 3
>> Aug  8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB
>> device on port 1
>> Aug  8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device
>> using ohci_hcd and address 4
>> Aug  8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen
>> from 1 choice
>> Aug  8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: sierra 2-1:1.0: Sierra USB modem
>> converter detected
>> Aug  8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Sierra USB modem converter
>> now attached to ttyUSB0
>> Aug  8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Sierra USB modem converter
>> now attached to ttyUSB1
>> Aug  8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Sierra USB modem converter
>> now attached to ttyUSB2
>> Aug  8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: sierra 2-1:1.1: Sierra USB modem
>> converter detected
>> Aug  8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Sierra USB modem converter
>> now attached to ttyUSB3
>> Aug  8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Sierra USB modem converter
>> now attached to ttyUSB4
>> Aug  8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Sierra USB modem converter
>> now attached to ttyUSB5
>> Aug  8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device found,
>> idVendor=1199, idProduct=0023
>> Aug  8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device strings:
>> Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
>> Aug  8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Product: Sierra Wireless
>> Compass 597 EVDO Modem
>> Aug  8 20:01:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Sierra
>> Wireless, Incorporated
>>
>> It seems to recognize the card, and attach it to tty, so I think it
>> should work.
>>
>> Any help as to why I don't get a dialog would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> --

> You may need to make changes to the 10-modem.fdi file so Network Manager
> will pick it up correctly.  I had to do this with a newer EVDO usb card
> from verizon.  Just do some searching on the internet.  A quick search
> turned up this one:
> http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=189848<http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=189848>
>
> Obviously your entries in 10-modem.fdi wont match exactly depending on
> your card.
>
> Alternatively you can just configure pptp / if scripts and connect via
> the command line using ifup.
>
> --John

Thanks John.  I found the link very informative, and I added an entry in
that file for my card.  My card is a Sierra Wireless Compass 597, and there
were entries for what looks like the same card, but PC Card, instead of USB,
so I modeled it right after that, so the only thing that was different was
the product id.

When I hit the add button on the mobile broadband tab in NetworkManager's
edit connections, I still don't get anything.  Shouldn't I get a dialog of
some type regardless of whether it has this information in the 10-modem.fdi
file?

I do seem to be able to manually get a ppp connection, with a IP address and
proper DNS addresses, but I sure would like it to be automatic through
NetworkManager.

I just would have thought I would get a dialog, but nothing.

Andy
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/attachments/20080809/ff056a25/attachment-0001.html