OK: dell inspiron 3500, suse linux 10, verizon 5740

pen8wen · EVDO Newbie Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 2

after a bit of wrestling, seems to work, tho not well tested at this time. i used a mixture of info on kenkinder.com, ka9q.net/5220.html, and evdo-coverage.blogspot.com(ADMIN: Dishonest EVDO Vendor to get it all working - none of these sites had setups that worked outta the box (for me, YMMV), altho they were very helpful.

i used "pppd call xxx" and scripts in etc/ppp/peers rather than using yast, but that may work as well.

will update this post after patching drivers for speed.

jpsage · Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:50 pm Post subject:

pen8wnen:

Please post your scripts. I am still having trouble getting getting evdo to run under linux. Just as I think I am getting there I get no connection. It may be because of my weak 1x coverage (I will have to wait for 3g). I am in the process of ordering an outside antenna so before I try it again.
thanks,
john.
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pen8wen · EVDO Newbie Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 2

john-
<disclaimer>
depending on what pkgs you have installed, this may or may not work for you. you didn't specify, but i'm assuming you're using suse10 as i did, but it should work on something else as well. </disclaimer>
having writ that, procedure follows:

scripts:

dagunny · EVDO Newbie Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 4

Thanks - these instructions worked first time out of the box for the Verizon V620 card. It was a lot simpler to follow than trying to activate a Broadcom 4318 MiniPCI card. And it worked!

AWW · EVDO Newbie Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 1

Hi all,

I've followed the instructions to the letter and am getting the following when invoking 'pppd call 1xevdo':

pppd: In file /etc/ppp/peers/1xevdo: unrecognized option 'ttyUSB0'

Any ideas on this will be greatly appreciated!