On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 21:48, Alejandro Imass <a...@p2ee.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Odhiambo Washington > <odhia...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am Google-ing for a recent definitive HOWTO use my 3G modem with > > FreeBSD/PC-BSD and what I get seem rather old. > > > > Which one? You need to specifiy modem brand/model and network provider > to see if other have got that particular one working. Also check the > Linux crowd (Ubuntu in particular) and then extrapolate to FBSD. > I have a Huawei E1820 and I am in KE, using Safaricom. > > > Someone can point me to a recent document detailing the steps. I have > > PC-BSD 9 on my laptop. > > > > Usually it's just a question of making the kernel mount the tty and the > dial using something like wvdial. If it's popular and supported it's pretty > easy, if not is still possible. > > Supporting the modem is usually a two layer problem first solving the > multi-device problem on the USB bus, that is, selecting the correct device > available (i.e. selecting the modem instead of the flash that contains the > windows software), and then the actual kernel or userspace driver for that > specific device (ZTE, Enfora, etc.). > Luckily, I already disabled the flash/virtual CD-ROM that the modem contains. I got the AT string combo to do this. I also have one ZTE dongle that I don't want to talk about because I haven't managed to find a way to disable the virtual CD-ROM it contains. > > Ultimately, you get a serial modem and you just have to use AT command to > dial, etc. and wvdial does a great job and it's quite easy to set-up and > run. > > You know, sometimes all this process is what makes people shy off of *BSD. I am a diehard lover of FreeBSD, but the few times I have installed Linux on my laptop, this whole process was a breeze... well, not quite, but not as difficult as it is in FreeBSD. Luckily, I use WiFi more than I use 3G, so it's never quite bothered me. Even now, I just want to see how easy it can be on PC-BSD/FreeBSD, with a GUI to boot, if there is, but I do not feel it is such a big necessity for me, because I have D-Link DIR-825 which can use this modem on it's USB port and allow me to use 3G. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email.
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