Using BSNL EVDO modem on Ubuntu 8.10

Jan 26, 2009 | Under: Configuration, Ubuntu
7 Comments

We will use wvdial for using EVDO. Wvdial dialer is PPP dialer, which dials a modem and starts PPP to connect to the Internet.

Steps to connect are:
1. As root, in terminal, type :
# wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
2. Now edit /etc/wvdial.conf, type:
# vim /etc/wvdial.conf
2. Now enter your username, password, & phone no as:
Phone = #777
Username = cdma
Password = cdma
3.Check your wvdial.conf file for these two entries:
Stupid Mode = 1
Auto DNS = 1
If they are not there, add them.
4. Save the file wvdial.conf and exit the text editor.
5. Now type sudo wvdial in the terminal and the EVDO should start working :)

FOR REFERENCE:
My /etc/wvdial.conf contains:

[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB1
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Stupid Mode = 1
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Phone = #777
New PPPD = yes
ISDN = 0
Username = cdma
Password = cdma
Baud = 9600

7 Responses to “Using BSNL EVDO modem on Ubuntu 8.10”

Utkarsh Verma (January 26th, 2009 at 9:03 am)

nice post… it indeed was problem for some ubuntu users….

Mandar Vaze (January 27th, 2009 at 12:56 am)

Why is Baud set only to 9600 in your reference file ?

Aman (January 27th, 2009 at 3:18 am)

Hi! Mander
Baud was automatically set to 9600 by wvdialconf command

netchaos (March 12th, 2009 at 12:29 am)

If somebody is trying to make opendns work with wvdial,edit etc/resolve.conf and type in the opendns ips [208.67.222.222 , 208.67.220.220] and then change the permission of etc/resolv.conf so that network manager wont rewrite it after each connection.
I used chmod 444.

dark entity (May 11th, 2009 at 6:08 am)

hello all!
tell me one thing that when i typed the first thing that is “# wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf”…then the device is automatically detected by the system…but when i am coming to the second step that is to edit,it replies”permission denied for editing this file”….now plz tell me how to overcome this problem??

Aman (August 31st, 2009 at 1:12 am)

Try using it as a root user.

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