Re: NetBSD and USB 3G/4G dongles

[Darren Reed <darrenr%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Darren Reed wrote:
> Bernd Ernesti wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 05:25:41AM +0100, Darren Reed wrote:
> > [..]
> >
> >  
> > > I've got a feeling that there's a need for some tweaking.
> > >
> > > Quite a few times the modem would "CONNECT" but then pppd would say
> > > that the modem had told it to hangup and terminated the call. It felt
> > > like there was a race condition or two in timers.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure if I'll persist with it for a whole lot longer - when I
> > > did get it connected, the only O2 IP# that I could reach was the DNS
> > > server and the DNS server was returning its own IP# for _every_ query
> > > sent to it :-/
> > >
> > > I don't know if further authentication is/was required, but this device
> > > is just a hand-me-down to try out and has limited support...
> > >     
> >
> > Mine required es registration and you also need to have some
> > money left on that account.
> >
> > Btw, did you add a pin number or was that already done?
> >   
>
> I added and stored the PIN...
>
> And finally I got it connected with the right CGDCONT string but...

What I wanted to add is that for whatever reason, the 3G modem was 
slower than an
analogue modem when connected via NetBSD.

When connected with Windows, normal speed...

Darren