Setting up Airtel GPRS on Ubuntu via Nokia Mobile and Data Cable

June 29, 2009 — Siddhartha Narayan Pal

Enter this command in terminal
lsusb
It will give :-
siddhartha@ubuntu:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0951:1613 Kingston Technology
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0421:04c4 Nokia Mobile Phones
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
than enter the following command :-
siddhartha@ubuntu:~$ sudo /sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=0×421 product=0×4c4
[[  Create your wvdial.conf by running the following
sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf ]] or …
siddhartha@ubuntu:~$ wvdialconf create
Scanning your serial ports for a modem.
ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 — failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud
ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 — failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud
ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 — and failed too at 115200, giving up.
Modem Port Scan<*1>: S1 S2 S3
WvModem<*1>: Cannot get information for serial port.
ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 — OK
ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z — OK
ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 — OK
ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 — OK
ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 — OK
ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 — OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI — Nokia
ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 4800: AT — OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 9600: AT — OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 19200: AT — OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 38400: AT — OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 57600: AT — OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 115200: AT — OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 230400: AT — OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 460800: AT — OK
ttyACM0<*1>: Max speed is 460800; that should be safe.
ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 — OK
Found an USB modem on /dev/ttyACM0.
Modem configuration written to create.
ttyACM0<Info>: Speed 460800; init “ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0″
than edit Wvdial file :-
siddhartha@ubuntu:~$ sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf
[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”airtelgprs.com”
Modem Type = USB Modem
Baud = 460800
New PPPD = yes
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
ISDN = 0
Phone = *99#
Password = airtel
Username = airtel
Stupid Mode = 1
save and exit
To connect to internet type the following command :-
siddhartha@ubuntu:~$ wvdial
than this will appear
–> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
–> Cannot get information for serial port.
–> Initializing modem.
–> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
–> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 s0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 s0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
–> Modem initialized.
–> Sending: ATDT*99#
–> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT*99#
CONNECT
~[7f]}#@!}!} } }2}#}$@#}!}$}%\}”}&} }*} } g}%~
–> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
–> Starting pppd at Sun Jun 15 05:17:27 2008
–> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied
–> –> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky.
–> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied
–> –> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky.
–> Pid of pppd: 6401
–> Using interface ppp0
–> pppd: x?[06][08]
–> pppd: x?[06][08]
–> pppd: x?[06][08]
–> pppd: x?[06][08]
–> local IP address 117.98.4.246
–> pppd: x?[06][08]
–> remote IP address 10.6.6.6
–> pppd: x?[06][08]
–> primary DNS address 202.56.230.5
–> pppd: x?[06][08]
–> secondary DNS address 202.56.240.5
–> pppd: x?[06][08]
Connection successful.
Press Ctrl+c to disconnect .

Enter this command in terminal

lsusb

It will give :-

siddhartha@ubuntu:~$ lsusb

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0951:1613 Kingston Technology

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0421:04c4 Nokia Mobile Phones

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

than enter the following command :-

siddhartha@ubuntu:~$ sudo /sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=0×421 product=0×4c4

[[  Create your wvdial.conf by running the following

sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf ]] or …

siddhartha@ubuntu:~$ wvdialconf create

Scanning your serial ports for a modem.

ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 — failed with 2400 baud, next try: 9600 baud

ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 — failed with 9600 baud, next try: 115200 baud

ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 — and failed too at 115200, giving up.

Modem Port Scan<*1>: S1 S2 S3

WvModem<*1>: Cannot get information for serial port.

ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 — OK

ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z — OK

ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 — OK

ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 — OK

ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 — OK

ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 — OK

ttyACM0<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI — Nokia

ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 4800: AT — OK

ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 9600: AT — OK

ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 19200: AT — OK

ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 38400: AT — OK

ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 57600: AT — OK

ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 115200: AT — OK

ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 230400: AT — OK

ttyACM0<*1>: Speed 460800: AT — OK

ttyACM0<*1>: Max speed is 460800; that should be safe.

ttyACM0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 — OK

Found an USB modem on /dev/ttyACM0.

Modem configuration written to create.

ttyACM0<Info>: Speed 460800; init “ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0″

than edit Wvdial file :-

siddhartha@ubuntu:~$ sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf

[Dialer Defaults]

Init1 = ATZ

Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0

Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”airtelgprs.com”

Modem Type = USB Modem

Baud = 460800

New PPPD = yes

Modem = /dev/ttyACM0

ISDN = 0

Phone = *99#

Password = airtel

Username = airtel

Stupid Mode = 1

Save and exit

To connect to internet type the following command :-

siddhartha@ubuntu:~$ wvdial

than this will appear

–> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60

–> Cannot get information for serial port.

–> Initializing modem.

–> Sending: ATZ

ATZ

OK

–> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 s0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0

ATQ0 V1 E1 s0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0

OK

–> Modem initialized.

–> Sending: ATDT*99#

–> Waiting for carrier.

ATDT*99#

CONNECT

~[7f]}#@!}!} } }2}#}$@#}!}$}%\}”}&} }*} } g}%~

–> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.

–> Starting pppd at Sun Jun 15 05:17:27 2008

–> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied

–> –> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky.

–> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied

–> –> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky.

–> Pid of pppd: 6401

–> Using interface ppp0

–> pppd: x?[06][08]

–> pppd: x?[06][08]

–> pppd: x?[06][08]

–> pppd: x?[06][08]

–> local IP address 117.98.4.246

–> pppd: x?[06][08]

–> remote IP address 10.6.6.6

–> pppd: x?[06][08]

–> primary DNS address 202.56.230.5

–> pppd: x?[06][08]

–> secondary DNS address 202.56.240.5

–> pppd: x?[06][08]

Connection successful.

Press Ctrl+c to disconnect .


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4 Responses to “Setting up Airtel GPRS on Ubuntu via Nokia Mobile and Data Cable”

  1. Flash Says:
    July 6, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    Really great tips. thanks

    Reply
  2. Mea Cnpabka Says:
    July 21, 2009 at 11:01 am

    Ohh my God !!!! When I first see this techniques, it seems very hard to to do, but finally I have done. Great help, Thx friend :)

    Reply
  3. Samten Says:
    July 26, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    Hi,

    Im trying to do the same with an Idea connection, but no luck.
    My wvdial conf is also most same but with out the “airtelgprs.com” line init.

    It phone connects and the E sign come on the phone screen but no connection in firefox and I can’t ping.

    Im running ubuntu 8.04 with a nokia 5610 via usb.

    Reply
  4. Mobile Tips Tricks Says:
    July 29, 2009 at 2:19 am

    gr8 friend thnx

    Reply

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