[wellylug] Setting Up Dialup Modem in Ubuntu 8.04

Rob and Carla r.wall at paradise.net.nz
Tue May 20 22:19:15 NZST 2008


Ahem...  Yes it works (good stuff) but only if I use the 'sudo wvdial' 
method in the terminal.  Is there a way I can make whatever wvdial is doing 
the default?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob and Carla" <r.wall at paradise.net.nz>
To: <wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:22 PM
Subject: Setting Up Dialup Modem in Ubuntu 8.04


> Thanks heaps for the responses.  I've been trying your suggestions as well 
> as other advice I've been given.  The good news is that it's just fired 
> into life!!!  Wow.  In case it's helpful to others that come along later, 
> the route to fixing it was this;
>
> 1.  Your diagnostic showed that the modem didn't work at all on 25pin 
> serial cable but it found a modem with the serial/usb converter on 
> /dev/ttyUSB0. So I changed to that port (that was one issue sorted).
> 2.  Your other diagnostic wasn't really necessary at that point but it 
> seemed to confirm that the usb/serial cable worked.
> 3.  The kind gentleman I bought the modem from on Trademe suggested a few 
> things including the advice here,
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto/SetUpDialer#head-f5120acdc3ef62fe7d37bfd3f0c9157ebe9c8ef6
> 4.  I checked and I was already a 'member' of dip and dialout.   $ sudo 
> adduser USERNAME dip   $ sudo adduser USERNAME dialout
> 5. I had a go at gksudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf and gksudo gedit 
> $HOME/.wvdial.conf.  The idea was to enter my dial-up data manually 
> (username, password, etc).  I wasn't 100% sure whether I saved the 
> information successfully but I think I did.
> 5. I followed the instructions for Alternative Way 1 (using wvdialconf & 
> wvdial) on the website above, including running $ sudo nano 
> /etc/wvdial.conf and entering the settings they suggested, except for X3, 
> which seemed to cause a problem.
> 6. When I typed 'sudo wvdial', off it went!
>
> Even looking back at what I did, I don't understand it, but the modem's 
> working!
>
> Thanks very much for helping.
>
> Rob
>
> 



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