Posted by: cyriacsmail | December 20, 2007

Airtel GPRS on LINUX with Nokia Phone

If you have an Airtel connection and GPRS activated(mobile office) and you want to connect to the net just do these steps to connect to the net… (Thanks to max_knr for helping me with this)

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1. Install wvdial.
2. Open terminal and type wvdialconf. This searches for the modem and writes a config file to the /etc/wvdial.conf.
3. fire up kate /etc/wvdial.conf and paste the following code replacing the orginal code.

[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”airtelgprs.com”,”",0,0
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
stupid mode = 1
Modem Type = USB Modem
Baud = 460800
New PPPD = yes
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
ISDN = 0
Phone = *99#
Password = a
Username = a

4. save and exit kate.
5. type wvdial on the terminal to connect to the net.(the following code is obtained)

cyriac@T3rminal0:~$ wvdial
WvDial<*1>: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.56
WvModem<*1>: Cannot get information for serial port.
WvDial<*1>: Initializing modem.
WvDial<*1>: Sending: AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”airtelgprs.com”,”",0,0
WvDial Modem<*1>: AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”airtelgprs.com”,”",0,0
WvDial Modem<*1>: OK
WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
WvDial Modem<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
WvDial Modem<*1>: OK
WvDial<*1>: Modem initialized.
WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATDT*99#
WvDial<*1>: Waiting for carrier.
WvDial Modem<*1>: ATDT*99#
WvDial Modem<*1>: CONNECT
WvDial Modem<*1>: ~[7f]}#@!}!} } }2}#}$@#}!}$}%\}”}&} }*} } g}%~
WvDial<*1>: Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
WvDial<Notice>: Starting pppd at Wed Dec 19 22:18:53 2007
WvDial<Err>: Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied
WvDial<Err>: –> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky.
WvDial<Err>: Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied
WvDial<Err>: –> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky.
WvDial<Notice>: Pid of pppd: 7870
WvDial<*1>: Using interface ppp0
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: local IP address 117.97.47.9
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: remote IP address 10.6.6.6
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: primary DNS address 202.56.250.5
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: secondary DNS address 202.56.250.6
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]

5. to disconnect press Ctrl+c

Caught signal 2: Attempting to exit gracefully...
WvDial<*1>: Terminating on signal 15
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: Connect time 632.4 minutes.
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: Disconnecting at Thu Dec 20 08:51:18 2007

This method is found working on Nokia phones and motorola phones..

Responses

Thanks for information.
many interesting things
Celpjefscylc

Hi,

i am face below mention problem. please help me.

# wvdial
–> 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.
–> Configuration does not specify a valid phone number.
–> Configuration does not specify a valid login name.
–> Configuration does not specify a valid password.

with regards
Rohit Rawal

what phone are you using?

remove semicolons

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***1#
; Password = airtel
; Username = airtel

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***1#
Password = airtel
Username = airtel

HI,

This was very useful thanks. I was able to connect and get the wvdial working. But I am not able to browse even though the connection is active. Any suggestions?

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