Re: T-Mobile GPRS via Prolific PL2303 cable in Sarge
Hi,
it can be possible that you must set in your phone the data cable to
modem mode. In my Sony Ericsson phone i can do it.
Much luck
F.Jaeckel
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 00:43:23 -0500, Carl Fink <carlf@fink.to> wrote:
> I'm using Debian Sarge on my laptop, and I'd like to be able to
> connect that laptop to the Internet via my T-Mobile GPRS account,
> using my Nokia 6800 phone and a connection cable that claims to be a
> Nokia DKU-5.
>
> When I plug the cable into the phone, it's detected as a "Data
> Accessory". When I plug it into the computer, it's detected as
> follows:
>
> Feb 27 00:29:56 localhost kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:00:01.2: remote wakeup
> Feb 27 00:29:57 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: new full speed USB device using address 2
> Feb 27 00:29:58 localhost kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for Generic
> Feb 27 00:29:58 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usbserial
> Feb 27 00:29:58 localhost kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core v2.0
> Feb 27 00:29:58 localhost usb.agent[3179]: pl2303: loaded successfully
> Feb 27 00:29:58 localhost kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for PL-2303
> Feb 27 00:29:58 localhost kernel: pl2303 1-3:1.0: PL-2303 converter detected
> Feb 27 00:29:58 localhost kernel: usb 1-3: PL-2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs)
> Feb 27 00:29:58 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver pl2303
> Feb 27 00:29:58 localhost kernel: drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c: Prolific PL2303 USB to serial adaptor driver v0.10
>
> So far so good. However, when I copied the chatscripts and peer file
> from this page
> (http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/02/05/linux_cellular.html),
> I was not able to connect. I replaced his /dev/ttyS2 with
> /dev/ttyUSB0 (per the message above from /var/log/messages).
> However, the modem never responds to the ATZ with OK, so the script
> stalls. I tried Minicom, and there also there's no reaction to ATZ.
>
> I looked at some other postings by people who've used T-Mobile with
> this cable, and some of them use the devfs version of the script,
> such as "/dev/usb/acm/0". I don't have an "acm" directory under
> /dev/usb, so I tried "/dev/usb/tts/0" (per the messages from cable
> detection) but pppd doesn't recognize that as a valid device and
> doesn't even attempt a connection. Turns out that this directory
> also doesn't exist.
>
> The phone/cable combo works fine under Windows XP (if I remove the
> BlueTooth drivers, oddly enough).
>
> Any suggestions about how to further investigate or proceed? Thanks.
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