Re: How to get Bell Canada 3G USB network up?
> Are you in a marginal signal area?
No (rarely, and not now).
> You *don't* want EDGE
(I guess so; also, I think 2G isn't even supported by my contract at all.)
> (it's about 3-4 times GPRS == 4 strings, 8 tin cans)
Heh, took me a while to get the analogy.
> I collect things. Manuals, documentation, tin cans....
Heh.
> Gotta watch that - in my country the slower the service the steeper the
> charge (inconvience is a luxury)
If I'm correct thinking that the older protocols tie up precious
frequency bands for longer for the same amount of traffic, it makes
sense to charge more for it this way. Maybe I could tie the modem to
HSPA (if that doesn't strictly need an UMTS connection first). Maybe
poking around I'd find clues about what goes wrong.
> I'll have to have dig and see if I have manual for that - from memory
> it's less a USBstick and more a USBmouse - bout the size of a pack of cards.
Here's a picture:
http://www.bell.ca/shopping/en_CA_ON.Novatel-Wireless-U998/TurboStickU998.details
>
> Does AT? give you a list of commands.
AT?
ERROR
> cat /dev/ttyUSB0 should give you signal strength and available protocols.
# It didn't output anything while the connection was down (just
block), then I upped the connection, still nothing, but then when it
went down 20(-30) seconds later, this:
NO CARRIER
$CNTI: 0, HSPA+
OK
# it goes on after a while, interestingly while in blinking mode (aka
no (working) connection up anymore):
+CSQ: 12,99
OK
$CNTI: 0, HSPA+
OK
+CREG: 1,2D84,3F80
+CGREG: 1,2D84,3F80
+CSQ: 12,99
OK
$CNTI: 0, HSPA+
OK
...
>
> I'll be back later today - I'll have a dig for the command set and check
> for firmware updates then, I'm pretty sure SaskTel have the same modem.
> Do you have a verbose ppp log somewhere?
I've put the outputs of
# modem-manager --debug 2>&1 |log-timestamp -H > mm.log
# NM_PPP_DEBUG=1 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon 2>&1
|log-timestamp -H > nm.log
here:
http://christianjaeger.ch/scratch/bell_novatel/
(There you could also find the firmware upgrader that I recently used
on my modem to no avail.)
I appreciate your help.
Christian.
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