Safaricom modem on Ubuntu remix

[Akukudanger]

Ran the sudo add/ del commands but still I cannot connect to the net. GRRRR!!!!
Anymore ideas up your sleeve?
p.s.Thanks so far for going out of your way to help me out.

[SecretCode]

What does route -n say after you've run those commands?

Maybe Safaricom are just being bad ...

Try disconnecting and reconnecting up to 10 times - seriously, I've sometimes had to do that in SA and then it works (Windows as well as Linux)

[Akukudanger]

Hey
I finally hacked it!!
ran the sudo route del default & sudo route add default gw 10.64.64.64 commands.
then an idea hit me!! if the system sees my eth0 as my "internet gateway" what if I disabled the interface??
ran the command sudo ifconfig eth0 down and put the eth0 in an inactive state.
I am replying this post on my HSDPA connection.
thanks alot Secretcode!!!

[SecretCode]

put the eth0 in an inactive state.

That's gotta help! Happy surfing!

[edug]

alternatively you can just shut down that interface!
when working as root;
root@edu-threat~#ifconfig eth0 down
*this will shut the interface down*
then manually add a route to your rooting table!

do not know if It helped you or not!

*cheers*

sorry for not replying in time. been under with some throat infection...nothing ubuntu related
anyway here,s my route -n output.

Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
10.64.64.64 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
172.31.41.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 172.31.41.254 0.0.0.0 UG 100 0 0 eth0

[gemeinschaft]

I have edited the wvdial.conf to refelct the settings for Safaricom.

What I am trying to do is script opening the application and initiating a connection on the desktop.

I am still working on learning how to write scripts, so I was wondering, has anyone already written a script that initiates a connection to Safaricom?

I am trying to get this so that the user (in this case, a 60 year old woman) can just click and connect.

Thanks in advance.