Re: Option iCON 515m wireless USB modem (Orange)

[cylinderz]

Thanks for your interest in this.
I have attached the hsoconnect log below for both an unsuccessful and a successful attempt to browse the web or open my email. Email (thunderbird) reports "failed to connect to [name of account]" of which I have a few.
my web browser (firefox) reports "server not found"

Either way hsoconnect reports much the same. There is an additional problem inasmuch as when hsoconnect has been used my pc often refuses to shutdowwn and has to be sitched off. Ozeroffcd is working fine. Problem seems to be hsoconnect related. Or I guess it couldbe some kind of driver problem. 30% of time I can connect 70% of time I can't and I have to reboot because once hsoconnect hits a problem if I close it it will not restart.
log attached

Any ideas?

Successful attempt
******************

<<_OWANCALL: 1,2>>
<<_OWANCALL: 1,2>>
<<_OWANCALL: 1,1>>
<<_OWANCALL: 1,1>>
Sending ->AT_OWANDATA=1<<AT_OWANDATA=1>>
<<_OWANDATA: 1, 89.195.30.152, 0.0.0.0, 193.36.79.100, 193.36.79.101, 0.0.0.0, 0.0.0.0, 72000>>

======connected======
<<OK>>
Sending ->AT_OWANDATA=1<<AT_OWANDATA=1>>
<<_OWANDATA: 1, 89.195.30.152, 0.0.0.0, 193.36.79.100, 193.36.79.101, 0.0.0.0, 0.0.0.0, 72000>>
<<OK>>
Sending ->AT_OHCIP<<AT_OHCIP>>
<<_OHCIP: 0>>
<<OK>><<_OSIGQ: 4,0>>


Unsuccessful attempt
********************

<<_OWANCALL: 1,2>>
<<_OWANCALL: 1,2>>
<<_OSIGQ: 4,0>>
<<_OWANCALL: 1,1>>
<<_OWANCALL: 1,1>>
Sending ->AT_OWANDATA=1<<AT_OWANDATA=1>>
<<_OWANDATA: 1, 89.195.73.251, 0.0.0.0, 193.36.79.100, 193.36.79.101, 0.0.0.0, 0.0.0.0, 72000>>

======connected======
<<OK>>
Sending ->AT_OWANDATA=1<<AT_OWANDATA=1>>
<<_OWANDATA: 1, 89.195.73.251, 0.0.0.0, 193.36.79.100, 193.36.79.101, 0.0.0.0, 0.0.0.0, 72000>>
<<OK>>
Sending ->AT_OHCIP<<AT_OHCIP>>
<<_OHCIP: 0>>
<<OK>>

[alexfish]

hi

from the terminal can you post the output of this code : after you have made the connection

Code:

egrep -v '#|^ *$' /etc/ppp/options

thanks in advance

[cylinderz]

The mystery deepens.

egrep -v '#|^ *$' /etc/ppp/options unfortunately doesn't highlight any kind of difference.
For the sake of completeness here they are:

dongle connection that works

asyncmap 0
noauth
crtscts
lock
hide-password
modem
proxyarp
lcp-echo-interval 30
lcp-echo-failure 4
noipx

dongle connection which doesn't work

asyncmap 0
noauth
crtscts
lock
hide-password
modem
proxyarp
lcp-echo-interval 30
lcp-echo-failure 4
noipx

what I have also noticed is that clicking "disconnect" button often doesn't write anything at all to the diagnostic log on hsoconnect. I guess this means that it's not actually disconnecting.
I have come up with a sort of a "work around" for this which allows me to disconnect and try reconnecting. I have set up two identical profiles so that rather than try to disconnect I can switch between them. This does cause it to disconnect and reconnect on the other profile. If I get very lucky I get connection which actually works but how much of my dongle usage is being wasted and not clocked I have no idea

[cylinderz]

Some progress has been made! At least I believe so.

It's too early for me say for definite that all is well but it seems to be behaving very nicely on two machines.

With a bit of further research I found this page regarding problems on a quicksilver dongle.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu...question/91686

Although this relates to a different dongle and a different problem there did seem to be some similarities and there was mention of something called resolveconf.
Consequently I tried this
sudo apt-get install resolvconf

The result was an immediate improvement. The HSOConnect program will shutdown and start up again and when I click disconnect it reports a disconnect in its log.
So far (fingers crossed) Everytime that I have tried to connect using the icon 515m it has been successful.

Laptop is now shutting down successfully after use too.

I'll update this in a couple of days when I'm absolutely sure that the problem is resolved. Many thanks for the assistance so far and also thanks everyone who takes the time and trouble to write these utilities.

[cylinderz]

Dongle is now connecting every time. No more unpredictability.

sudo apt-get install resolvconf has made a world of difference.
so I would advise anyone else who tries to get this dongle going to consider installing resolvconf once all the other steps have been worked through.

[alexfish]

Dongle is now connecting every time. No more unpredictability.

sudo apt-get install resolvconf has made a world of difference.
so I would advise anyone else who tries to get this dongle going to consider installing resolvconf once all the other steps have been worked through.

Hi

This program may want to remove the Gnome ppp ; Therefore reducing options for connections

try editing the /etc/resolv.conf file first

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[Pharscape]

Hi All,

The Icon 5x5 range had some problems with the standard hso driver shipping with current Ubuntu versions. HSO version 1.14 posted on my site is the best way to go.

The official Option 1.14 driver is not compatible with Ubuntu 9.10 yet so I have backported the 2.6.33 hso driver to 2.6.31 (used in 9.10). This works fine for me and is temporary as I expect Option to release an official driver for 9.10 soon.

FYI - if you are using HSOconnect or NetworkManager to connect to the Internet then PPP is not used so PPPD options dont apply. The Icon range of devices provide an Ethernet like interface. You can use PPP if you prefer (on some devices at least), just have a look at the README shipping with the HSO driver for details.


Cheers,
Paul

[ugm6hr]

Any experience with 10.04 with this modem yet?

I use an O2 dongle, that works flawlessly, but like the £5 / month offer Orange have for mobile phone customers.

But I need to ensure the modem will work before investing.

[pdc]

can you not negotiate a "try before you buy" deal with them: valuable for others to learn; I see pharscape from ozerocdoff is now registered as forum member; valuable backup there ..

as you are ubuntu forum staff?

[alexfish]

Any experience with 10.04 with this modem yet?

I use an O2 dongle, that works flawlessly, but like the £5 / month offer Orange have for mobile phone customers.

But I need to ensure the modem will work before investing.

Hi

the only comment I could make is that to follow advice given by PDC,

The Main difference of the OPTION device, is the " AT_OWANCALL" , use with reference to post #11

Command: AT_OWANDATA=<pdp context>
Response: _OWANDATA: <pdp context>, <ip address>, <route?>, <nameserver 1>, <nameserver 2>, <unknown>, <unknown>, <speed>
Description: Retrieve IP configuration from an established connection previously created with AT_OWANCALL
Example:

>AT_OWANDATA=1
_OWANDATA: 1, 79.138.181.171, 0.0.0.0, 80.251.192.244, 80.251.192.245, 0.0.0.0, 0.0.0.0, 72000

so if the device is recocognised as HSO then your best option {not a pun} is to use the hso drivers from Pharescape , this will will save you from having to make your own script.

The only area of which I don't agree on with the present HSO connect is the necessity to install third party software IE: the RESOLVECONF .If you have to rely on gnomepp or wvdial then the Resolvconf will want to remove these,so this is an area of conflict ,see below

As you are using o2 for your connection there could be an area of conflict not only associated with 10.04 but may also apply other versions of Ubuntu ,

In some instances Depending on the make or version of the device, there maybe more than one control line , if for any reason the Modem-Manager is returning the wrong enumeration for the device, then as a workaround users have to resort to other means of dial up.IE gnomeppp

From the above you may be faced with having to make a choice.

One possible workaround would be to install Sakis3g , but as yet untested
details can be found here ; post #10

How To : Mobile Broadband Connections [ Ubuntu 10.04 : 9.10 : 9.04 ]

regards

alexfish