Sierra Wireless AC850 not working under Feisty 7.04

[harbaugh]

I am probably going to be getting one of these cards in a couple of days.

Have you seen this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AirCard8X0? It has
some unusual firmware setup info at the beginning?

Toni

[achim_59]

No, haven't tried that one... thanks very much for the tip. I'll add to this reply as soon as I've had a chance to look at it... I'm at work now.

Achim

No, haven't tried that one... thanks very much for the tip. I'll add to this reply as soon as I've had a chance to look at it... I'm at work now.

Achim

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I couldn't wait, I just had to look! The link should have been familiar but I'd made a copy of it and used the copy on the hard-disk. I have indeed used the info at that URL and had some initial success... except for the part where pccardctl gives the message "function 2 (serial)".

The specified "/etc/udev/rules.d/99-aircard.rules" text contains a reference to a file "/usr/local/bin/umtsinit". This should contain a script or program for udev to run when /etc/udev restart is executed. However, there is no mention anywhere of what should be in that script. From reading other forum info I came to the conclusion (perhaps wrongly) that it isn't really important. I initially used the scripting option to enter the PIN. I then switched to entering the PIN in the chat-script and removed the script option from the udev rule altogether.

Having said that, I have now read through the information again and have come up with a few ideas on what to try next. Failing that, there is some new info available from the Sierra people:
http://www.sierrawireless.com/faq/ShowFAQ.aspx?ID=118
This describes a rather different approach which I have not tried, yet.

Something I may need to try is another laptop. The nx6325 is known for being somewhat... um... unique? That'll be the next step... I've got an old Acer Aspire 1350 (weighs a ton!) in which the card functions under win2K, so I'll give it a try on that machine with Linux if I can't get it to work on the HP machine.

Thanks again for the response, Toni.

Achim

P.S. The card itself is good... I've had this one for 2 years!

[achim_59]

BUMP!!

I've come a long way in the past few years but still haven't managed to get the AC850 to work under Linux. I now use an IBM T43 for Linux and have come full circle. I got the compression error again but that doesn't seem to be the problem.

The compression error goes away when I add "noccp" to the ppp-script. After reading a lot of forums and related reference material I have found that the AC850 doesn't recognise the "AT_OPSYS" command at all. I removed it and hoped I would get a simple GPRS connection.

Well... I did. Trouble is the modem hangs up as soon as the connection is made. Here is the result from /var/log/syslog:

Dec 7 19:50:06 achim-laptop chat[2540]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
Dec 7 19:50:06 achim-laptop chat[2540]: abort on (NO DIALTONE)
Dec 7 19:50:06 achim-laptop chat[2540]: abort on (ERROR)
Dec 7 19:50:06 achim-laptop chat[2540]: abort on (NO ANSWER)
Dec 7 19:50:06 achim-laptop chat[2540]: abort on (BUSY)
Dec 7 19:50:06 achim-laptop chat[2540]: send (ATZ^M)
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: expect (OK)
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: ATZ^M^M
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: OK
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: -- got it
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: send (ATE0V1^M)
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: expect (OK)
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: ^M
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: ATE0V1^M^M
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: OK
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: -- got it
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: send (AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet.eplus.de","",0,0^M)
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: expect (OK)
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: ^M
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: ^M
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: OK
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: -- got it
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: send (ATD*99*1#^M)
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: expect (CONNECT)
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: ^M
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: ^M
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: CONNECT
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: -- got it
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop chat[2540]: send (^M)
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: Script /usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/eplus finished (pid 2539), status = 0x0
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: Serial connection established.
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: using channel 3
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0)
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop NetworkManager: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0): no ifupdown configuration found.
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: Using interface ppp0
Dec 7 19:50:07 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/umts
Dec 7 19:50:08 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Dec 7 19:50:08 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x3 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5> <magic 0x8228888> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Dec 7 19:50:08 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x3 <magic 0x8228888>]
Dec 7 19:50:08 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Dec 7 19:50:08 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x4 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Dec 7 19:50:08 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x4 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MD5> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Dec 7 19:50:08 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0x0]
Dec 7 19:50:08 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: rcvd [LCP DiscReq id=0x5 magic=0x8228888]
Dec 7 19:50:08 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: rcvd [CHAP Challenge id=0x1 <0c5dd2dd9a30db1dc6dd532142030509>, name = "UMTS_CHAP_SRVR"]
Dec 7 19:50:08 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: sent [CHAP Response id=0x1 <a00984bbaeab0a552df8b36a82e29237>, name = "eplus"]
Dec 7 19:50:08 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 magic=0x8228888 00 00 00 00]
Dec 7 19:50:08 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: rcvd [CHAP Success id=0x1 ""]
Dec 7 19:50:08 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: CHAP authentication succeeded
Dec 7 19:50:08 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: CHAP authentication succeeded
Dec 7 19:50:08 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns2 0.0.0.0>]
Dec 7 19:50:08 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: Modem hangup
Dec 7 19:50:08 achim-laptop pppd[2536]: Connection terminated.

So there it is. The problem seems to lie in those last few lines. In particular: "sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns2 0.0.0.0>]", since that is the point at which the successful connection ends.

I've posted all this and more on another forum:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...35#post4184035

I'm not all that hopeful that this will ellicit a response but maybe somebody will find this information useful.

When I finally do find a solution, in whatever form, I will be sure to let you all know.

Achim