[ILUG-Cochin.org] problem with reliance usb modem

[Anivar Aravind]

gingerjoos wrote:
> I haven't used wvdial, so I'm not really an expert. But this could be a 
> permissions issue. Check permissions of /etc/ppp/pap-secrets & 
> /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
> 
> Try these : 
> http://www.google.co.in/search?q=Could+not+modify+%2Fetc%2Fppp%2Fpap-secrets&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a 
> <http://www.google.co.in/search?q=Could+not+modify+%2Fetc%2Fppp%2Fpap-secrets&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a>
> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-sixth/msg04656.html
> 
> Good luck :)
> Anirudh
> 

Reliance's HUWAI modems works out of the box with wvdial

I didn't used ZTE yet


Anivar
> 
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 7:58 AM, madhu kannan <madhukumbalath at gmail.com 
> <mailto:madhukumbalath at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     unable to connect with reliance usb modem ZTE 880 . here is the
>     wvdial out put
> 
>     --> Sending: ATDT#777
>     --> Waiting for carrier.
>     ATDT#777
>     CONNECT
>     --> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
>     --> Starting pppd at Tue Jul 29 23:05:58 2008
>     --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied
>     --> --> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky.
>     --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied
>     --> --> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky.
>     --> Pid of pppd: 6245
>     --> Using interface ppp0
>     --> pppd: X�[06][08]��[06][08]
>     --> pppd: X�[06][08]��[06][08]
>     --> pppd: X�[06][08]��[06][08]
>     --> pppd: X�[06][08]��[06][08]
>     --> Disconnecting at Tue Jul 29 23:06:07 2008
>     --> The PPP daemon has died: Authentication error.
>     --> We failed to authenticate ourselves to the peer.
>     --> Maybe bad account or password? (exit code = 19)
>     --> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.
>     --> I guess that's it for now, exiting
>     --> The PPP daemon has died. (exit code = 19
> 
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