Start the “/usr/local/airtel/MobilePartner” application.

By default it is installed in /usr/local/airtel directory. You may find a few errors because it is trying to install “NDIS” driver, but it could be ignored since we are not planning to use NDIS driver to connect to the network. It could be found using the “dmesg” command. There is a CDROM device associated with the modem. It is also helpful while sending and receiving SMS. But, it is good to have it, since it is easy to check 3G Balance using *123*11#. Note that we absolutely do not require this to connect to the network. Surprisingly, I could get Airtel application to work. You could use pon/poff to connect and disconnect to the network.

So, I had to update it to the one given at bottom.Ĭhange 98xxxxxxxx to the mobile number associated with the modem.Īuthentication Method for airtel: Peer Authentication Protocolįinished Write files and return to main menu.įor the Debian laptop, instead of using pppconfig, I just copied the following generated files from desktop, set the ownership and permissions properly.Ĭp /path/to/chatscripts/airtel /etc/chatscripts/airtelĬp /path/to/ppp/peers/airtel /etc/ppp/peers/airtel But, it did not create a proper /etc/chatscripts/airtel. There used be a lot of problems in using WvDial on ARM based systems because of getcontext/setcontext support on ARM.Īlready I experienced that while using EC1261 Tata Photon, posted the following on Debian forum.įor my Debian desktop, I used pppconfig with the following configuration. As an “original” command, many distributions support them out of the box where as wvdial has to be installed separately. He was kind enough to answer my questions also. Google gave me reference to PJP’s website. So, I tried lsmod before and after connecting the device and found the following extra modules.Ĭdc_ether, mii, option, usbnet, usbserial, usb_storage, usb_wwan WvDialįirst, I tried to configure wvdial since that seems to be the easiest thing to try. Normally this modem is detected properly, but I was curious to know the extra modules loaded when it is connected. Sudo apt-get install ppp pppconfig wvdial As a first step, installed the following packages using apt-get. As usual, I wanted to get it working in Debian GNU/Linux amd64 version. Recently I bought an Airtel 3G connection using Huawei E1731Bu-1 USB modem.

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