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Add my modem to ubuntu

Asked by Vincent Volaju

This is the thing, i have a very poor modem and Ubuntu didn't support it... I have the originals drivers for Windows, and in fact now it's working in my Ubuntu 6.06...

But it's not very cool, because i have to connect to the internet by the console, and sometime didn't work...

I was wondering if the Ubuntu team could make me a big favor and add support to my modem, i can give you the the drivers and everything you need...
This modem is very "popular" in Argentina, thousands of people use it.

Could this happen?

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Danny Staple (danny-orionrobots) said : 		#1

Hi Alejandro,
Can you tell us which modem you are talking about?
Could you also provide info/links on how you got it to work or connect?

Cheers,
Danny

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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) said : 		#2

You can use GUI interfaces such kppp or Gnome modem applet.

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Vincent Volaju (vincent-volaju) said : 		#3

Hi

Sure, the modem is a "Modem Amigo" Conexant CA80U, is a generic modem in Spain and Argentina distributed by Telefonica and Telecom for DSL conections.

The company web page:
http://www.conexant.com/

But all the information about the CA80U is in spanish, if you want:

This is my tutorial about how to get work in Ubuntu 6.06:
http://foro.elhacker.net/index.php/topic,127194.0.html

I splain the steps to get work in english:

1- Extract the firmware (The file is in the CD instalation or here: http://www.atlantis-land.com/firmware/1863_DriverWinMultiV099.085WAN.zip) and i use this tool to extract it:
http://accessrunner.cvs.sourceforge.net/accessrunner/utils/

2- Copy the firmware.bin into /lib/firmware/"KernelCurrentVersion"

3- Install the library br2684ctl and run "br2684ctl -b -c 0 -a "VPI/VCI"" in a terminal. For Argentina the "VPI/VCI" is 0.33 or 8.32.

4- Configure the pppoeconf and modificate the /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider file like this:

lock
debug
noipdefault
defaultroute
replacedefaultroute
hide-password
lcp-echo-interval 15
lcp-echo-failure 4
noauth
persist
mtu 1492
mru 1492
holdoff 4
maxfail 25
persist
asyncmap 0
usepeerdns
plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.4b1/rp-pppoe.so nas0

And it's over, this is all to run the Modem and get work it, but all times if you want conect the modem you need type in a console this commands:

sudo br2684ctl -b -c 0 -a "VPI/VCI"
pon dsl-provider

For this i created a console program in C to get it automatic.

I have this problem with all Linux ditributions but only get it work in Ubuntu 6.06 whit this steps.

If someone wont the console program in C i post the code.

Bye.-

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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) said : 		#4

You may consider to write a page in our wiki in order to provide these informations to the community. It is very appreciated.

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Vincent Volaju (vincent-volaju) said : 		#5

Ok, i could do that... But: Is it posible to add oficial support to my modem?

So i could connect more easily.

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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) said : 		#6

If drivers are open-source software, you can make a request for inclusion.