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Customizing the Modem
Sean Shahkarami edited this page Apr 30, 2019
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In this guide, we assume that you're running an Ubuntu based Linux system. We use wvdial to manage our modem connection.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wvdial
This is a template of the configuration we use on our AoT Chicago nodes. This file
is located at /etc/wvdial.conf
.
[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = <- Please fill out
Init3 = <- Please fill out
Check Def Route = yes
Phone = *99#
Idle Seconds = 0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Stupid Mode = no
Baud = 57600
New PPPD = yes
Dial Attempts = 2
Abort on Busy = on
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0 <- Please fill out
ISDN = 0
Username = <- Please fill out
Password = <- Please fill out
Carrier Check = yes
Auto Reconnect = yes
After saving the configuration to /etc/wvdial.conf
, please run:
wvdial
It will take a moment, but should indicate that it has received an IP address. After this, you should be able to ping an external site:
ping google.com