Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Zakang ZX410 CDMA phone on linux, connect to the Internet with it

Few days ago I bought a brand-new Zakang ZX-400 phone, from a local CDMA Operator, Unite
Also, I have opted for a monthly subscription, including unlimited internet access.
The main issue is that they provide drivers/instructions for WinXP/2000, and I'm not going to use Windows just because of this :)

Ok, I plugged it in...

kernel: cdc_acm 1-1:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device kernel: usbcore: registered new driver cdc_acm kernel: drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: v0.25:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters


It looks like a standard acm modem.
Let's try to use it with wvdial

apt-get install wvdial
nano /etc/wvdial.conf
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[Dialer Defaults]
Phone =
Username =
Password =
New PPPD = yes

[Dialer unite]
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
Baud = 230400
Phone = #777
Init1 = ATZ
Stupid Mode = 1
Dial Command = ATDT
Username = net
Password = rapido
PPPD Options = crtcts multilink usepeerdns lock defaultroute


Then start it:

wvdial unite


After a few debugging messages, the connection is up! ;)

4 comments:

dang said...

salut.
crezi ca o sa mearga si in Mac OSX?
vreu sa imi iau asa ceva doar pentru internet, dar nu sint sigur daca o sa mearga pe Mac

floyd said...

salut,
sub mac habar nu am, daca vede la fel device-urile - ar trebui sa mearga, shi nu neaparat cu wvdial, cu orice alt dialer ar trebui sa o ia.
personal am folosit wvdial din obisnuinta ;)

daca reusesti sa-l faci sa mearga pe mac - sa-mi spui si mie :)

astek1980 said...

Привет. Случайно нашел этот топик. Может кто помочь перепрошить Zakang ZX410 ??? Очень надо.

floyd said...

Привет. Перепрошить - наврядли возможно, но я не уверен в этом, т.к уже больше года не пользуюсь тем заканг-ом...