Using Tata Indicom CDMA usb modem with linux

Published: August 8, 2008

Antano Solar John is the creator and developer of the most advanced technologies to design and fast-track personal evolution and an investor in startups that have access to cutting-edge solutions for personal excellence.

Today I figured all over again for the nth time, how to go online using a tata indicom cdma modem.
I was using the usb modem and following are the steps to do the same.

  1. Install wvdial
  2. edit /etc/wvdial.conf to contain the following
[Dialer Defaults]
Init2 = AT+CRM=1
Modem Type = USB Modem
Phone = #777
ISDN = 0
Dial Command = ATDT
Username = internet
Init1 = ATZ
Password = internet
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
Baud = 115200
stupid mode = 1

3.  wvdial as root

Note :

To install wvdial

in debian – apt-get install wvdial
in suse – zypper install wvdial

If your OS does not load the driver for your modem

To load the driver for the modem

lsusb

and you will see something like this

Bus 005 Device 002: ID 1b7d:070a

then do a,

modprobe usbserial vendor=0x1b7d product=0x070a

Note that the vendor and product values are from 1b7d:070a in the above line with 0x appended.

Related Posts

Rails on Lion

Rails on Lion

Ruby HTTP Post with JSON Request + SSL + Certificate + Basic Authentication

Ruby HTTP Post with JSON Request + SSL + Certificate + Basic Authentication

Tools & Showcase

Tools & Showcase

5 Min Mentor – Quick and Measurable Learning by Content Free Diagnosis

5 Min Mentor – Quick and Measurable Learning by Content Free Diagnosis

The Antano Solar Voice  is one of the most cutting-edge blog and podcast in the world with fresh insights from validated life experience. The Solar Voice season 1 podcast has been ranked #3 in Apple iTunes News & Noteworthy. And the posts have been published in over a dozen publications including Business World, YourStory, Hindu Business Line, Economic Times and  many more. To listen to any of the past episodes for free, check out this page. And to read the past article, check out the blog page.

Leave a Reply


Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked

  1. Thanks, somehow I thought the kernel has been ‘optimised’ for the acer one in such way that it does not support the USB modem. Will probably try to install the onelinux some day and see how it works. Marko

{"email":"Email address invalid","url":"Website address invalid","required":"Required field missing"}