I am configuring a headless remote server with a ZTE MF363 modem connected to the Telecom network.
The server is running Ubuntu 12.04.
I have done this before as described in the post: Configuring a MF626 T-Stick
This time, everything seems to work except that I can't ping anything.
I tried pinging google after running sudo wvdial from the CLI
$>ping 8.8.8.8
but didn't get a response.
Last time I fixed this by adding to /etc/ppp/options the following line:
replacedefaultroute
When that was done, everything worked but not this time. I don't have direct access to the 1st system, so I can't do a side-by-side comparison.
I think this is some problem with the ppp0 network configuration or file permissions rather than the modem config.
the wvdial file contains:
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[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB2
Modem Type = Analog Modem
ISDN = 0
Baud = 460800
Dial Attempts = 3
Phone = *99#
Password = pass
Username = user
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Init3 = ATS7=60 S30=0 S0=0
Init4 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","wap.telecom.co.nz"
Stupid Mode = 1
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This worked OK with the MF626 modem. wvdial doesn't throw up any error messages with the MF636
$>ifconfig
gives the following response (I have not included the eth0 and lo responses)
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:10.219.126.218 P-t-P:10.64.64.64 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:147 errors:9 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:148 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:12197 (12.1 KB) TX bytes:10579 (10.5 KB)
The pppO appears to be working and packets are being Txd, Rxd OK
The output from syslog:
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May 28 21:34:32 alpha pppd[4542]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0
May 28 21:34:32 alpha pppd[4542]: Using interface ppp0
May 28 21:34:32 alpha pppd[4542]: Connect: ppp0 /dev/ttyUSB2
May 28 21:34:32 alpha pppd[4542]: CHAP authentication succeeded
May 28 21:34:32 alpha pppd[4542]: CHAP authentication succeeded
May 28 21:34:32 alpha ntpd[4500]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
May 28 21:34:34 alpha pppd[4542]: Could not determine remote IP address: defaulting to 10.64.64.64
May 28 21:34:34 alpha pppd[4542]: replacing old default route to eth0 [192.168.1.2]
May 28 21:34:34 alpha pppd[4542]: local IP address 10.218.181.52
May 28 21:34:34 alpha pppd[4542]: remote IP address 10.64.64.64
May 28 21:34:34 alpha pppd[4542]: primary DNS address 202.27.158.40
May 28 21:34:34 alpha pppd[4542]: secondary DNS address 202.27.156.72
May 28 21:35:12 alpha ntpdate[4607]: adjust time server 124.47.130.12 offset -0.290184 sec
May 28 21:35:12 alpha ntpd[4666]: ntpd 4.2.6p3@1.2290-o Tue Jun 5 20:12:11 UTC 2012 (1)
May 28 21:35:12 alpha ntpd[4667]: proto: precision = 0.980 usec
May 28 21:35:12 alpha ntpd[4667]: ntp_io: estimated max descriptors: 1024, initial socket boundary: 16
May 28 21:35:12 alpha ntpd[4667]: Listen and drop on 0 v4wildcard 0.0.0.0 UDP 123
May 28 21:35:12 alpha ntpd[4667]: Listen and drop on 1 v6wildcard :: UDP 123
May 28 21:35:12 alpha ntpd[4667]: Listen normally on 2 lo 127.0.0.1 UDP 123
May 28 21:35:12 alpha ntpd[4667]: Listen normally on 3 eth0 192.168.1.96 UDP 123
May 28 21:35:12 alpha ntpd[4667]: Listen normally on 4 ppp0 10.218.181.52 UDP 123
May 28 21:35:12 alpha ntpd[4667]: Listen normally on 5 lo ::1 UDP 123
May 28 21:35:12 alpha ntpd[4667]: peers refreshed
May 28 21:35:12 alpha ntpd[4667]: Listening on routing socket on fd #22 for interface updates
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This appears to show that ppp0 connects normally and that the ntp client is then able to update the time. If so, then the server can see the internet.
The file /etc/networks/interfaces contains:
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.96
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.2
# dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
# Telecom DNS servers
dns-nameservers 202.27.158.40
dns-search home.org
# Telecom T-Stick network
auto ppp0
iface ppp0 inet wvdial
So this should auto start ppp0 after reboot and if it drops out.
Any pointers on where to look next would be appreciated.
