[NBLUG/talk] cellular modem in linux (not cell phone!)

[Mitch Patenaude]

I've never actually used one, but most of these kinds of cards just 
emulate a regular old modem.

It should have a serial port associated with it, try them... it should 
respond to regular old AT commands.  The number you actually have to 
dial to get out will depend on which who your CDPD service provider is. 
  After that.. just config it like any old PPP modem.  You might want to 
use diald, and have a short timeout if your plan is by the minute.

The windows "driver" for this modem is just a simple ".inf" file. You 
can find it at www.driverguide.com (or download it from compaq/HP), but 
it's pretty much a vanilla modem configuration.  The default PPP 
scripts will probably work with it.

   -- Mitch

On Monday, Aug 18, 2003, at 10:44 US/Pacific, error wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> In a horrific example of trying-really-hard-not-sleep, I just pulled 
> out
> my pile of DefCon hardware pile.
>
> I got a modem at DefCon this year and it's a little different than 
> other
> modems. It doesn't have a phone jack, it's a CDPD 
> modem/Wireline/Circuit
> Switched Cellular (data fax only mode).
>
> I believe that I am going to need to plug a modem into it at somepoint
> unless I can use some app in linux to send over the wire.
>
> The main reason I want this is to listen on the freq that these modems
> function on. CDPD traffic might be an interesting accademic exercise in
> ethereal.
>
> `cardctl info 1` returns:
> PRODID_1="COMPAQ"
> PRODID_2="SpeedPAQ Cellular PC Card"
> PRODID_3="1-0"
> PRODID_4=""
> MANFID=0138,0000
> FUNCID=254
>
> It's a Compaq SpeedPAQ 336, PCMCIA style.
> Any ideas?
> -- 
> error <error at sonic.net>
>
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