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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: TS-7260 long-term performance issues
From: "Daniel" <>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:04:09 -0000
Thank you for your help!!

--- In  Don Tucker <> wrote:
>
> When you say that you can connect to the modem using minicom, does that 
> mean that you can issue AT commands through minicom and connect the 
> modem to the Internet?

I can select the frequency for my country's 3G signal

AT+WMBS=0,1
OK

and I can dial:

ATDT*99***#
OK

After this I'm lost, how can I acquire an IP address?

> 
> You can try specifying a log file in the /etc/ppp/peer/provider file and 
> then read the file after trying "pon provider" to see what is 
> happening.  That may give you some clues.  If it says something like 
> "chat script failed", then you can look into the chat script 
> (/etc/chat/provider or something like that) to see if you need to change 
> your connection AT commands.

I have no idea of how to do this...

> 
> Also, here is a list of ppp-related drivers that I put into /etc/modules:
> 
> bsd_comp
> 
> ppp_deflate
> 
> ppp_async
> 
> crc_ccitt
> 
> zlib_deflate
> 
> zlib_inflate
> 
> ppp_generic
> 
> slhc
> 
> 
> Don
> On 5/2/2012 7:18 PM, Daniel wrote:

And here's my list of modules:

Module                  Size  Used by
bsd_comp                5888  0 
ppp_deflate             5312  0 
zlib_deflate           21384  1 ppp_deflate
zlib_inflate           14208  1 ppp_deflate
ppp_async               9696  0 
crc_ccitt               1984  1 ppp_async
ppp_generic            20660  3 bsd_comp,ppp_deflate,ppp_async
slhc                    6080  1 ppp_generic
ts72xx_isa16550         1984  0 
8250                   20920  1 ts72xx_isa16550

> > Thank you for your help. Here's my dmesg log:
> >
> > Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
> > serial8250: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x11e003f8 (irq = 40) is a 16550A
> >
> > and:
> >
> > :~# more /proc/tty/driver/serial
> > serinfo:1.0 driver revision:
> > 0: uart:16550A mmio:0x11E003F8 irq:40 tx:0 rx:0 CTS|DSR
> > 1: uart:unknown port:00000000 irq:0
> > 2: uart:unknown port:00000000 irq:0
> > 3: uart:unknown port:00000000 irq:0
> >
> > Right now I can connect to the modem using minicom. I changed the band to 
> > 850 Mhz (my internet provider's band) and enabled all functionality of the 
> > device. After that I created a new connection with pppconfig but when I 
> > select to find the modem automatically, it complains about not finding one.
> >
> > Then I select /dev/ttyS0 manually, here's my config:
> >
> > Number   *99#                 Telephone number
> > User     kolbi3g              ISP user name
> > Password kolbi3g              ISP password
> > Speed    115200               Port speed
> > Com      /dev/ttyS0           Modem com port
> > Method   PAP                  Authentication method
> >
> > Modeminit    ATZ                  Modem init string
> > ISPConnect   \d\c                 Connect response                     
> > Pre-Login                         Pre-login chat
> > Defaultroute defaultroute         Default route state
> > Ipdefault    noipdefault          Set ip addresses
> > Debug        enabled              Turn debugging on or off
> > Demand       disabled             Turn demand dialing on or off     Persist 
> >      disabled             Turn persist on or off     Nameservers  static    
> >            Change DNS
> > Add-User                          Add a ppp user
> > Remotename   kolbi3g              Change remotename
> > Idle-timeout none                 Idle timeout
> >
> > These parameters were taken from a wvdial config file that I use to connect 
> > through a Huawei USB 3G module and work fine, so I don't really know what 
> > is going on...
> >
> > I'm thinking about going back to kernel 2.4 and check that I'm doing 
> > everything correctly.
> >
> > --- In  Don Tucker<dtucker@>  wrote:
> >> wvdial works with the 2.4 kernel, but there is a bug in the 2.6 kernel
> >> on the arm platform:
> >>
> >> m("/msg279471.html","//www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-closed");">http:
> >> http://code.google.com/p/wvstreams/issues/detail?id=26
> >>
> >> I was able to get the TS-GSM1 to work with the TS-7260 using the
> >> 2.6.21-ts kernel by using pppconfig instead of wvdial.  Then, to connect
> >> I just type "pon provider" and to disconnect type "poff provider", where
> >> 'provider' is the name of the provider that you specify in pppconfig.
> >>
> >> Hope that helps.
> >>
> >> Don
> >>
> >> On 5/2/2012 12:09 PM, Daniel wrote:
> >>> Hello, I'm trying to connect to the internet using the TS-GSM1 module, 
> >>> kernel 2.6.21-ts and Debian Etch. I have compiled and loaded all the 
> >>> modules and the modem is detected correctly, but when I try to use it 
> >>> with wvdial sometimes is detected and sometimes not. How did you manage 
> >>> to use it? did you use wvdial or pppd? Right now I want to use pppd 
> >>> directly since I have had problems with wvdial in the past, if you can 
> >>> give some hints on how to make this module work I would be very thankful!
> >>>
> >>> --- In  "Rekcut_Nod"<dtucker@>   wrote:
> >>>> I am running a TS-7260 with lenny user space, a 2.6.21-ts kernel, and a 
> >>>> TS-GSM1 expansion card.  I am streaming data across the cellular modem 
> >>>> link using ssh port forwarding.  I notice that after a day or so of 
> >>>> testing, I will often observe unusual behavior with the board that goes 
> >>>> away after rebooting.  For example,
> >>>>
> >>>> (1) In one case, after terminating the test, I attempted to ping the 
> >>>> remote IP address and received this message "ping: sendmsg: No buffer 
> >>>> space available".  Odd.
> >>>> (2) In another case, after the board had been up for a day, I attempted 
> >>>> to look at some of the pppd configuration files.  Although the files 
> >>>> were visible with an 'ls', if I attempted to 'more' them, I would be 
> >>>> told that the files did not exist.
> >>>> (3) After streaming data for 4 days over the ethernet connection 
> >>>> (instead of the TS-GSM1), I noticed an error message in the console 
> >>>> window: "ERROR: (device tssdcarda4): DT_GETPAGE: dtree page corrupt."  
> >>>> When I attempted to move files around, I was told that the file system 
> >>>> was read only.  After rebooting, things functioned normally.
> >>>> (4) After running for about a day, I attempted to run g++ and it seg 
> >>>> faulted.  I attempted to run apt-get to reinstall g++, and it returned 
> >>>> with undefined symbol errors.  After rebooting, things functioned 
> >>>> normally.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced problems like these, and if 
> >>>> anyone has any ideas of what could be causing them.  I thought that 
> >>>> maybe there is a memory leak somewhere, but I don't know how I would 
> >>>> even check for that.  Any assistance is appreciated.
> >>>>
> >>>> Don
> >>>>
> >>>
> >
>



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