Australian 3G ppp.conf

[Ian Smith]

On Mon, 12 Jul 2010, Peter Jeremy wrote:
 > On 2010-Jul-08 16:53:50 +1000, s0x7c0 at netspace.net.au wrote:
 > >I am using FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE and I have bought myself an optus 3G usb
 > >modem. HUAWEI E160E with a brand new sim card. The problem is that I have never
 > >had to use ppp before. I have always had a modem with a built in access point.
 > 
 > I have a Huawei E169 with an Optus reseller and roughly the following
 > config:  (replace "%%APN%%" with the Optus APN)
 > 
 > network:
 >  set log local +phase filter connect
 >  set device /dev/cuaU0.0
 >  set phone *99\#
 >  set authname dummy
 >  set authkey dummy
 >  set timeout 600                        # 10 minute idle timer
 > 
 >  deny chap
 > 
 >  disable deflate
 >  disable pred1
 >  disable vjcomp
 >  disable mppe
 > 
 >  enable dns
 >  accept dns
 > 
 >  # Ludicrous number of retries to try and convince it to work without MS NBNS
 >  set ipcpretry 3 50

What happens without and with this?  As I read ppp(8), it could take up 
to 50 IPCP configreqs at 3 seconds to negotiate IP and/or DNS addresses?

 >  set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \
 >            \"\" AT OK-AT-OK ATE1Q0 OK \
 >            AT+COPS=1,2,"50502",2 OK \
 >            AT+CGDCONT=1,\\\"IP\\\",\\\"%%APN%%\\\" OK \
 >            \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT"
 >  set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
 > 
 > And I have a ppp.linkup file containing:
 > network:
 > 	add! default HISADDR
 > 
 > -- 
 > Peter Jeremy

If I ever move within range of one of these I'll be glad I read this :)

cheers, Ian