> Are you in a marginal signal area? No (rarely, and not now).
> You *don't* want EDGE (I guess so; also, I think 2G isn't even supported by my contract at all.) > (it's about 3-4 times GPRS == 4 strings, 8 tin cans) Heh, took me a while to get the analogy. > I collect things. Manuals, documentation, tin cans.... Heh. > Gotta watch that - in my country the slower the service the steeper the > charge (inconvience is a luxury) If I'm correct thinking that the older protocols tie up precious frequency bands for longer for the same amount of traffic, it makes sense to charge more for it this way. Maybe I could tie the modem to HSPA (if that doesn't strictly need an UMTS connection first). Maybe poking around I'd find clues about what goes wrong. > I'll have to have dig and see if I have manual for that - from memory > it's less a USBstick and more a USBmouse - bout the size of a pack of cards. Here's a picture: http://www.bell.ca/shopping/en_CA_ON.Novatel-Wireless-U998/TurboStickU998.details > > Does AT? give you a list of commands. AT? ERROR > cat /dev/ttyUSB0 should give you signal strength and available protocols. # It didn't output anything while the connection was down (just block), then I upped the connection, still nothing, but then when it went down 20(-30) seconds later, this: NO CARRIER $CNTI: 0, HSPA+ OK # it goes on after a while, interestingly while in blinking mode (aka no (working) connection up anymore): +CSQ: 12,99 OK $CNTI: 0, HSPA+ OK +CREG: 1,2D84,3F80 +CGREG: 1,2D84,3F80 +CSQ: 12,99 OK $CNTI: 0, HSPA+ OK ... > > I'll be back later today - I'll have a dig for the command set and check > for firmware updates then, I'm pretty sure SaskTel have the same modem. > Do you have a verbose ppp log somewhere? I've put the outputs of # modem-manager --debug 2>&1 |log-timestamp -H > mm.log # NM_PPP_DEBUG=1 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon 2>&1 |log-timestamp -H > nm.log here: http://christianjaeger.ch/scratch/bell_novatel/ (There you could also find the firmware upgrader that I recently used on my modem to no avail.) I appreciate your help. Christian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktimkfo_d0e+fgpeng1kdqwev5j1...@mail.gmail.com
