Re: NetBSD and USB 3G/4G dongles

[Darren Reed <darrenr%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Bernd Ernesti wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 05:25:41AM +0100, Darren Reed wrote:
> [..]
>
>   
> > I've got a feeling that there's a need for some tweaking.
> >
> > Quite a few times the modem would "CONNECT" but then pppd would say
> > that the modem had told it to hangup and terminated the call. It felt
> > like there was a race condition or two in timers.
> >
> > I'm not sure if I'll persist with it for a whole lot longer - when I
> > did get it connected, the only O2 IP# that I could reach was the DNS
> > server and the DNS server was returning its own IP# for _every_ query
> > sent to it :-/
> >
> > I don't know if further authentication is/was required, but this device
> > is just a hand-me-down to try out and has limited support...
> >     
>
> Mine required es registration and you also need to have some
> money left on that account.
>
> Btw, did you add a pin number or was that already done?
>   

I added and stored the PIN...

And finally I got it connected with the right CGDCONT string but...

Hmmm, maybe I had the wrong one, will need to retest...

But anyway, that doesn't matter.

NetBSD 5.99.23-8-2010 panic's as soon as postgres starts.

So I think I'm going back to 5.1 or 5.0

Darren