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| Mobile wireless broadband is not to be confused with WiFi. | = Installing the iBurst drivers = |
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| To quote the iBurst homepage: | This page gives instructions on how to install the drivers for an iBurst modem. Currently there is two types of iBurst modem - PCMCIA (laptop) and USB/Ethernet (desktop). |
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| ''[quote] Mobile broadband is different from portable wireless broadband, just as a mobile phone is different to a cordless phone. Your cordless phone works in close proximity to your phone line, but if you move too far away, you'll lose your connection. Your mobile phone however, can move from cell to cell without dropping calls. Similarly, portable wireless broadband service only works if you stay within the cell coverage area. If you want to move beyond that cell, you need a true mobile broadband service. [/quote]'' | To install the drivers you will need to download some software. If you are relying on your (not yet installed) iBurst account for internet access you will first need to go somewhere you can download stuff and copy it onto USB drive/CD/floppy, then transfer to your Ubuntu system. Now to the installation: First off, '''don't connect the modem to the computer''' until instructed to do so. With the USB modem you can hook it up to the mains power and try to find a location for good reception .. there is 5 green LEDs on the front panel of the modem - the number of illuminated LEDS indicates the reception strength. A stronger signal -> faster connection. |
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| Examples (in Australia) are iBurst and Unwired. | Step 1: Download the iBurst drivers from our good friends at sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ibdriver Then download the Roaring Penguin PPPOE dialer ''(Note: I can't get it working with the Debian dialer)'': http://www.roaringpenguin.com/penguin/open_source_rp-pppoe.php Open up a terminal and make sure the two tarballs (files) you just downloaded are in the directory you want to work in. Extract the two tar files: {{{tar -xf ibdriver* tar -xf rp-pppoe*}}} You need to have installed the build-essentials package, plus the linux kernel headers. For some reason ibdriver only compiles with gcc3.4, so you need to get that too. EDIT Note: Dapper does not require gcc3.4 installed to build the drivers! {{{sudo aptitude install build-essential gcc-3.4 linux-headers-386 linux-kernel-headers}}} Sometimes you need to make a symbolic link to the headers. Better safe than sorry, so do it anyway: {{{sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r) /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build}}} Now cd to the directory with the ibdriver source, then make and install the drivers. {{{make sudo make install}}} If all goes well you will get no error messages, the output of the '''make''' command should look something like this: {{{make -C /lib/modules/2.6.12-10-686/build SUBDIRS=/home/mark/build/ibdriver-1.2.8 modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-10-686' CC [M] /home/mark/build/ibdriver-1.2.8/ib-net.o CC [M] /home/mark/build/ibdriver-1.2.8/ib-pcmcia.o CC [M] /home/mark/build/ibdriver-1.2.8/ib-usb.o CC [M] /home/mark/build/ibdriver-1.2.8/ib-file.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST CC /home/mark/build/ibdriver-1.2.8/ib-file.mod.o LD [M] /home/mark/build/ibdriver-1.2.8/ib-file.ko CC /home/mark/build/ibdriver-1.2.8/ib-net.mod.o LD [M] /home/mark/build/ibdriver-1.2.8/ib-net.ko CC /home/mark/build/ibdriver-1.2.8/ib-pcmcia.mod.o LD [M] /home/mark/build/ibdriver-1.2.8/ib-pcmcia.ko CC /home/mark/build/ibdriver-1.2.8/ib-usb.mod.o LD [M] /home/mark/build/ibdriver-1.2.8/ib-usb.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-10-686' }}} ... and the ouput of the '''sudo make install''' command will look like this: {{{cp *.ko /lib/modules/2.6.12-10-686/kernel/drivers/net/ echo checking module dependancies... checking module dependancies... depmod -a }}} ... and you have successfully compiled and installed the driver modules. Now we gots to change a few configuration files. '''For USB (desktop) modems, skip the PCMCIA steps and go straight to configuring the dialer''' First change is the PCMCIA configuration file. {{{sudo gedit /etc/pcmcia/config.opts}}} At the end of this file, paste the following: {{{device "iburst_cs" class "network" module "ib-pcmcia" card "ArrayComm ut02" manfid 0x02e3, 0x0001 bind "iburst_cs" card "ArrayComm ut02" manfid 0x02e3, 0x0002 bind "iburst_cs" }}} Save the file and exit. [[BR]] Next file: {{{sudo gedit /etc/default/pcmcia}}} Look for a line that says '''CORE_OPTS'''. Change it to the following: {{{CORE_OPTS="unreset_check=20 unreset_delay=100 unreset_limit=100"}}} Save the file and exit. [[BR]] Next file: {{{sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/iburst}}} The only text in this file should be: {{{options ib-net ifname="ib"}}} Save the file and exit. [[BR]] Okay, that is the PCMCIA stuff configured. Restart the PCMCIA system {{{sudo /etc/init.d/pcmcia restart}}} '''(WELCOME BACK DESKTOP USERS)''' Then '''plug your modem in.''' :KS If sound is enabled, you should hear two beeps, and eventually the status light goes from purple to blue. That means your card is plugged in and happy. You can check this by listing the loaded modules: {{{lsmod | grep ib_}}} .. if all is well you will see '''ib_net''' and '''ib_pcmcia''' listed. Now we configure the dialer. cd to the directory where you extracted the Roaring Penguin source, then run the setup script: {{{sudo ./go}}} ... wait for a bit while the script works it's magic, then answer the questions the script asks. Answers are: * Username: your mobile broadband provider would have told you this eg. yourname@isp.com.au * Ethernet interface: ib0 * Demand value: no * DNS: server * Password: The password supplied by your mobile broadband ISP. * Firewall: 1 |
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| [:iBurstDrivers] - get your iBurst connection up and running. | ... check the settings are correct and accept them if so. One last config file to change: {{{sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces}}} Insert the following code at the end of the file: {{{# iBurst iface ib0 inet manual up ifconfig $IFACE up up pppoe-start down pppoe-stop down ifconfig $IFACE down }}} Save the file and exit. Now we will test the connection. Make sure you are somewhere with good reception, so the reception quality light on your card should be green. Run the command to initialise a pppoe connection: {{{sudo ifup ib0}}} ... and (fingers crossed) you should get a connection! To stop the connection use the command: {{{sudo ifdown ib0}}} And that's it. Too easy (unless there is errors in this how-to!). If your iBurst card is inserted when you boot the laptop then it will connect automatically. Otherwise use the ifup command above (don't forget to use sudo). Good luck, and enjoy the freedom of using free software wherever you want (coverage permitting of course). |
Installing the iBurst drivers
This page gives instructions on how to install the drivers for an iBurst modem. Currently there is two types of iBurst modem - PCMCIA (laptop) and USB/Ethernet (desktop).
To install the drivers you will need to download some software. If you are relying on your (not yet installed) iBurst account for internet access you will first need to go somewhere you can download stuff and copy it onto USB drive/CD/floppy, then transfer to your Ubuntu system.
Now to the installation: First off, don't connect the modem to the computer until instructed to do so. With the USB modem you can hook it up to the mains power and try to find a location for good reception .. there is 5 green LEDs on the front panel of the modem - the number of illuminated LEDS indicates the reception strength. A stronger signal -> faster connection.
Step 1: Download the iBurst drivers from our good friends at sourceforge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ibdriver
Then download the Roaring Penguin PPPOE dialer (Note: I can't get it working with the Debian dialer):
http://www.roaringpenguin.com/penguin/open_source_rp-pppoe.php
Open up a terminal and make sure the two tarballs (files) you just downloaded are in the directory you want to work in. Extract the two tar files:
{{{tar -xf ibdriver* tar -xf rp-pppoe*}}}
You need to have installed the build-essentials package, plus the linux kernel headers. For some reason ibdriver only compiles with gcc3.4, so you need to get that too. EDIT Note: Dapper does not require gcc3.4 installed to build the drivers!
sudo aptitude install build-essential gcc-3.4 linux-headers-386 linux-kernel-headers
Sometimes you need to make a symbolic link to the headers. Better safe than sorry, so do it anyway:
sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r) /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build
Now cd to the directory with the ibdriver source, then make and install the drivers.