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Vodafone Mobile Broadband on Ubuntu with wvdial

UPDATE! See my newer post on this for a better solution.

I have a vodafone mobile broadband. My modem is a external USB dongle: Huawei E220. It was detected automagically by Ubuntu 8.04 (x86) when I plugged it in. I use wvdial to connect, with this configuration:

aj@aj-laptop:~$ cat /etc/wvdial.conf
[Dialer Defaults]
New PPPD = yes
[Dialer vf]
Phone = *99***1#
Username = vodafone
Password = vodafone
Stupid Mode = 1
Dial Command = ATDT
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Baud = 460800
Init2 = ATZ
Init3 = ATE0V1&D2&C1S0=0+IFC=2,2
ISDN = 0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Init5 =AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","vfinternet.au";

To connect to the net:

Install wvdial

Plug in the modem

Open a terminal window

wvdial vf

Leave the terminal window open and press ctrl-c to disconnect.

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