automatically connect to 3g

playing with Debian on raspberry pi.

I have a 3g dongle modem on the system and there is a software called sakis3g to connect to internet. I want system to connect to internet automatically every time it starts. It takes about 30-40 seconds to get connected. copied sakis3g to /sbin folder. This command has to be run as root:

sakis3g connect parameters blah blah blah
I tried to put it in the /etc/rc.local and rebooted system, but no luck.

I tried to put it in the crontab as:

@reboot sakis3g connect parameters blah blah blah

but it does not connect me on every boot

What am I missing here?

Maybe try this
http://zool33.uni-graz.at/petz/umtskeeper/
apart from connecting it should keep the connection alive

What do you mean that is does not connect on every boot? Does it connect sometimes?

I just tried putting my connect command to a file /home/pi/connect.sh

Code: Select all

sudo /home/pi/sakis3g connect --console --interactive APN=CUSTOM_APN CUSTOM_APN='darmowy' APN_USER='0' APN_PASS='0' USBINTERFACE=3 USBDRIVER=sierra USBMODEM=1199:68a3 OTHER=USBMODEM MODEM=OTHER


and then in rc.local

Code: Select all

/home/pi/connect.sh


I haven't tried it a lot of times but so far it connects.

Maybe in your case the modem isn't ready when rc.local calls connect script? Try adding some sleep before connection.

I made some more test to rule out other things

Code: Select all

#!/bin/bash

progDir=`dirname $0`
progName=`basename $0`
sakisProg="sudo ${progDir}/sakis3g"

sakisActors="connect"
sakisSwitches="--console"
sakisOperators="APN='CUSTOM_APN' USBINTERFACE='3' USBDRIVER='sierra' USBMODEM='1199:68a3' OTHER='USBMODEM' MODEM='OTHER' CUSTOM_APN='darmowy' APN_USER='user' APN_PASS='pass'"

echo "$sakisProg $sakisActors $sakisSwitches $sakisOperators"

$sakisProg $sakisActors $sakisSwitches $sakisOperators


output is

Code: Select all

./test
sudo ./sakis3g connect --console APN='CUSTOM_APN' USBINTERFACE='3' USBDRIVER='sierra' USBMODEM='1199:68a3' OTHER='USBMODEM' MODEM='OTHER' CUSTOM_APN='darmowy' APN_USER='user' APN_PASS='pass'
Failed to load module " sierra ".
Unable to load driver " sierra " for device "1199:68a3"
Failed to connect.


This one works

Code: Select all

#!/bin/bash

sudo ./sakis3g  connect --console APN='CUSTOM_APN' USBINTERFACE='3' USBDRIVER='sierra' USBMODEM='1199:68a3' OTHER='USBMODEM' MODEM='OTHER' CUSTOM_APN='darmowy' APN_USER='user' APN_PASS='pass'


Output

Code: Select all

pi@raspberrypi ~/3g $ ./test2
USB 307 connected to Aero2 (26001).


To make this work, use

Code: Select all

eval $sakisProg $sakisActors $sakisSwitches $sakisOperators

This must also be modified manually in the original "umtskeeper".

I can't recall exactly but I think that there is some kind of bug in sakis3g it adds additional space to sierra module name. I tried to contact the author but sakis3g seems to be an abandonware

This happens when using "optional" as the driver, too.

In any case, the fix above should work.
Did/can you try it?