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Net connection and its speed are the keys to success. For years I have tried numerous internet connections provided by various ISP’s. Till yesterday I was in a mess and I’m logically offline even after keeping myself online via my Ex-Broadband connection (Yes, I’m done with it this morning)

Now I’m living at high speeds with the help of Huawei EC1260 + Reliance Broadband. Good Speed… Don’t you believe it? Check my speed test results here… Better than the one which I had posted earlier.

Speedtestholding

broadbandkitKit received from Reliance

Configuring that on my Ubuntu Jaunty was so easy just like my earlier dial-up connections via wvdial.

To configure the new modem on Gnu/Linux run the following command in Terminal (You need to have wvdial package installed)

#wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf

Your /etc/wvdial.conf will have the following entries.

# cat /etc/wvdial.conf

[Dialer Defaults]
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
; Phone =
ISDN = 0
; Username =
Init1 = ATZ
; Password =
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Baud = 460800

Change the target phone no. to #777 and Username and password need to be set to the Reliance 10 digit number.

And you require an another magical line added to this file. i.e.

Stupid Mode = 1

Once this is done run the following command to get connected.

# wvdial

To terminate the connection you can press CTRL+C.

Let me know if you face any problem while working with it.

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