Ubuntu Feisty and Minimax 5500U
Settings for using a Minimax MM-5500U EVDO modem, on Telstra’s EVDO network, from Ubuntu Feisty. Possibly only of interest to Australian EVDO wireless broadband users.
This is a slight variation on Sonia Hamilton’s notes for Ubuntu Breezy.
Run “sudo pppconfig“. My connection is named “evdo”. There are the settings I used when selecting the Change a connection option:
| Number: | #777 (tone) |
| User | user@telstra.pcpack |
| Password: | telstra |
| Speed: | 115200 |
| Com: | /dev/ttyACM0 |
| Method: | PAP |
In advanced settings:
| Modem init: | AT+CRM=150 |
| ISPConnect: | ‘’ |
| Prelogin: | |
| Defaultroute: | defaultroute |
| Ipdefault: | noipdefault |
| Debug: | enabled |
| Demand: | disabled |
| Persist: | disabled |
| Nameservers: | static |
| Primary: | 61.9.194.49 (Telstra NSW) |
| Secondary: | 61.9.195.193 |
| Add-User: | <your-acct-name> |
| Remotename: | evdo |
| Idle-timeoute: | none |
Save the configuration.
| To connect: | > pon evdo |
| To disconnect: | > poff |
You may need to turn off all other wired and wireless networking.