PTCL DSL is great. Its cheap and offers good (reasonable) speed. But PTCL landlines are very untrustworthy and you never know when it will stop working. So I keep VPTCL as my backup internet connection. It is not fast but it works and has almost no down time. PTCL provides drivers and documentation for connecting to internet with VPTCL but everything is for Windows. So you are at loss if you are a Linux user. But dont worry, its really easy to connect VPTCL from linux especially Ubuntu. Basically the driver is there (usb-serial), so all you need is a dialer to connect to internet. Wvdial is a good tool for dialing different PPP connections. Earlier I have written about connecting to Windows VPN using it. To install Wvdial use the following command:
sudo apt-get install wvdialafter the installation is complete, open file /etc/wvdial.conf and add following lines to its end:
[Dialer VPTCL]Now save and close the file. You will need sudo rights for installing wvdial and editing the conf file.
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Baud = 230400
Phone = #777
Init1 = ATZ
Stupid Mode = 1
Dial Command = ATDT
Username = vwireless@ptcl.com
Password = ptcl
PPPD Options = lock noauth refuse-eap refuse-chap refuse-mschap nobsdcomp nodeflate
Now from terminal issue the following command:
wvdial VPTCLWvdial will connect to internet using VPTCL. You will get the connection information in the terminal after issuing this command i.e DNS servers and other stuff. Don't close the terminal as this will disconnect you from internet. Only close it when you want to disconnect. Pressing Ctrl-C in terminal will also end wvdial and disconnect you from internet.
Note: PTCL charges 2 rupees per 20 minutes for VPTCL internet service.
1 comment:
Hey! Your instructions were very simple to understand, great post:)
I'm completely new to ubuntu, and I need instructions to connect vptcl to Ubuntu 10.10.
I believe this post put me on the right track with wvdial, but would the same configuration work with ubuntu 10.10? If not, could you do a post about that?
Some articles regarding this mention INIT2 as well, but there is no init2 here?
Also, does the order of these lines matter?
Do reply asap!
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