Starting Cellular Connection On Boot - Multitech Conduit AP User Manual

Set "APN" to the APN for your cellular provider. (Not necessary for
Verizon SIMs)
# mlinux-set-apn APN
# Before establishing PPP connection, modify the file, /etc/ppp/options
sudo -s
echo -e '+ipv6\nipv6cp-use-ipaddr' >>/etc/ppp/options
# Dial the connection (using /etc/ppp/peers/xxx# config)
# pppd call xxx#
(where xxx# is your radio, L4E1 for Europe)
2. Use the Linux route utility to verify ppp0 is up.
# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway
default
33.140.12.1
8
192.168.2.0 *
The Linux ifconfig utility can be used to inspect the ppp0 interface details.
# ifconfig ppp0
ppp0
P:33.140.12.18
Additionally, you can view the pppd logs in /var/log/messages to see the modem dialing and assigned IP
address or errors if the connection was unsuccessful.
To Stop a PPP Connection
# send SIGTERM to pppd, which causes it to hang up and exit cleanly
# killall pppd

Starting Cellular Connection on Boot

Automatically starting pppd on boot requires (1) setting the peer file to use and (2) telling the system to run the
ppp init script on boot.
1. To see the available peers files (l4e1) to set the peer file, issue:
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Conduit AP MTCAP-L4E1 User Guide for Europe
Genmask
33.140.12.1 0.0.0.0
8
* 255.255.255.25
5
255.255.255.0
Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:33.140.12.18
Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST
RX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:106 (106.0 B)
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Flags Metri
c
UG 0
UH 0
U 0
P-t-
MTU:1500
TX bytes:145 (145.0 B)
Ref Use Iface
0 0 ppp0
0 0 ppp0
0 0 ethp0
Metric:1
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