Jullian’s Musings

Secara gue pingin banget punya HTC Desire Z untuk ngeganti BlackBerry Bold 9700 gue, ini gue pasang bagi Sobers yang pingin punya HTC juga:

Bintang Lima
Address: ITC Roxy Mas Lt. 3 No.109 Jl. KH Hasyim Ashari Jakarta 10150
Tel: +6221 70779509

Bright Tech
Address: Ratu Plaza Computer Center Lt.3 No.27
Tel: +62 21 72795778/9

C-PALM
Address: Plaza Senayan Lt. 1 Unit 108-C Jl. Asia Afrika No. 8
Tel: +62 21 5725216/5725220

Cross Gadget
Address: CROSS GADGETRY ITC BSD LT. 1 BLOK A1,10BSD CITY SERPONG
Tel: +62 21 68821129

Cute PDA
Address: STC Senayan Lt.5 No.134
Tel: +62 21 57936501

Digital Zone
Address: JL.PURNAWARMAN 13-15,LT.1 BLOK.D/17
Tel: +62 22 4215446

Felixindo
Address: ITC Roxy Mas lt.3 no 65
Tel: +62 21 4517632

Gadget store
Address: Plaza Ambarukmo Lt LG A.26
Tel: 02744331201

GADTORADE
Address: Istana BEC Lt LU Blok H.15
Tel: 08552158259

Handycom IT
Address: Istana BEC Lt. I Blok G.02
Tel: 0816611290

INVE Store
Address: Plaza Indonesia Lt. LB # 59,70,71 Jl. MH Thamrin 28-30 Jakarta 10350
Tel: +62 21 3926448

Labz PDA Phone
Address: JL. PB. Sudirman
Tel: 0361-7439000/ 8550855

LVIGO
Address: JL. TEUKU UMAR NO.125
Tel: 0361-8555442

Mplus store
Address: Plasa Marina IT Center lt.2 blok C1-2
Tel: +6231-70017255

MRC
Address: ITC Cempaka Mas Lt.4 Blok L No.956
Tel: +62 21 42901451

Palm Mas
Address: ITC Cempaka Mas Lt.4 Blok G No.453
Tel: +62 21 42901530

Palm Point
Address: Mall Ambasador Lt.3 No 11
Tel: +62 21 5763404

PDA Enterprise
Address: Plaza Medan Fair Lt. 2 No. 98
Tel: +6261 4140545

PDA HOUSE
Address: Irian Barat No. 36/46
Tel: +6261 4570337

Ql store Jakarta
Address: Ratu Plaza Computer Center Lt.3 No.33A, Jl. Jend Sudirman
Tel: +62 21 5711090-91

Ql store Semarang
Address: Mal Ciputra, East Extention No.IX
Tel: +62 24 8440333

Ql store Surabaya
Address: Hi Tech Mall lantai dasar E-03
Tel: +62 31 5470606

Smart Cell
Address: WORLD TRADE CENTER GALERIA LANTAI 1 NO 718 JL PEMUDA 27 – 31
Tel: +6231 70081999

Smart Cellular
Address: Sun Plaza LG C-15
Tel: +6261 4501533

Smartphone Community
Address: Puri Anjasmoro B2/15 Lt.2, Semarang, 50144
Tel: 024 7605050

Smartphone Community
Address: Solo Square Lt.01-01B, Solo 57145
Tel: 027 17651765

Studio Gadget
Address: Mall Taman Anggrek Lt.3 No 340
Tel: 0816708889

Studio Handphone
Address: ITC Roxy Mas Lt.1 No 95
Tel: +62 21 63868000

Toko PDA (M2 Mal)
Address: Mangga Dua Mal Lt.3 No. 20B
Tel: +62 21 6017510

TokoPDA
Address: Mall Pondok Indah North Skywalk Lt.2 Blok N207B
Tel: +62 21 75921098

TokoPDA
Address: Mall Taman Anggrek No. A17 Ground Floor
Tel: +62 21 5639997

TokoPDA
Address: New Handphone centre Lt.2 No 6D Plaza Surabaya
Tel: +62 31 5315368

TokoPDA
Address: Puri Indah Mall Lt.1 No 144A Jl Puri Agung Jakarta
Tel: +62 21 5822625

TokoPDA
Address: Surabaya Town Square Level 1 No.75
Tel: +62 31 5634722

Tridaya Dinamika Artha
Address: Bandung Electronic center Lt.1 Blok B09
Tel: +62 22 4219152

Trio
Address: MTC Karebosi Lt.1 Blok E1-E2
Tel: +62 411 5017525/+62 411 3652197

Saya salah satu orang yang sangat jengkel bila media massa mulai angkat bicara mengenai dunia IT (yang saya geluti) dan sewaktu mereka mencari narasumber yang dipanggil adalah KRMT (Kumis Rimbun Muka Tebal) Roy Suryo.

Saya tidak akan menyebut diri saya pakar telematika, saya tidak pernah mengambil kelas di dunia IT. Tetapi saya sudah lebih dari 10 tahun bergelut di dunia industri yang berhubungan dengan teknologi informasi. Saya rasa pengetahuan saya mengenai dunia telematika ada di atas 95% penduduk Indonesia (maksudnya kalau tidak mengerti adalah begini: ambil 100 orang Indonesia secara acak, saya bisa bilang saya lebih mengerti dunia IT daripada 95 orang yang lain). Saya tidak menyebut diri saya pintar – malah programmer saja saya bukan, dan saya tidak ada ijazah yang berhubungan dengan IT apapun.

Tapi…., saya bisa bilang bahwa yang jelas Roy Suryo itu bukan Pakar Telematika seperti yang sering disebut media massa. Roy Suryo bukan pakar apapun, kecuali mungkin pakar obat penumbuh kumis. Jadi, tolong kepada media massa (contohnya RRI Pro3, Elshinta, banyak stasiun televisi), tolong, tolong, harap jangan memanggil Roy Suryo untuk diminta opini, pendapat, atau apapun yang berhubungan dengan dunia IT dan telematika. Saya dan banyak sekali orang lain (praktisi industri telematika) selalu sakit gigi bila mendengar ucapan: “Roy Suryo, Pakar Telematika”. Tolong panggil orang yang benar-benar pakar dan diakui di bidangnya, contohnya: Onno W. Purbo.

Sekian unek-unek seseorang yang katanya di industri IT.

Well, as an update for my internet connection from Mentari, I’m going to post a brief guide on setting up your computer with wvdial with bluetooth-connected phone, in this case with DiGi provider in Malaysia. First of all, you gotta make sure your phone is paired with your laptop.

Next, write within /etc/bluetooth/pin:

1234

Next, edit /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf:

#
# RFCOMM configuration file.
#
rfcomm0 {
# Automatically bind the device at startup
bind yes;
# Bluetooth address of the device
device 00:00:00:00:00:00; #Of course put in your phone's MAC
#
# RFCOMM channel for the connection
channel    1;
#
# Description of the connection
comment "Bluetooth PPP Connection";
}

Last, edit your /etc/wvdial.conf:

[6288]
Modem = /dev/rfcomm0
Baud = 460800
SetVolume = 0
Dial Command = ATDT
Init1 = ATH
Init2 = ATM0
Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","diginet","",0,0
FlowControl = None

[Dialer DIGI]
Username = digi
Password = 1234
Phone = *99***1#
Stupid Mode = 1
Inherits = 6288

AND, you are set. You can connect by:

$> wvdial DIGI

Ctrl+C to disconnect.

PS: I’ll cleanup this article after I get a real internet connection (read: dump DiGi and maybe get Maxis Celcom).

Because I don’t have an internet connection anymore at home (I used to have a Kabelvision connection), I was quite excited to have a pretty advanced phone, a Nokia 6288. It’s pretty much 3G ready, it has infrared, bluetooth, and Java MIDP 2.0. It was definitely a step up from my old 5110, the original ‘handphone sejuta umat’.

Anyway, the appeal was simple, I want to connect my notebook, a NEC Versa E400 without a built-in bluetooth, to my handphone. I originally tried to connect my 6288 to the computer via the supplied CA-53 cable. However, I have figured out that Nokia’s cables (and their Window$ drivers and software) are basically junk. Their software was terrible in connection (if they can connect at all) they are useless.

First of all, you need to make sure that your phone can already connect to the internet. If it can’t, no need to continue here .

So, I decided to connect it via a cheap USB bluetooth that I bought – Windows reported it as ISSC Bluetooth Device, the drivers reported it as Blue Soleil. It still won’t connect to the internet in Windows, so I then tried it in Ubuntu and hoped for the worst.

Because I am using MarkDown for this blog, make sure to remove the spaces in the lines colored red. Long story.

You gotta make sure that the needed packages are installed:

sudo apt-get install bluez-passkey-gnome gnome-bluetooth bluetooth wvdial

I inserted the bluetooth adapter and my tail -f /var/log/syslog:

May 17 22:14:22 localhost kernel: [ 474.468000] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4
May 17 22:14:32 localhost hcid[4543]: HCI dev 0 registered
May 17 22:14:33 localhost hcid[4543]: HCI dev 0 up
May 17 22:14:33 localhost hcid[4543]: Device hci0 has been added
May 17 22:14:33 localhost hcid[4543]: Starting security manager 0
May 17 22:14:33 localhost hcid[4543]: Device hci0 has been activated
May 17 22:14:33 localhost kernel: [ 484.680000] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

And my lsusb:


Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1131:1001 Integrated System Solution Corp. KY-BT100 Bluetooth Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

And my hciconfig:

hci0: Type: USB
BD Address: 11:11:11:11:11:11 ACL MTU: 678:8 SCO MTU: 48:10
UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
RX bytes:662 acl:0 sco:0 events:19 errors:0
TX bytes:323 acl:0 sco:0 commands:19 errors:0

Now, I need to find out the mac address of my phone (make sure you’ve already turn on the bluetooth of the phone and set it to ‘Shown to all’):

iwlist scan
00:00:00:00:00:00 phone_name # of course these are not the real name and mac address of my phone, but you get the idea.

Make sure you write down the mac address, you’ll need this to connect.

sudo hcitool cc [mac_address]

Then you need to connect your phone with authorization:

sudo hcitool autho [mac_address]

To check your connection you can:

hcitool con
    Connections:
    < ACL [mac_address] handle 1 state 1 lm MASTER

If the device are not connected, make sure you keep trying it until connected. I found that on average I needed to try to connect it for around 3 times – I guess my bluetooth adapter is not good enough (it costs me only RP. 100.000).

Now, after it is connected, let’s setup the wvdial configuration file:

sudo vi /etc/wvdial.conf.indosat

And put the following in that file:


[Dialer Defaults]
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Modem Type = USB Modem
Phone = \*99\***1\#
ISDN = 0
Username = ''
Init1 = ATZ
Password = ''
Modem = /dev/rfcomm0
Baud = 460800

You’re pretty much all set here, so now you can connect via:

wvdial -C /etc/wvdial.conf.indosat

This is the output:


--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.56
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT\*99\*\*\*1\#
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT\*99\*\*\*1\#
CONNECT
~[7f]}#@!}!} } }2}#}$@#}!}$}%\}"}&} }*} } g}%~
--> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
~[7f]}#@!}!} } }2}#}$@#}!}$}%\}"}&} }*} } g}%~
--> PPP negotiation detected.
--> Starting pppd at Thu May 17 22:43:12 2007
--> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied
--> --> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky.
--> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied
--> --> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky.
--> Pid of pppd: 7821
--> Using interface ppp0
--> pppd: [0b][06][08][11][06][08]
--> pppd: [0b][06][08][11][06][08]
--> pppd: [0b][06][08][11][06][08]
--> pppd: [0b][06][08][11][06][08]
--> pppd: [0b][06][08][11][06][08]
--> local IP address 10.33.31.204
--> pppd: [0b][06][08][11][06][08]
--> remote IP address 10.6.6.6
--> pppd: [0b][06][08][11][06][08]
--> primary DNS address 202.155.46.77
--> pppd: [0b][06][08][11][06][08]
--> secondary DNS address 202.155.0.10
--> pppd: [0b][06][08][11][06][08]

You’re basically done here. Oh yeah, it will modify your routing table, so in case you are trying this out, make sure you disconnect your wifi or ethernet connection before you do this, else it will not know which connection to use to connect to the internet. Press Ctrl+C to disconnect from the console.

Enjoy!