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From: "Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)"  <lyndon@orthanc.ca>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:23:44 -0800
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Subject: Re: [9fans] how to make hardware work?
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>> What exactly do you mean, PPP over USB?
> Google "PPP over USB". I've googled, red 9fans archive,
> wiki and docs before posting here.

In theory, your 3G data stick should export a serial device interface,
and therefore usb/serial should map it to /dev/eiaUx/eiaUx (where x is
a small integer).  (See usb(4)).

You would then run, e.g.,  'ip/ppp -p /dev/eiaU0/eiaU0 ...' (see ppp(8)).

--lyndon