On a timeless journey
Some dewdrops suspended by chance…
The foggy out that they create
When its their time to dance.

Stay and breathe
for the aurora will greet
with a calm serene insight
Cuddle with the air
And a sunlight hug will confirm
“Yes my dear…
Soon… everything will be alright.”

Screaming ABDABS
Across the board
I ACTION stations
in pursuit of
an admirable Crichton
who ld AID and abet
AIR and grace
and comfort my pace..

“Yes…” – you say.
The cat is belled!!

Welcome to chapter three of the Reliance Broadband+ installation. We ve done enough to make it work. Now we will iron out the changes and glue the changes to the system so that we dont have to run the flurry of commands over and over again and again.

First of all we will make the usb_modeswitch to do the job automatically everytime the usb is inserted.

You have followed the steps in http://navindutta.com/wordpress/2009/09/installing-reliance-broadband-on-fedora-linux-part-one/

Now lets continue make the usb cdrom to usb modem switch automagic .. so all this is will be done when you insert the device in usb

#vim /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules

Append the following to the end of the file

ACTION==”add”, ATTRS{idVendor}==”19d2″, ATTRS{idProduct}==”fff5″,
RUN+=”/usr/bin/usb_modeswitch”
ACTION==”add”, ATTRS{idVendor}==”19d2″, ATTRS{idProduct}==”fff1″,
RUN+=”/sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=0×19d2 product=0xfff1 maxRSize=12288 maxWSize=8192“

Once this has been done run the following and then plug your modem in and run this command to load the newly set rule.

#udevadm control –reload-rules

Now if you notice you dont have to run the usb_modeswitch everytime you plug in the modem. It is done automagically.. Cool !! aint it? as well as teh modprobe for high speed access.

Everytime you want to connect to the internet you just need to run the command

#wvdial

Thats it!!! There you go Have fun!!

Was fairly satisfied with 60kbps speed on average with the Reliance Broadband+ connection using Zte AC2726 modem, when I stumbled upon an article saying the usbserial kernel module isnt designed for high speed access and has a bottleneck which caps the speed to over 60 kpbs on an average.

(You can check how to set it up here at the link below)

http://navindutta.com/wordpress/2009/09/installing-reliance-broadband-on-fedora-linux-part-one/

Hmm… Not quiet what we want when we pay for 3.1MBpS.. This should be dealt with; but how.

After hours of toil I figured out how to do this. Lets setup the kernel compiling environment. We update our kernel; install kernel source packages and kernel header files for compiling the hacked usbserial kernel module.

(My kernel version was 2.6.27.30-170.2.82.fc10.i686)

Lets do this.

#yum update kernel
#yum install kernel-devel
#yum install kernel-headers

After this I tried to build a custom kernel but it kept failing. This was taken care of after I installed the ncurses dependency package for kernel compiling.

#yum install ncurses-devel

Okay..after installing ncurses-devel package lets see if we can build the kernel.

#cd /usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`/ && make menuconfig

Yes we can GEE …YUHOO … it gives a pretty menu like interface .. so we are ready to build our patched usbserial.ko

Lets locate the source file

#locate usb-serial.c

Output
#########################
/usr/local/bin/ztemtApp/zteusbserial/2.6.27/usb-serial.c
#########################
End Output

Lets copy this file the kernel module compiler directory for usbserial

#cp /usr/local/bin/ztemtApp/zteusbserial/2.6.27/usb-serial.c /usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`/drivers/usb/serial/

Make a backup if something goes.

#cp /usr/src/kernels/`unname -r`/drivers/usb/serial/ /home/nick/Desktop/usbserial_emergency_backup

Copy the files from the running usbserial module to build directory
#cp /usr/local/bin/ztemtApp/zteusbserial/2.6.27/* /usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`/drivers/usb/serial/

Patch the current usbserial.c with added layer to accomodate highspeed access argumentss

The patch file should be like this
************************************
61a62
> static ushort maxRSize, maxWSize, maxISize;
841a843,844
>         if (buffer_size < maxRSize)
>         buffer_size = maxRSize;
865a869,870
>         if (buffer_size < maxWSize)
>         buffer_size = maxWSize;
891a897,898
>             if (buffer_size < maxISize)
>             buffer_size = maxISize;
1260a1268,1273
> module_param(maxRSize, ushort, 0);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(maxRSize, “User specified USB input buffer size”);
> module_param(maxWSize, ushort, 0);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(maxWSize, “User specified USB output buffer size”);
> module_param(maxISize, ushort, 0);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(maxISize, “User specified USB interrupt buffer size”);
************************************

Or you can download this patched file
Instead of building the whole kernel, lets just build the usbserial.ko kernel module

#make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`/drivers/usb/serial/

Create a backup for the current usbserial.ko

#cp /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/usbserial.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/usbserial.ko.backup

You will find a ztemt.ko in the /usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`/drivers/usb/serial/

copy this file to /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/ and rename it to usbserial.ko

#cp /usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`/drivers/usb/serial/ztemt.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/usbserial.ko

Install the new usbserial kernel module like this

#depmod -a

Reboot to save changes.

#reboot

Now lets modprobe with added parameters

#modprobe usbserial vendor=0×19d2 product=0xfff1 maxRSize=12288 maxWSize=8192;sudo wvdial

Enjoy the highspeed access over 250 kbps   Depending on the signal strength this goes upto 400kbps. Welcome hack!!

Have fun

Recently I switched from (Zte MC 315+ )Reliance Netconnect connection to (Zte AC2726 ) Reliance Broadband+ plan. The transition was one of a bloggable experience hence the post.

The new device Zte AC2726 is a usb composite device which means at the same time it emulates as a usb cdrom device as well as usb evdo/cdma_1x(rtt_1x) modem. This is fairly simple to install in Windows Vista without the need of any cd. The device has the windows software listed in it and when plugged in prompts to install the setup needed else runs the application if already installed on the local syste. Quiet amazing.

Now lets put it back to older systems like Windows XP which dont have neccesary drivers for the usb composite device and go bananas trying to figure what it is. I tried updating my drivers through many available softwares Driver Detective, Driver Genius. All of em fail. Some which do recognize it ask for money. After spending Rs. 3500 on the device already. That was a no go. Bad bad support.

Now I wanted to try and make it work on Fedora. So I plugged in the device to see if it recognises it.

#lsusb

Output
**********************
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 19d2:fff5 ONDA Communication S.p.A.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
**********************
End Output
#dmesg

**********************
Lists no ttyUSBx device but shows it as a cdrom
**********************

Lets make a switch which changes the usb cdrom mode to usb modem mode. For this we require usb_modeswitch. Lets install it.

#yum install usb_modeswitch

**********************
usb_modeswitch is installed
**********************

We know what to look for. So lets add these lines in usb_modeswitch.conf and uncommented and comment all other lines.

#vim /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf

**********************

########################################################
# ZTE AC2726 (EVDO)
#
# Contributor: Navin Dutta

DefaultVendor=  0×19d2
DefaultProduct= 0xfff5

TargetVendor=   0×19d2
TargetProduct=  0xfff1

MessageEndpoint=0×0a
MessageContent=”5553424312345678c00000008000069f010000000000000000000000000000″

**********************

Now lets make it switch.

#usb_modeswitch

**********************
Successful… msg sent
**********************

now lsusb to see if it got changed

#lsusb

Output
**********************
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 19d2:fff1 ONDA Communication S.p.A.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
**********************
End Output

Yes it got changed from fff5 to fff1 which means from cdrom to modem mode

Now lets modprobe it

#modprobe usbserial vendor=0×19d2 product=0xfff1

Now lsusb or dmesg to see the if it gets detected

#dmesg

**********************

usbserial_generic: generic carrier detected
…..
…..
**********************

Now put ttyUSB0 in wvdial.conf

#vim /etc/wvdial.conf

**********************
[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Phone=#777
Username=9xxxxxxxxx
Init1=ATZ
Password=9xxxxxxxxx
Baud=4608000
PPPP Path= /usr/sbin/pppd
New PPPD= 1
Stupid Mode = 1
Tonline = 0

**********************

#sudo wvdial

**********************
Gets connected. Voila!! I get an average speed of over 60kbps. Not bad.
**********************

Check the part two of this article for the kernel module hack for high speed access of over 250 kbps with the same device.

http://navindutta.com/wordpress/2009/09/installing-reliance-broadband-on-fedora-linux-part-two/

Okiedokes… At first i wanted to capture this but then I didnt……. and then something happened … Surabhi, the hostess of the meet wrote a post and re-ignited the passions to the dying flame… So herez a random capture of what all happened at the Delhi Meet on August 2, 2009… yea yea.. that was friendship day… A community from orkut planned to meet after almost an year of planing shanning…. proposing and conforming to all the pre-reqs of the meet

Agendas… None

Venue: CCD (:P i dont rem what was that place) in New Delhi

Time: 12 mid noon

Who All? umm… we know each other for an year now, online that is; these ubercool identities finally thought its time to break out of the coccoon.. but only five of us were brave enough for this frogging

Members who finally made it:

Surabhi – the humor queen hostess

Saurabh – What next??

Who am I aka Priy – I am yet to find me

Shiney – Am cool !!

Navin – I ll capture all of this

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So on to the story rightaway… I was told there is a meet coming up on August 2nd and i thought “okay it ll be fun!!”…… It surely was!!

Just as a matter of fact from past experiences I had my plan B ready I took a book with me just incase…. you know… noone turns up yes that happens here in delhi specially if its general community other any software thing or entrepreneurial thing…. ppl just dont turn up… :/ Anyway back the story…

I entered the scene… and here z what it was like… I noted two people going yak yak yak and one sitting in a corner observing them kind of silently the best part was, they didnt realise, that they changed gears and overtook this candidate whenever she had somethin to say bechari…. n somethng quiet astonishing was the fact that the queen wanted to stay longer but the maharajical majesty was bored after he was left with no spice to curry his “What next”….

And our very own humour guru Surabhi .. well her potential is unquestionable and she mantained the pace right throughout

Girl you have some talent!! a perfect gossip guerilla …. hats off to her energy and wit !!

whatever came out of her bag was strictly confidential but so very bloggable also i must say there was fellow who gained all the focus of the hocus pocus right from the start towards the end…. I dont recall his name.. but he is known for proposing all the dames in the community “Do you have a bry frand? ” Okay agreed.. thats too much masala

then aayee thodi late lateef who had not clue of the time… or even who she was…. ”who am I?” she kept observing people… blushing at intervals… excusing herself for a bad throat whenever the needle was pointed to her but later on we found out that she z known for her love for pizzas and couches in pizza hut …

But……..If there is one person who made the most of the meet was who else but Nivi…. She called to speak to everyone and boy she got all the chance to talk to so many of em… “Satsreeakal from Simranjeet”… “hello from Spriglief” (aka Springleaf; courtesy Surabhi)…. kya haal hai from Megha……. and so on….. kya kismat he uski and she believed all of it LOL!! All the roles and mimickry was again Courtesy the humour queen…. who else Sur madam

Yea… One more fellow barged in towards the end of the meet and the instant reaction from Priy was to put her bag on the seat just in case…. this gentleman accompanying another fine gentleman who was no less than a model (no kidding here) came right in asked for the phone… made the calls to 911 :p and then flinged the chair and confronted the mankind with the most perplexing gesture.. Hello!! meet?? AP

and then vanished in the dark like a shaktiman… boy was he quick…. and determined to just do his job the call i.e. 911 and back to evergreen eversville like Stallone…. kya entry thi by god !!

Finally towards the end of the meet our very own christopher columbus; the explorer who literally found half the members onboard and was the so called hostess of the meet who was multitasking all this while …. celebrating a bday party simultaneously; meeting a fella and playing brownie brownie yes papa …. dogfighting humor banter with another onboard pilot…. and manuevering the meet proceedings…. also gossiping abcd to xyz…. was finally silenced and quietened and brought under controlled counselling environment (that can be another big post .. how n what)….

Waise Surabhi has it defined and very clear either guys in her life are “brother kind of thing” i guess instantly she decides who to put in that category and who in the other

tch tch … so many things happened in those six hours..where Saurabh had to control the sync of where thngs are going with his “What next?” We wonder wat made him leave so early “What next?”

So What next?

I guess tht shd sum up somewat… though I can go on and on with all the things that happened … so many still to cover … may be next time

And i realised we have an invisible monitoring committee at AP who keeps all the whereabouts of who z going around wid whom.. and who is seeing whom… and also wat are future probables

BEWARE GUYS!!! You are under vigilance !!! and call for thy god if SPOTTED  by the Gossip guerrillas!!!

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All this is spiced up banter… no offences meant and no intentions to hurt anyone … so take it lightly and enjoy the story Thank you for being patient if u read all this crap. U hv some forbearance!!!

… and next time .. try and be at the meet

Like a butterfly,
I long for you..
MY Petal of rose……
and my heart
thumps twice that of
a cuckoo clock………
Nonstop it goes
tick tock…
Tick Tock!!

With eyes closed
Star gazing in daylight
Lost in your thoughts
All my sentiments collide
Right from your blush
To the roll in the hay
An amorous jazz
Like the sound of a fountain
All my jitters play

A tune… A song
A melody to which
like a silly golden fish
I dream and dance
In eternal romance!!

Just when………
your smell divine
Fresh n Crisp
like the forest green
or the Hush
Blowing on the beach
sketch me a sunset serene…..

you Near me good….

….. and whisper to me..
Up and close…
In a voice…
like a car SQUASHING an orange…
and all my emotions OOZE out
like a BLEEDING RAINBOW of mixed feelings

‘I love you boy’
you say!!
and then…..
you drill me hard…
DEEP inside….
‘But……….’
like a jet crashing
to a tower
your voice gets drowned…
And I in your
in your charm and power!!

YES…
the earth rotates
for the first time i feel
and like your cat
i meow back to you

‘Dont peel your reasons!!’

‘My love for you
or your for me
is much much more than
a changing season….’

‘lets keeep it this way..’
……….
……….

i will always love you….
……….irrespective
of all else’…. if’s….
or whatever you say!!

………..and may be..
someday………..!!!

you never know…

miracles do happen!!!

they say…….

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Random muse….. totally…. not what i wanted it to be…. nevertheless.. i thought i ll post this….
Open to thy criticism Be kind!

Once upon a time,
ages ago,
there lived three sisters,
and a dog………
The sisters were the princess’
of the kingdom…
and the dog was I…

The legend has it;
they would always fight,
for every silly this n that;
and no one ever,
would even dream
to stay out of the mess,
or ever complain or cry…

Spending those two hours
in the power cut;
was the most exciting you see..
To make air bubbles
with the blank pen’s refill
big bigGER BIGGEST
BIGGEST in all that can be…

And soon it would turn
to a bugle from the bubble
and wage upon a war…
To fetch more light
from the lantern
they shared,
whilst in the darkest hour!

And that would result
in areas on mat,
to mark the four divides..
No not of anything hostile;
just to make em stay
in their plotted confines…

‘this is my space’
one would say.
‘you re the crossing the line’
- Another.
‘you better stay on ur side mister’
‘else…..I know’
‘how to get what’s mine’
‘….and forget that u re my brother’…

The youngest one,
would then take a lead,
and recite poems
in voices so loud…
Then so faithfully
to win back the glory lost,
I would double the pitch
of my sound!!

And when I speak
of voices bold
how can I not mention this..
when the princess’
would hunt the butterflies
in the gardens of yesterday
I would raise my staff
up in the air to say
‘I have the power’
‘Come to me for rescue if you may’!!

Now scenes have changed
and the times as well.
They live in the corners
of the big kingdom…
One longs to get back
and mix up well
hoping the days
shall soon again come!!!

To remember and cherish
those moments they lived once,
they send me a fine yarned thread…
and it binds us together
in warmth so firm;
and i just know it
that i am so BLESSED!!

***

This post is dedicated to my three sisters with whom i used to fight so much when i was a kid… we were made to sit n study 6-8 everyday… and my mom was very strict with the timings…. this post shares of what all adventures we had in that time… or even in the garden when I would pretend to be He-man with a sword and those funny enthusiastic retakes….. today i just captured it on the eve of rakhi

Today I speak
Of sounds I heard…
SOUNDS
I heard so many..
Some brawl, some brag
Some hush, some blush
Some….
Not even worth a penny

Some hunh.. some haan..
Some tuned.. some true.
Some driven.. some lost..
They were…
Some puns intended,
Uncashed they stayed.
Some things;
Still appear so blur

Some registered well.
Untagged some stayed
Some charged with thrill
They came!!……..
Some moments flowed;
Some raced with time.
Some pauses…
Just couldn’t fill!!

Some speculation..
Some mull to chew
Those came with
Flawless flow………….
Some words of wisdom
From a fellow comrade
Somethings
That you must know!

Some words unspoken
In smiles they said
That meant a lot
They did!……………….
Some forayed intrusion
With words all lost
With a puzzled look
To get rid!………………..

All in all,
The jazz was great
The concert
A total SUCCESS!!
On a buddy day,
Some friends you make,
What better way,
Can you be blessed!!

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Inspired by the events at Delhi AP meet today