Thanks Peter. It actually worked. On 1 July 2010 12:15, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> wrote: > How to enable a 3G USB modem using kde's network manager (NM). > 1) Plug in your modem > 2) Right click on the NM icon in your system tray and choose "Manage > Connections" > 3) Select the tab labelled "Mobile Broadband" > 4) Click on "Add" > 5) Give your connection a name (e.g. 3G Connection) > 6) Under the "Basic" section enter: > number: *99# > username: user > password: user > 7) Save. > 8) LEFT click on the NM icon in your system tray. Choose "3G Connection" > 9) Profit.... > NOTE: I've used this for both Warid & Orange USB modems, as well as on a > Zain with a Nokia 6300 phone connected using USB. No need to enter the APN. > I can click "3G Connection" for any USB connected modem. > Peter > "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length" > -- Robert Frost > > > On 30 June 2010 22:25, Janosch Maier <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Perhaps installing the gnome network manager to replace the kde one >> might be a solution. Not a nice one, but one at least ;) >> >> Am 30.06.2010 17:35, schrieb Reinier Battenberg: >> > >> > that is for ubuntu, and indeed, that works. >> > >> > For KDE, i had the same issue, the orange dongle didnt work on karmic. >> > Now the >> > magic: I went to Kenya, plugged in a safaricom modem, and hopsa! I was >> > online. >> > No prob. >> > >> > Come back in Uganda, and suddenly my orange modem also works. >> > >> > Until my upgrade to Lucid. Now i am modemless again. (did stick in a >> > safaricom >> > modem 2 weeks back when i was in nairobi, but some magic doesnt repeat >> > itself). >> > >> > >> > There is also a chance it might have worked due to some editing of >> > wvdial >> > configuration, but i havent investigated that yet, office jockey i am. >> > >> > i do need to go out more often, its just too much fun at Mountbatten! >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Janosch Maier <[email protected]> -- http://phynformatik.de >> This E-Mais is signed via GnuPG <http://gnupg.org/>. My public key: >> 0xEB21B1DE >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. >> --------------------------------------- >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > >
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