On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Hafiz Imtiaz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all > > Could anyone please give me a tutorial about setting up internet > connection using GPRS/EDGE enabled mobile on openSuSE 11.1 (gnome) ? > > I have downloaded openSuSE 11.1 gnome live CD and tried many ways to > connect to the internet using my SonyEricsson k550i. The network > manager applet on Ubuntu 8.10 or Linux Mint 6 was very handy and could > let me connect to the internet using the mobile right away from the > live CD, just had to specify GrameenPhone as the operator. But in > openSuSE 11.1, the network manager could not find any network operator > when I command it to 'SCAN' for networks. Moreover, it somehow deletes > all the data accounts from my mobile itself and set my mobile in > 'FLIGHT MODE'. > > Anyway, then [after rebooting] I tried to use YaST modem setup to > configure the mobile modem manually. But still no luck. No internet > connection. But the data accounts were intact and my phone was not set > to flight mode. Then I tried "wvdialconf" and edited "wvdial.conf" > thereafter. This time the computer connects to the mobile phone. But > if I ping any site, it says "cannot resolve hostname". After getting > this message, I edited the "ip-up.local" file as following a tutorial > like this: > > cat > /etc/ppp/ip-up.local > #!/bin/sh > mv /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf.bak > cp /etc/ppp/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf > chmod 644 /etc/resolv.conf > <press Ctrl-D here> > chmod +x /etc/ppp/ip-up.local > > But still no luck. Could anyone please help connect to the internet > from openSuSE 11.1? I'll prefer GUI solution [like "gnome-ppp" on > Hardy]. But command line solutions are welcome as well. Sorry for my > long mail. > > Thank you in advance. > > -- > Hafiz Imtiaz > 0306005 > EEE,BUET > PH: 01915698207 > www.hafizimtiaz.co.nr > > -- > Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd > After connecting to internet, put your name servers' IP address like following in /etc/resolve.conf or use the exact one(its opendns)
nameserver 208.67.222.222 nameserver 208.67.220.220 /etc/ppp/resolve.conf is configured automatically. So you dont have to edit it. See if it works. -- A K M Mokaddim http://talk.cmyweb.net http://twitter.com/shiplu Stop Top Posting !! -- Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
