June 30, 2009 at 18:54MegaphoneModem + in Mandriva Linux
Repeatedly I saw and read how people configure modems that are visible as a USB flash drive + modem, saw scary scripts, a bunch of packages, someone even reassembled the kernel. But now I became the It was configured on Mandriva Linux 2009.0, in other distributions it will be different, since drakconnect is not everywhere.
I thought it would be scary, in fact it turned out to be as simple as possible. So, the instruction (copy-paste from a personal blog ):
- preparation for configuration - install 2 ppp and comgt packages in advance (in superuser mode # urpmi comgt ppp)
- insert the modem itself into the USB port, right-click on the network applet (next to the watch there are 2 monitors (blue squares) with a green checkmark or red cross), select “Set up a network” and rush off (after each point, click Next or Finish):
- select GRPS / EDGE / 3G from the list
- in the list, select our modem (it will be one there, if you have not put many more) with a name of about ppp0: HUAWEI Technology HUAWEI modem
- enter your PIN code
- choose your network (if it is not there, move on)
- there was no Megaphone in the list of providers, so select " Not in the list - edit manually "
- we enter: the name of the access point is " internet " (without the quotes), the login with the password is unclear what, I did not enter anything
- put the necessary checkmarks (at your discretion)
- choose what we want to connect right now (option " Yes ")
- we wait
- we enjoy the Internet (of course, not a dedicated line, but you can still live)
UPD (2009-07-02) : one o'clock in the morning (MSK) - I uploaded the 2.2 GB movie, the speed fluctuates around 20 KB / s (+ -4 KB / s), the program promises to download the movie in about 1 day and 5 hours . Traffic is not counted anywhere (money is not withdrawn from the account, 100 free MBs also do not decrease). In general, it’s not bad if there are no pitfalls - for cottages / trips / lack of excrement - this is it.