Connect to the internet via an UMTS connection

UMTS allows you to connect to the internet via the mobile phone provider's network. That means you can even surf while riding a train or a car. Here is how you use your umts hardware. Find out your distribution and proceed accordingly.

= SUSE = This chapter has been written with SUSE Linux 11.1 in mind, but should work same or similar for every version.

yast2 -i umtsmon umtsmon It works now: tweedleburg:~ # ping www.heise.de PING www.heise.de (193.99.144.85) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from www.heise.de (193.99.144.85): icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=1158 ms 64 bytes from www.heise.de (193.99.144.85): icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=896 ms 64 bytes from www.heise.de (193.99.144.85): icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=719 ms ^C --- www.heise.de ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 3 received, 25% packet loss, time 4291ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1890.317/2142.079/2282.493/178.426 ms, pipe 3 tweedleburg:~ # ifconfig [...] ppp0     Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:10.70.158.184 P-t-P:10.64.64.64  Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500  Metric:1 RX packets:266 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:340 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:112893 (110.2 Kb) TX bytes:58689 (57.3 Kb)
 * Install umtsmon
 * in case of a USB surf stick: attach it
 * Start umtsmon
 * enter your pin
 * Choose Connection|Manage profiles
 * Add a profile with the APN pinternet.interkom.de, save it
 * Click Connection|Connect.

= See also =
 * Connecting to the Net
 * Set up a Modem
 * Mobile Broadband