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and subject line Re: [Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#542582: Bug#542582: UMTS
setup is a red herring, /dev/noz0 not shown
has caused the Debian Bug report #542582,
regarding UMTS setup is a red herring, /dev/noz0 not shown
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Package: network-manager
I have an Option GlobeTrotter 3G+ HSDPA data card in the PC card slot.
It works with the nozomi driver in the 2.6.26 kernel package.
When the card is present, the driver creates /dev/noz[0-3]
It all works perfectly when I manually configure a peer in
/etc/ppp/peers and /etc/chatscripts and dial from the command line (pppd
call myisp)
Today, I thought I would try the same thing from network-manager.
I tried the following, which would seem to be the intuitive approach for
most admins:
1. Gnome menu bar at top of screen, click `System' -> `Administration'
-> `Network'
2. In the `Connections' tab, click `Point-to-point', and click the
`Properties' button
3. Click `Enable this connection', and choose UMTS
4. Enter the ISP settings (in my case, Vodafone UK, settings are
internet/web/web)
5. Click the `Modem' tab. In this tab, /dev/noz0 is NOT listed, but I
type it in manually.
6. Click the `Options' tab - the options for `default route' and `name
servers' are NOT selected by default and must be selected.
7. Click OK
At this stage, there is now a tick next to Point-to-point, it appears
that the settings are configured, but there is no way to activate the
connection, even after clicking OK and even restarting the box. After
restarting, the settings have all disappeared.
I then looked at README.Debian, which suggests manually declaring ppp0
in /etc/network/interfaces
Therefore, the whole UMTS setup phase in the admin utility appears to be
a red herring. Have I missed some important step, or is this
functionality just not complete yet?
If the ppp/UMTS section of the admin tool is not meant to be used, maybe
it should be disabled in the Debian binaries, so that people won't waste
time there.
If I have missed some really important step, maybe some warning messages
are needed to help the admin use the tool correctly?
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Version: 0.7.0-1
Daniel Pocock wrote:
>
> Michael Biebl wrote:
>> Daniel Pocock wrote:
>>
>>> Package: network-manager
>>>
>> Which version of network-manager do you use?
>>
>
> It is a fresh install of lenny amd64 this week
>
> Package verison: 0.6.6-3
>
Yeah, umts does not work with 0.6, you might try the new 0.7 serious which is
available in squeeze and from backports.
I'm closing the bug fixed for those versions. If you can't get a connection with
the 0.7 packages, please reopen or just let me know.
Cheers,
Michael
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