[Ubuntu-BD] [OT] openSuSE 11.1 internet connection problem

[shiplu]

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Hafiz Imtiaz <eee.imtiaz at gmail.com> 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.
>
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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.


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