Connect to the internet via an UMTS connection using SUSE 11.4 using any desktop environment

From Linuxintro

This describes an example how to surf via UMTS under Linux. The example has been done on 2012-02-10 in Germany with the otelo SurfStick in the Vodaphone network on SUSE Linux 11.4.. It may work same or similar with another hardware, distribution, phone network or country. Here are the steps I took after buying:

You know the whole thing about Avatar's story as being done before is aulcatly kind of a lame criticism. Yeah, similar stories have been told, so it's not like it broke any story telling barriers but let's face it, there are literally, what, a dozen or so (18, if I remember correctly) different types of stories in the world (by this I mean; man versus God, man versus nature, man versus man, etc.) Despite this there are still thousands of stories are in existence. Take Romeo and Juliette- that story is everywhere but with different characters, slightly different plots and slightly different endings. Guy likes girl, guy loses girl then maybe happy ending or maybe sad ending; depending on the writer, culture, moral lesson to be learned, etc. A handful of stories turned into thousands- the point here folks, is that it's not the story itself but the journey the reader/ watcher/ listener sees/ hears/imagines. And no, I'm not saying you have to like Avatar, you can hate it or love it as much as you want but don't hate it or love it JUST because of the story is like any other thing out there. There are after all some stories that don't click well for some people and by the same token there are some stories that click well with others.

Use it

  • Download umtsmon
  • extract it to ~/umtsmon
  • attach your USB device Surf Stick
  • Start umtsmon, enter your pin
  • Choose Connection|Manage profiles
  • Add a profile with the APN event.otelo.de, save it
  • Click Connection|Connect.
  • surf to e.g. http://www.linuxintro.org to get to the otelo's payment dialog

TroubleShooting

no payment website

Symptom: You do not get a web site that allows you to pay for your UMTS connection

Reason: event.otelo.de is not reachable. This must be reachable for payment check

Solution: make sure there are name servers configured for your system. E.g. have a line

nameserver 8.8.8.8

in your /etc/resolv.conf