Hey I successfully installed a PCMCIA CDMA/UMTS (3G) wireless Internet connection card on my SUSE 9.3 laptop, although I still cannot transmit data correctly (see below). I can "talk" to the card as a serial device and transmit AT modem commands to it, so I managed to transmit the PIN code to it and unlock it and then initiate a connection. I followed the steps outlined at http://portal.wikinerds.org/howto-3g-pcmcia-gnu-linux But although the card is correctly installed and a connection can be initiated, it seems I cannot transmit data. Although the article mentions a similar problem with some kernels, I suspect my problem may have to do with routing. I am not sure how to make my SUSE correctly route Internet data through the PCMCIA card (ttyUSB0). My laptop is connected through Ethernet to my ADSL router, therefore the default gateway in Yast->Routing is my adsl box. What should I do in order to make my SUSE route Internet traffic via the PCMCIA (ttyUSB0) card when it is connected, and via Ethernet when it is removed, and always route internal network traffic via the Ethernet? -- NSK http://portal.wikinerds.org
On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 18:45 +0300, NSK wrote:
Hey
I successfully installed a PCMCIA CDMA/UMTS (3G) wireless Internet connection card on my SUSE 9.3 laptop, although I still cannot transmit data correctly (see below). I can "talk" to the card as a serial device and transmit AT modem commands to it, so I managed to transmit the PIN code to it and unlock it and then initiate a connection. I followed the steps outlined at http://portal.wikinerds.org/howto-3g-pcmcia-gnu-linux
But although the card is correctly installed and a connection can be initiated, it seems I cannot transmit data. Although the article mentions a similar problem with some kernels, I suspect my problem may have to do with routing.
I am not sure how to make my SUSE correctly route Internet data through the PCMCIA card (ttyUSB0).
My laptop is connected through Ethernet to my ADSL router, therefore the default gateway in Yast->Routing is my adsl box.
What should I do in order to make my SUSE route Internet traffic via the PCMCIA (ttyUSB0) card when it is connected, and via Ethernet when it is removed, and always route internal network traffic via the Ethernet?
Look at the package plugd which is supposed to provide this function. I use it on my laptop to switch between the PCMCIA card and the ethernet adapter. It works quite well. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
On Thursday 19 May 2005 22:45, NSK wrote:
Hey
I successfully installed a PCMCIA CDMA/UMTS (3G) wireless Internet connection card on my SUSE 9.3 laptop, although I still cannot transmit data correctly (see below). I can "talk" to the card as a serial device and transmit AT modem commands to it, so I managed to transmit the PIN code to it and unlock it and then initiate a connection. I followed the steps outlined at http://portal.wikinerds.org/howto-3g-pcmcia-gnu-linux
But although the card is correctly installed and a connection can be initiated, it seems I cannot transmit data. Although the article mentions a similar problem with some kernels, I suspect my problem may have to do with routing.
I am not sure how to make my SUSE correctly route Internet data through the PCMCIA card (ttyUSB0).
My laptop is connected through Ethernet to my ADSL router, therefore the default gateway in Yast->Routing is my adsl box.
You need to make sure that the default gateway is *not* set to the ADSL router when you are connected through the cdma card. Usually this is done automatically when you connect, but I've seen it happening that the default route got not changed. And then all traffic will go there, and none through your cdma card. SuSE has a really nice profile manager, which allows easy switching between different network environments. It's described in the admin guide somewhere AFAIR.
What should I do in order to make my SUSE route Internet traffic via the PCMCIA (ttyUSB0) card when it is connected, and via Ethernet when it is removed, and always route internal network traffic via the Ethernet?
HTH, Matt
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