[KDE-India] Re: Airtel mobile broadband settings?

[Shantanu Tushar Jha]

Shantanu Tushar    (UTC +0530)
http://www.shantanutushar.com


On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Kishore <kitts.mailinglists at gmail.com>wrote:

> Have any of you set up a mobile broadband connection to airtel with Nokia
> phone?
>
> I have the Nokia 5233 and have the "mobile office" setup. I am currently
> running on kubuntu 10.10 (Maverick). Im not really able to get the
> connection to work with my PC. The phone appears to be detected (but dmesg
> shows the error "cdc_phonet: probe of 1-5:1.10 failed with error -22")
>
> I have setup the number as *99***1#, APN as airtelgprs.com. When i attempt
> connecting, it (NetworkManager plasma widget) momentarily flashes with
> "preparing to connect" and goes back to disconnected.
>

1. Though the number you've given is also correct, still try *99#
2. If it still doesn't work, try using KPPP with proper settings (modem will
be /dev/ttyACM0) and see if it connects.

Let me know the results :)

>
> Any idea how i can get this working? Internet is working directly on the
> phone. Im on KDE 4.5.2
> --
> Cheers!
> Kishore
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