I got Open Suse 10.2 from www.opensuse.org. Installed it on my Compaq TC1000. The installation went just fine. Had to increase the screen size.Â
 I get a terminal service prompt going. Then I “su” to root. Then “tail -f /var/log/messages”. Pop in my Sierra Wireless Aircard 875. I see it recognize it and map three tty’s to it: /dev/ttyUSB0, /dev/ttyUSB1, and /dev/ttyUSB2.Â
Then I set up a modem mapped to /dev/ttyUSB0, I follow the directions on: andy.hillhome.org/blog/2007/02/05/using-a-umts-card-on-opensuse-102/
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Step 2. Configuring the modem
The last thing to do is configure the card as a modem so you can actually connect with it. Load up YaST or other favorite tool, and add a new modem using device /dev/modem, as in the following screenshots.
The important thing in the image above is the second intitialization command. For Cingular, it needs to be as follows:
AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","ISP.CINGULAR"
The next step is creating the ISP/provider entry that contains the phone number to dial:
For Cingular, here are the correct details:
Phone number: *99***1#
User name: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM
Password: cingular1
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Then I go to network manager, go to “Dial up connections”, connect to Cingular.
And it works just fine!
I did a speed test and get about 460kbps down. (I got around 750kbps down under windows.)
It works reasonably fast!
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