Difference between revisions of "Umts"
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| − | UMTS is fast mobile broadband. It is faster than GSM, GPRS, EDGE and almost as fast as HSDPA. For more information on what it is, see wikipedia. | + | UMTS is fast mobile broadband. It is faster than GSM, GPRS, EDGE and almost as fast as HSDPA. For more information on what it is, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umts wikipedia's article]. |
| − | * [[Connect to the internet via an UMTS connection using SUSE 11.4]] -- using NetworkManager under SUSE 11.4 to connect via an Otelo USB SurfStick to VodaPhone's network | + | = Hardware = |
| + | To find out if you have a UMTS modem and your kernel recognizes it, use the command | ||
| + | hwinfo --modem --short | ||
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| + | = Connecting = | ||
| + | * [[Connect to the internet via an UMTS connection using SUSE 11.4]] -- using NetworkManager under SUSE 11.4 to connect via an Otelo USB SurfStick to VodaPhone's German network | ||
| + | * [[Connect to the internet via an UMTS connection using SUSE 11.0]] -- using UMTSMon under SUSE 11.0 to connect via a Fonic USB SurfStick to O2's German network | ||
= List of APNs = | = List of APNs = | ||
Revision as of 17:10, 15 August 2011
UMTS is fast mobile broadband. It is faster than GSM, GPRS, EDGE and almost as fast as HSDPA. For more information on what it is, see wikipedia's article.
Contents
Hardware
To find out if you have a UMTS modem and your kernel recognizes it, use the command
hwinfo --modem --short
Connecting
- Connect to the internet via an UMTS connection using SUSE 11.4 -- using NetworkManager under SUSE 11.4 to connect via an Otelo USB SurfStick to VodaPhone's German network
- Connect to the internet via an UMTS connection using SUSE 11.0 -- using UMTSMon under SUSE 11.0 to connect via a Fonic USB SurfStick to O2's German network
List of APNs
Germany
- D1: internet.t-mobile.de
- D2, otelo/Vodaphone: event.otelo.de
- E2, Fonic/O2: pinternet.interkom.de
