Re: HTC-USB modem

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Richard <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi, I have an HP omnibook X3 with opensuse 11.0 running. Now I want to
> use a smartphone as wireless modem. I have connected a t-mobile MDA
> ("HTC-USB-modem") via USB with my notebook. I tried to configure it as a
> modem with Yast. But... does the kernel (it is 2.6... I think) contain
> the needed module?
> And, if yes, which port do have I to use? Unfortunately there are
> no /dev/USB-ports, but /dev/ACM0 (or similar, I don't have the computer
> here).
> Thanks for answering,
> Richard
>

Hi,

I am guessing you are referring to a model of the HTC windows mobile
phones. I haven't personally been able to make the phone work as a
modem directly. The only way I found is to use it as a modem through
bluetooth. Pair your laptop with the phone then on Windows Mobile run
the Internet Sharing application and connect to your internet
connection. Finally connect your laptop to the phone via:

su -c "pand -Q -n && dhclient bnep0"

This will find all bluetooth devices and connect to the one with
Bluetooth PAN enabled (yours). Alternatively to avoid searching all BT
devices in range specify the bluetooth address of your phone directly
via:

su -c "pand -Q -n -c "xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx" && dhclient bnep0"

I have this saved in a .sh script in my bin directory for convenience.

Also maybe NetworkManager in opensuse 11.1 will support Bluetooth
networking... who knows.



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Kind Regards,
Ivan N. Zlatev