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Three Mobile On Linux Update

John — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:12:35 +0000

UPDATE: After installing three mobile on Fedora 11 I noticed that the DNS servers had changed. The new one are as follows

DNS Server: 4.2.2.1,4.2.2.2

One thing that I forgot to mention in my previous post about setting up mobile broadband on Fedora 11 is that three do not always set the correct DNS servers. This was annoying as it would appear that the connection was working however any attempt to access a website would timeout. In order to do so edit the connection via NetworkManager and add in the follow DNS server in the IPv4 tab.

DNS Server: 172.31.76.69, 172.31.140.69

The server addresses are comma seperated so you can add DNS server of your choice. I have used the DNS servers that Three normally set up you can use OpenDNS.

Fedora 11 and Mobile Broadband

John — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:33:51 +0000

When I was previously running F10 I managed to get my three mobile broadband setup without any hassle, which I conveniently forgot how to do when I install Fedora 11. After a quick search I found a comment on the redhat bugzilla. I have the ZTE MF622 usb modem from Three. Here the steps I followed to get it up and running.

Install usb_modeswitch, this changes the device from a CD Drive to a usb modem.

#as root
yum install usb_modeswitch

Edit the /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf and uncomment the section that related to your specific modem. This tells usb_modeswitch which modem you are using.

# ZTE MF622 (aka "Onda MDC502HS")
#
# Contributor: "andylog"

DefaultVendor=  0x19d2
DefaultProduct= 0x2000

TargetVendor=   0x19d2
TargetProduct=  0x0002

MessageEndpoint=0x04

Now edit the udev rules to add a new line to automatically call the usb_modeswitch when the device is plugged in.

vi /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules

Append the following to the end of the file

ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="19d2", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2000",
RUN+="/usr/bin/usb_modeswitch"

Once this has been done run the following and then plug your modem in

udevadm control --reload-rules

You should now be ready to create a mobile broadband connection via NetworkManager.

Fedora 11 is out, upgrade time

John — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:04:10 +0000

So Fedora 11 has been out for a little while now and I’m getting ready to upgrade. Previously I have tried using the upgrade facility however I normally end up having to perform a clean install. So now I’m currently backing up my home directories to my external storage ready to wipe everything and start again. Ill update how this goes.

Update: Install was painless simple selecting of packages that wanted to install. However my internet connection was playing up which meant that it hung whilst trying to download packages from the net. Currently installing the nvidia packages from rpmfusion.

Update Everything is up and running and I have restored all my data back on. A few problems and annoyances. There is a problem with the non-free nvidia driver. The only other annoyance is the System -> Preferences menu is not split into further sub menus which creates a menu that doesn’t fit on my screen. I have yet to have a proper play with everything else but so far it all looks good.