Re: Mobile Broadband with Nokia N82 FAIL

[Jonathan Pritchard <jonathanr pritchard+mlist googlemail com>]

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On 01/10/09 22:35, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-09-27 at 00:10 +0100, Jonathan Pritchard wrote:
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>> I only just discovered this feature but with my girlfriend's Nokia N85,
>> so naturally, I tested it out with my Nokia N82 using Fedora 11 and
>> unfortunately this does not work for me. The Mobile Broadband section
>> does not appear in the NM-applet menu.
>>
>> I read about adding the device id to the '10-modem.fdi' file
>> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/262566)
>> however when searching it for 'N82' the fix reported on that link
>> already appears to be upstream.
> 
> NetworkManager probes the devices because the HAL file is not flexible
> enough (since it's usb-based, and some vendors use the same USB id for
> both CDMA and GSM devices, and firmware changes often switch around the
> ports that actualyl respond to AT commands).
> 
> So instead, NM probes the devices.  It seems that your Nokia is not
> being properly probed.  What mode are you placing the phone in when you
> connect it via USB?  I believe the correct mode is "PC Suite".
> 
> Dan
> 
> 

I'm afraid it's my mistake. When choosing 'PC Suite' mode, the Mobile
Broadband option is available in NetworkManager applet. It through me
off that the Nokia N85 didn't need any mode selected to allow this
functionality.

In fact I'm just testing it right now. Thank-you for helping me and also
a big thank-you for all your work on NetworkManager, it makes my life so
much easier and is the most elegant solution I know of.

I'm very much looking forward to when you can tether to the 3g modem via
bluetooth.

Jon Pritchard
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