[SOLVED] Using 3G USB modem to configure Arch Linux

[TwiNight]

Hello, everyone - I have just installed Arch base system on my Dell laptop. Now obviously further configuration can't be done without Internet connectivity.

The problem is that I have a 3G USB modem. I looked the corresponding wiki on Arch website and found that i have to install usbutils, usb_modeswitch, wvdial and modemmanager for that purpose.

So I downloaded the required packages from the websites. Now I want to know how I can use pacman to install these packages off-line. What should I do?

[oz]

Hello and welcome aboard!

Check the Arch Wiki for instructions on using pacman. The manual page for pacman gives additional information and commands for using it:

man pacman

[oz]

Just to quickly add to the above, keep in mind that you'll also need to have any dependencies on hand, but then you can install a package with:

pacman -U filename.pkg.tar.xz

[TwiNight]

Just to quickly add to the above, keep in mind that you'll also need to have any dependencies on hand, but then you can install a package with:

pacman -U filename.pkg.tar.xz

Thanks. That worked well

[TwiNight]

Now I have installed wvdial. According to the instruction given, I ran the command "wvdialconf" which generated file "wvdial.conf"

Now i have to manually configure the file further. I need help for that.

The service provider is: Tata docomo 3G

APN: tatadocomo3g

username : <none>
password: <none>
phone number: *99#

Using this information, can anyone tell me how to modify the "wvdial.conf" file correctly? I am attaching the original file here.

[TwiNight]

Okay, problem solved! Even got KDE up and running. Thanks for the help