mobile broadband utility

[primax]

hi,

does anyone know of a dell mobile broadband utility for linux? I'm using SUSE linux, i think its a 2008 version can't remember.

if i can get such a utility for linux, i can slowly start to phase out windows, a lifelong dream of mine!

[reed9]

Networkmanager supports mobile broadband starting with version 0.7.

[primax]

hi,

i checked out your link.

i assume i must click on the "LATEST-IS-0.7.1" link, so i did that and downloaded the file. i'll try to open it in linux.

thank you!

[reed9]

What version of suse are you running? It's included in recent releases, so I assume you're using an older version of suse. Well, to be clear, are you running OpenSuse or Suse Enterprise?

I was really just linking to the project page to help point you in the right direction. I don't know suse well, so I couldn't guide you more. But the best way to install software is through the package manager, YaST.
YaST/Modules/Software Management - openSUSE Though in this case, I might recommend upgrading to a newer release, which, as I said, would have it installed by default.

If you can't find the package, there are various rpm search sites, like rpmbone where you might be able to find a package. (rpm in this context is a package format. More on what rpm means.)

If that all fails, you can try building the program from the source code, but that's the least preferable method.

[D-cat]

If you don't need to remember wireless keys and don't like typing in the root pw all the time, the SuSE exclusive kinternet is an excellent Internet connection management utility; my favorite by a long shot to anything else I've seen so far.