I use Neostrada from TP as my internet service provider from my home-office but as a back up solution and for when I am travelling I want to be able to connect to the internet via my Noka E51 mobile phone which I have on a contract with Plus.
For windows users it’s no problem to use the free Nokia connectivity software. But because I only use Ubuntu I can’t use their software so I need another solution.
The answer is the linux tool Wvdial which allows your computer to make a modem connection. All I had to do was configure the config file at /etc/wvdial.conf as follows:
[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ,”IP” “INTERNET”
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Modem Type = USB Modem
Baud = 460800
New PPPD = yes
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
ISDN = 0
Phone = *99***1#
Password = A
Username = B
Then to use it I just plug my mobile in with the USB cable I got with the phone and run:
sudo wvdial
On iPlus I can by a monthly allowance of 100MB of data for 8 zloty which I think is good value and is more than enough data for me to check email and surf the net.