A.O.A.W.B..O

Here is the steps:

1. Plug the device.
2. Mount it through Device Notifier Widget.
3. Eject it (ignore the failure message), You’ll see the KNetworkManager icon changes, from ‘unplugged net-device’ to ‘mobile-phone’ .[0]
4. Click it, and select Manage Connections / Mobile Broadband, and then fill the necessary configurations.
5. Click the desired connection through KNetworkManager in the system tray.[1]

Have fun!

[0] This feature is still in the developer discussion wheter which is a good way should be choosen to swicth the device automatically from media-mode to modem-mode (ejecting the device or through usb_modeswitch), especially for incoming openSUSE 11.3 release.

[1] Some users complain about hang on Waiting for authorization, just disconnect and then connect it again (known bug?).

This is a simple configuration of how to use KNetworkManager (KDE4) to have Wireless connection on openSUSE 11.2 computer.

In this how-to: no encription (open), and IP Address’s client is obtained from DHCP server.

Have fun!

It was about Jakarta openSUSE 11.2 Launch-Party and Zimbra-Id Meeting at Cikarang, Indonesia.

There’re some presentations: “What’s New in openSUSE 11.2 (the original file is here)” (Andi Sugandi), “SUSE Studio” (Medwinz), “Zimbra Installation and Configuration with Zimbra Appliance” (Vavai), and Zimbra with HA (High Avability) (?).

The gathering of Indonesian openSUSE Community with Qt/KDE Programmer (come form Indonesia), Ariya Hidayat.