For WLAN, there's a Qt configuation tool:
wpa_supplicant_gui, it works well under KDE. It lets you switch between private and public WLAN easily. Any user in the
network group can comfortably edit the
wpa_supplicant.conf(5) via that GUI (instead of editing the text file manually). It expects the port version, but you can set
sysrc wpa_supplicant_conf_file="/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf" to let it use the version from base.
For WWAN, I'm using the standard
ppp(8) from base. Obviously, you have to set the provider's EAN and other parameters in the chat script, but that's not hard. I recommend to use a PIN for the SIM card if you occasionally switch the card between mobile phone and laptop, and to use the same PIN for all cards in case you have more than one. When I know I don't need WWAN because I have WLAN or (plug-in) LAN, I simply shut the service down:
sudo service ppp stop, and when I don't want it to dial automagically for some period of time, I use these shell scripts
/root/bin/dial
Bash:
#! /bin/sh
exec pppctl /var/run/pppctl.tun0 set mode auto\; dial
/root/bin/hangup
Bash:
#! /bin/sh
exec pppctl /var/run/pppctl.tun0 set mode interactive\; close
My user is in the
network &
dialer groups &
minicom(1) helped testing the modem. As seen in the
ppp.linkup/down scripts (remove the
.conf), I make use of
resolvconf(8) to handle DNS. PM me if you experience any problems (in case I don't see any thread you might start).
