# KPN Dongle with Ubuntu


Well, as I'm off to The Hague for the rest of the year, I need some kind
of Internet in the evening. So off to KPN to get a umts card (or dongel
as they call it). For late night gaming I've also bought a PSP :-)

Well, to make a long story short: this stuff is hard to get working in
Ubuntu. When you insert the dongle it is *first* seen as a cdrom...,
only after you successfully install the Windows software it will become
a modem. Who comes up with this kind of crap?

# Get it working
First of all I needed the info [in this
bugreport](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/269858).

I've also had to edit
`/usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor/20-broken-usb-sticks` according
to 
[this comment](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/316100/comments/6)

In `/etc/rc.local` I had to include:

    modprobe usbserial vendor=0x19d2 product=0x0015

So that the `usbserial` driver gets loaded. The product id is `0x0015`
when it is a modem and `0x2000` when it is a cdrom...

Check with `lsusb` what the product ID for your card is. 

You will also need a `APN` string/number for you provider. 
[This site is
helpful](http://modmyi.com/wiki/index.php/Carrier_APN_Settings#KPN). For
KPN it is `internet`. The (bogus) username and password are also
included there: `username=KPN, password=gprs`.

To finally log in I need [umtsmon](http://umtsmon.sourceforge.net/).

# Making the call
Configure `umtsmon` and set it to use the APN for your provider, in this
case `internet`.

To actual use it:
Make sure to `usbserial` module is loaded!
Then:
    
* Kill network-manager: `/etc/init.d/Network-Manager stop`.
* Insert the dongle into an USB port
* Wait for some time as the dongle is first seen as a cdrom, and only
thereafter as a modem... *sigh*.
In `dmesg` you should see references to `/dev/ttyUSB[012]`.
* Start umtsmon: `sudo ./umtsmon`
* Click "connect"
* Wait

Then you should see your `ppp0` connection some to life. And I'm online!