Network Manager doesn’t need to see the modem – you only use Network Manager to setup the connection to your provider. It automatically uses your N95 as a modem when connected as “PC Suite”.

sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome

And then close the kde-network-manager.

Start the gnome version:

nm-applet &

That is highly unusual – there is no reason why Ubuntu should be slower than Windows unless the phone is not using 3G or HSDPA when connected in Ubuntu.

I use the Vodafone 3G network here in Australia, and a quick test just now shows me able to download 9MB in about 50 seconds, achieving 1.27mbps (1266kbps) download speed, or about 158K per second. I have not done anything special with the connection – I’m using Ubuntu’s defaults. I used the http://www.ozspeedtest.com site to conduct the test.

When you are connected in Ubuntu, does the “3G” icon in the top-left of your N95′s display light up with a two-way arrow underneath it? 6kbps is akin to dial-up speed, not broadband, so if the 3G icon is not lit, then that’s where the problem is starting, though why that would be the case I cannot fathom.

At this stage, given that I can get good speed, I would have to lay blame upon your configuration. I would suggest booting up on a LiveCD so that you have a 100% clean environment to test with, connect your N95 and repeat the download test to see if there is any difference.

Unfortunately it will be a long time before we see providers of any sort have any real level of support for Linux. Thankfully the Internet community at large is a great help, so not all is lost.

I’m using my Nokia N95, and it works, but it’s slow. I see 6 kilobits per second on my Intrepid box, but the the same phone gives me at least 40 kilobits on my WinXP box.

I have an ethernet hub, so I considered using my WinXP box as a router at first, but the piece of crap machine has died on me and I can’t get Windows to boot.

Do you know why it might be so slow on Intrepid? I called the Vodacom South Africa help desk, but they asked me to do stuff like “Click Start->Control Panel blah blah blah”. The call centre person on the other end of the line didn’t seem to even know what Intrepid is and when I told her that it’s linux, she couldn’t help me as “we only support Windows and Mac”. I sound like I’m ranting, so let me stop.

Do you use Windows at all, and do you also notice a difference in the data transfer rate between Windows and Intrepid? I was thinking that the default drivers might be sub-optimal or there could be something screwy in my configuration. What do you think? 6 kilobits is debilitatingly slow, even by South African standards.

Ike

The short answer to your question is “unfortunately not yet”. The problem is that the Intrepid Network Manager tool does not yet support Bluetooth.

It will support Bluetooth in due course, however, and hopefully that support will come before Jaunty is released next April.

In the meantime, you can still setup Bluetooth and PPP using my older instruction for Gutsy and Hardy.

Any way to do this with Bluetooth ??