<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="task" id="net-mobile" xml:lang="kn">

  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="net-wireless"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.14" date="2014-11-10" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="final"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.24" date="2017-03-26" status="final"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>

      <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>David King</name>

      <email>amigadave@amigadave.com</email>

    </credit>

    <desc>Use your phone or Internet stick to connect to the mobile broadband

    network.</desc>

    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

  </info>

  <title>Connect to mobile broadband</title>

  
You can set up a connection to a cellular (3G) network with your

  computer’s built-in 3G modem, your mobile phone, or an Internet stick.

  <steps>

    <item>
If you do not have a built-in 3G modem, connect your phone or

    Internet stick to a USB port on your computer.

    </item>

    <item>

    
Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#yourname">system menu</gui> from the right

    side of the top bar.

  </item>

  <item>

    
Select

    <gui><media its:translate="no" type="image" mime="image/svg" src="figures/network-cellular-signal-excellent-symbolic.svg" width="16" height="16"/>

      Mobile Broadband Off</gui>. The <gui>Mobile Broadband</gui> section of

      the menu will expand.

      <note>

        
If <gui>Mobile Broadband</gui> does not appear in the system

        status menu, ensure that your device is not set to connect as Mass

        Storage.

      </note>

    </item>

    <item>
Select <gui>Connect</gui>. If you are connecting for the first

    time, the <gui>Set up a Mobile Broadband Connection</gui> wizard is

    launched. The opening screen displays a list of required information. Click

    <gui style="button">Next</gui>.
</item>

    <item>
Choose your provider’s country or region from the list. Click

    <gui style="button">Next</gui>.
</item>

    <item>
Choose your provider from the list. Click

    <gui style="button">Next</gui>.
</item>

    <item>
Select a plan according to the type of device you are

    connecting. This will determine the Access Point Name. Click

    <gui style="button">Next</gui>.
</item>

    <item>
Confirm the settings you have selected by clicking

    <gui style="button">Apply</gui>. The wizard will close and the

    <gui>Network</gui> panel will display the properties of your

    connection.
</item>

  </steps>

    <note style="tip">

      
Some phones have a setting called USB tethering that requires

      no setup on the computer. When the setting is activated on the phone, the

      connection will show up as <gui>Ethernet Connected</gui> in the system

      menu and <gui>USB ethernet</gui> in the network panel.

    </note>

</page>