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UMTSmon is a tool to control and monitor a wireless mobile network card (GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, UMTS, HSDPA) in a laptop running the Linux operating system. It handles PIN codes, operator choice (roaming), signal strength and network statistics, sending/receiving SMS.

UMTSmon to control and monitor my modem Huawei E220 in Linux Fedora 8. With UMTSmon, my Telkomsel Flash Unlimited internet connection can display signal strength, setup of the connection,network statistics, operator choice and sending/receiving SMS.

This is step by step setting UMTSmon with modem Huawei E220 in Linux Fedora 8

1. Download file rpm UMTSmon
2. install with rpm -ivh umtsmon-0.8.90.20080603-1.1.i386.rpm


3. run umtsmon
The first time, it’s better if you invoke /usr/bin/umtsmon from a console (terminal program), so you can see if anything goes wrong. UMTSmon tries to detect any incorrection in accessing devices and commands, so it will probably throw you a message box like this one. You can fix the problems as suggested, and proceed.

UMTS monitor



4. Other configuration
After starting UMTSmon, it will probably ask you for a pin, if the GSM card has that enabled. Select “Connection” from the menu, then “Manage Profiles”, and set your preferences: APN, username and password.


After creating a profile, it’s just a matter of pressing “Connect”, and you should be accessing the Internet. UMTSmon allows also to use many profiles, as well as send SMS messages right from the GUI.

taken from to2k