Can you tether to a cellphone? Set it up as a WiFi AP then connect to it from the PC. No drivers required.
Just curious, since I have just done exactly that, but not in NZ, so I wonder what the situation is like there. A On 17/04/2014, yuri <yur...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 17 April 2014 13:39, chris wrote: >> Hi All, >> Has any one got any experience to share on a 2 degrees usb modem using >> xubuntu 13.10? >> I am having to move around the country for the next few years, so will be >> with out broadband >> Regards Chris Waipara > > IME the older white one works, the newer, faster black one doesn't. > They're both Huawei, I think. > You need to have the package "usb-modeswitch" installed. Most distros have > it. > > For $99 you can get a 3G Wifi hotspot device from the 2 degrees kiosk > in most malls. It's the size of a small cellphone and it's normal > WEP/WPA/WPA2 wifi that works with any Wifi capable device, including > Linux. It has a web interface for doing 2 degrees top-ups. It's also > Huawei. > > YMMV > Yuri > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
