Thank you, Daniel. A Mobile Modem is fitted into a USB stick to connect with a mobile phone service to give access to Broadband. These modems are sold by Vodofone, T-mobile and others and work with no problem on Windows and Macs but apparently not without modification on Linux.
HTH On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote: > > Have you checked for support in the linux kernel? Many devices are > "unsupported" in linux (the manufacturer hasn't/won't write drivers), > but they already exist (The community has written them). I don't know > what a "Mobile Modem" is, is it a type of cell modem? Could you give > us more details? > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 1:32 PM, francis.cameron > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I recently purchased the little Asus Eee PC (701) which is fine for my > > purposes. The OS is Xandros Linux. > > > > Now I wish to use this as a platform for a Mobile Modem (mobile > > broadband) but I am finding that the phone company dongles run on > > Windows or Mac but not on Linux. Is there a way I can upgrade my > > machine for this purpose - without involving Windows? > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Daniel > > > > -- Francis --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
