On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 06:00:30PM +0100, Jan Stary wrote: > I only just found that my Thinkpad T400 (dmesg below) > has a slot that accepts a SIM card. I plugged mine in, > but don't see anything new in dmesg or ifconfig. > > Is there a way to use this for a mobile data connection? > Can I use be just any SIM card, or does it have to be a specific one? > Does this have anything to do with the umodem(4) I see in dmesg?
In can only speak form experience with T400, there you need a SIM card and a 3G modem card like Lenove H5321. Watch out, this machine uses a white list, only specific cards will work. But the Ericsson card could work with pppd. The tricky part is setting it up. -Otto