[Hampshire] 3g dongles (Was: Re: GPS Dongle recommendations)
Hi, On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 04:35:28PM +, Stuart Biggs wrote: > has anyone been able to get those internet dongle working with ubuntu? My Huawai E220 as supplied by 3 has worked in every version of Ubuntu I tried it on, out of the box, since Hardy. I wouldn't go with 3 these days though. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting "[Open Source is] like trying to sell human rights to China because it might lead to more effective business models." -- David Kastrup signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] 3g dongles (Was: Re: GPS Dongle recommendations)
Hi, My Three dongle (ZTE 627)is detected by NM in Karmic and Lucid. It gets all the settings right and works great. The only problem is that if I'm moving and the connection drops I have to unplug and replug the dongle to get reconnected. Cheers, Paul. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Andy Smith Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 22:23:21 To: Subject: [Hampshire] 3g dongles (Was: Re: GPS Dongle recommendations) -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] 3g dongles (Was: Re: GPS Dongle recommendations)
Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 04:35:28PM +, Stuart Biggs wrote: >> has anyone been able to get those internet dongle working with ubuntu? > > My Huawai E220 as supplied by 3 has worked in every version of > Ubuntu I tried it on, out of the box, since Hardy. > > I wouldn't go with 3 these days though. > > Cheers, > Andy > > My 2p worth: I have a Huawei 3G dongle supplied by Vodafone (bought through Amazon for GBP25 including GBP15 of "call" credit) - you can download Linux driver software for it from the Vodafone Betavine website. It works fine with Ubuntu Karmic (haven't tried it with Lucid yet). Ian -- Ian Park 17 Pyle Hill Newbury Berkshire RG14 7JJ Tel: +44 (0)1635 821420 email: i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] 3g dongles (Was: Re: GPS Dongle recommendations)
> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 04:35:28PM +, Stuart Biggs wrote: >> has anyone been able to get those internet dongle working with ubuntu? > > My Huawai E220 as supplied by 3 has worked in every version of > Ubuntu I tried it on, out of the box, since Hardy. > > I wouldn't go with 3 these days though. > > Cheers, > Andy > I'm using a Huawei E220 on 3 as well, which used to work pretty well. However, on a fresh install of Lucid the modem isn't detected properly (being detected as usb mass storage instead). A quick google turned up this solution: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1473228&page=2 Which worked for me, after replacing with the idProduct for the E220. Apparently some problem with usb-modeswitch. I saw some reports which say the modem only works if it's plugged in before boot up, but that wasn't so in my case. Hope this helps for anyone else unfortunate enough to encounter this bug. Cheers, Kerwin -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
