Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongles?
On Thu, 2011-10-13 at 16:28 +0100, Gordon wrote: Thanks to all who responded - my problem is, when looking at mobile broadband deals, there's no technical detail on the dongles (or other kit) at all. All they say is compatible with PC (by which I take it they mean Windows) or MAC. How do I find out what the dongles actually are? You could always pop into your local phone company shop, explain your problem and ask to have a look at an example of the dongle that you are interested in. You can then make a note of the manufacturer and part number that is printed on the label on the back of the device. Google is then your friend. Shop staff are usually helpful if they think they are going to get a sale in the future. Barry T -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongles?
The dongle needs to be supported by the kernel, and the networking software, Network-Manager in most cases. From my experience the Huawei dongles are well supported in Linux, the ZTE ones are not as well supported, and in my opinion not as well engineered. The best option is to take your laptop into a shop and ask to try the dongle, most shops have demo units you can try. The other alternative is a MiFi type unit, these use WiFi to interface with your lappy and can connect to other things that support WiFi like a kindle? Last option is to go for a Android phone that allows WiFi Hotspot from a provider that allows tethering. This is wht I do and it works very well. Benefit is that I only have one contract. When I was working in the industry I tried to convince marketing bozos that they should at least have a page on the support forms that state which dongles work with Linux, the problem was that although the dongle works, they have their own (crap) software on the dongle that does the connecting and show adverts and the like. This would possible run under wine, but why anyone would do that is beyond me. If it works in network -Manager, plug the dongle in and see it it turns up in the network manager list of connections. See: http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/MobileBroadband -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 14 October 2011 07:03, Barry Titterton barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.com wrote: On Thu, 2011-10-13 at 16:28 +0100, Gordon wrote: Thanks to all who responded - my problem is, when looking at mobile broadband deals, there's no technical detail on the dongles (or other kit) at all. All they say is compatible with PC (by which I take it they mean Windows) or MAC. How do I find out what the dongles actually are? You could always pop into your local phone company shop, explain your problem and ask to have a look at an example of the dongle that you are interested in. You can then make a note of the manufacturer and part number that is printed on the label on the back of the device. Google is then your friend. Shop staff are usually helpful if they think they are going to get a sale in the future. Barry T -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongles?
Insert dongle then run lsusb for more definitive detail. Connect to the serial port of the modem and issue the at command: AT+CGMI for the OEM AT+CGMM for the model Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 13 October 2011 16:28, Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to all who responded - my problem is, when looking at mobile broadband deals, there's no technical detail on the dongles (or other kit) at all. All they say is compatible with PC (by which I take it they mean Windows) or MAC. How do I find out what the dongles actually are? On 12 October 2011 20:57, Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: What's the latest on these? Do they all work now in Ubuntu or do some not? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongles?
Thanks to all who responded - my problem is, when looking at mobile broadband deals, there's no technical detail on the dongles (or other kit) at all. All they say is compatible with PC (by which I take it they mean Windows) or MAC. How do I find out what the dongles actually are? On 12 October 2011 20:57, Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: What's the latest on these? Do they all work now in Ubuntu or do some not? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongles?
On 13 October 2011 16:28, Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to all who responded - my problem is, when looking at mobile broadband deals, there's no technical detail on the dongles (or other kit) at all. All they say is compatible with PC (by which I take it they mean Windows) or MAC. How do I find out what the dongles actually are? On 12 October 2011 20:57, Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: What's the latest on these? Do they all work now in Ubuntu or do some not? The majority of them are made by Huawei but really you've just got to Google for the ones that you're interested in. They do generally have a model number even if they're just called a T-Mobile dongle or whatever. s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood post-apocalyptic allen keys -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongles?
Ask your TSP what the brand and model number of their broadband dongle is.Hutchison 3mobile, did not guarantee that their dongle would work with Linux ,I contacted their techy department to tell them it does. To achieve a reasonable speed, you must be on a G3 connection, G2 is unreliable and slow. my Hyundi, sorry if mis-spelt has been used on G2, G3 and several ubuntu releases, though now on 10.04.Hope this helps and apologies for top-post. Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:28:48 +0100 From: gbpli...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongles? Thanks to all who responded - my problem is, when looking at mobile broadband deals, there's no technical detail on the dongles (or other kit) at all. All they say is compatible with PC (by which I take it they mean Windows) or MAC. How do I find out what the dongles actually are? On 12 October 2011 20:57, Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: What's the latest on these? Do they all work now in Ubuntu or do some not? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongles?
What's the latest on these? Do they all work now in Ubuntu or do some not? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongles?
On Wed, 12 Oct 2011, Gordon wrote: What's the latest on these? Do they all work now in Ubuntu I've now switched over to a Huawei e585 Mifi; this is a 3G device with a built-in battery and wireless access point. One button to switch it on and the laptop will connect over the wireless, just like with any other wireless network. You can config it by going to 192.168... in a browser too. Generally more reliable and less hassle than the various USB-attached dongles I've used previously; I got it the day an updated caused a temporary regression with the USB-dongle I had been using. Recommended! -Paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongles?
On 12 October 2011 20:57, Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: What's the latest on these? Do they all work now in Ubuntu or do some not? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ My Huawei dongle from Vodafone works OK. I think most Huawei models work. Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongles?
On 12 October 2011 22:28, Tony Pursell a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk wrote: My Huawei dongle from Vodafone works OK. I think most Huawei models work. Agreed. Huawei beat MTE ones hands down. I have the new one from 3 and it's lovely. Super fast and works really nicely in Ubuntu. I use it connected to a wifi access point to turn it into a homebrew mifi (albeit without the battery, but with the joy of OpenWRT). :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongles?
On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 22:28 +0100, Tony Pursell wrote: On 12 October 2011 20:57, Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: What's the latest on these? Do they all work now in Ubuntu or do some not? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ My Huawei dongle from Vodafone works OK. I think most Huawei models work. Tony I have a T-Mobile USB 615 dongle, which is a Huawei E173. It does not work out of the box with 10.04. The dongle has both mobile broadband and data storage abilities, and ubuntu mounts it as data storage only. I have managed to get it working with a bit of command line modification. It does not work with 11.04 either, this time it is mounted as a simple wireless LAN dongle which automatically connects to my home network just like the internal wireless card (which I turned off when the dongle is connected). I haven't bothered trying to get it to work as a 3G mobile broadband unit as I always use the 10.04 machine when I'm away from home. Barry T -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongle ...
On 30/04/10 19:24, NTLWorld wrote: Hi there Just had a pleasant surprise! I collected my mobile broadband dongle back from a friend who had borrowed it, and plugged it into my netbook. It worked straight away. I hadn't expected that, as it is supposed to present to the USB as a storage device, and from there, install Windows drivers. I imagine some improvements in Lucid do something to tell the modem automatically that it needs to be a modem. For interest, the modem is a ZTE MF622. I'm delighted! That's good. I remember having a few issues with um... Ubuntu 8.10 I think with USB mobile broadband modems, but as you say now it just works (in fact it's a lot quicker than Windows as I don't have to install the Windows software to use it). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongle ...
** NTLWorld b.dr...@ntlworld.com [2010-04-30 19:32]: Just had a pleasant surprise! I collected my mobile broadband dongle back from a friend who had borrowed it, and plugged it into my netbook. It worked straight away. I hadn't expected that, as it is supposed to present to the USB as a storage device, and from there, install Windows drivers. I imagine some improvements in Lucid do something to tell the modem automatically that it needs to be a modem. For interest, the modem is a ZTE MF622. I'm delighted! ** end quote [NTLWorld] I think you'll find that it was likely more due to identification improvements. I have a ZTE MF627 that worked fine once you had unmounted the USB storage drive incarnation of it. With a minor patch to the usb_modeswitch package (configuration wise so it could be identified) it was automatically recognised as a modem. Having upgraded to Lucid I purged the patch package and it is still automatically identified as a modem without problems :) -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 == Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Hambledon Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6NU -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband usage monitor
On Wednesday 23 September 2009 16:23:49 Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 23/09/09 16:17, Mark Fraser wrote: snip / That doesn't seem to support the Huawei E160 modem and will it conflict with network-manager? Just install it and try it: https://launchpad.net/wader/ (It won't conflict with NM, it works with it...) Al Can't seem to get it to work, after clicking 'connect' I get a big message box saying: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not sent a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. NetworkManager connects straight away with exactly the same settings. -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband usage monitor
I'm intending on setting my sister up with a netbook running UNR 9.04 for use with Orange mobile broadband. Is there an application - preferably one which will sit in the bar at the top - and notify her of her usage? -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband usage monitor
Mark Fraser wrote: I'm intending on setting my sister up with a netbook running UNR 9.04 for use with Orange mobile broadband. Is there an application - preferably one which will sit in the bar at the top - and notify her of her usage? Not an answer but a question - does Orange Mobile BB work in 9.04? (Got a Tosh NB100 running 9.04 myself...) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband usage monitor
On 23/09/09 15:53, Gordon wrote: Mark Fraser wrote: I'm intending on setting my sister up with a netbook running UNR 9.04 for use with Orange mobile broadband. Is there an application - preferably one which will sit in the bar at the top - and notify her of her usage? This won't sit in the top but will keep a track of usage and enables SMS support: http://wader-project.org/ (We funded a good chunk of this project). Not an answer but a question - does Orange Mobile BB work in 9.04? (Got a Tosh NB100 running 9.04 myself...) Not the right question. It's the dongle, not the network that usually causes the problems. I have an Option 225 3G Dongle which I got with an Orange UK contract, this works fine in Jaunty and usually in Karmic. HTH Alan -- The Open Learning Centre www: http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband usage monitor
On Wednesday 23 September 2009 15:53:52 Gordon wrote: Mark Fraser wrote: I'm intending on setting my sister up with a netbook running UNR 9.04 for use with Orange mobile broadband. Is there an application - preferably one which will sit in the bar at the top - and notify her of her usage? Not an answer but a question - does Orange Mobile BB work in 9.04? (Got a Tosh NB100 running 9.04 myself...) Yes, it does - I've had it running on a Tosh NB100 running 9.10a6 though - I've also had success with O2's stick too after changing the connection details. Doesn't look like there's many of the original NB100s around as I've had to buy a reconditioned one from Comet as my local store had one left on display sans battery. -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband usage monitor
Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 23/09/09 15:53, Gordon wrote: Mark Fraser wrote: I'm intending on setting my sister up with a netbook running UNR 9.04 for use with Orange mobile broadband. Is there an application - preferably one which will sit in the bar at the top - and notify her of her usage? This won't sit in the top but will keep a track of usage and enables SMS support: http://wader-project.org/ (We funded a good chunk of this project). That looks ideal. I guess this does usage and also signal strength? Ta, Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband usage monitor
On Wednesday 23 September 2009 16:03:45 Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 23/09/09 15:53, Gordon wrote: Mark Fraser wrote: I'm intending on setting my sister up with a netbook running UNR 9.04 for use with Orange mobile broadband. Is there an application - preferably one which will sit in the bar at the top - and notify her of her usage? This won't sit in the top but will keep a track of usage and enables SMS support: http://wader-project.org/ (We funded a good chunk of this project). That doesn't seem to support the Huawei E160 modem and will it conflict with network-manager? -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband usage monitor
Mark Fraser wrote: On Wednesday 23 September 2009 15:53:52 Gordon wrote: Mark Fraser wrote: I'm intending on setting my sister up with a netbook running UNR 9.04 for use with Orange mobile broadband. Is there an application - preferably one which will sit in the bar at the top - and notify her of her usage? Not an answer but a question - does Orange Mobile BB work in 9.04? (Got a Tosh NB100 running 9.04 myself...) Yes, it does - I've had it running on a Tosh NB100 running 9.10a6 though - I've also had success with O2's stick too after changing the connection details. Doesn't look like there's many of the original NB100s around as I've had to buy a reconditioned one from Comet as my local store had one left on display sans battery. Ahh yeah Comet have a habit of doing that. When I bought my Acer Aspire 2920 it was an ex-demo model without the battery. Luckily they paid for a replacement battery and gave me £50 off. I keep seeing Windows Tosh netbooks advertised at Aria.co.uk for about £200, shame that they don't appear to do the Linux based ones anymore as at £200 even I'd be tempted. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband usage monitor
On 23/09/09 16:17, Mark Fraser wrote: snip / That doesn't seem to support the Huawei E160 modem and will it conflict with network-manager? Just install it and try it: https://launchpad.net/wader/ (It won't conflict with NM, it works with it...) Al -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband usage monitor
On 23/09/09 16:23, Alan Lord (News) wrote: snip / Just install it and try it: https://launchpad.net/wader/ Sorry my bad. This is a better link: https://launchpad.net/~wader/+archive/ppa Al -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband usage monitor
On Wednesday 23 September 2009 16:19:44 Rob Beard wrote: Mark Fraser wrote: On Wednesday 23 September 2009 15:53:52 Gordon wrote: Mark Fraser wrote: I'm intending on setting my sister up with a netbook running UNR 9.04 for use with Orange mobile broadband. Is there an application - preferably one which will sit in the bar at the top - and notify her of her usage? Not an answer but a question - does Orange Mobile BB work in 9.04? (Got a Tosh NB100 running 9.04 myself...) Yes, it does - I've had it running on a Tosh NB100 running 9.10a6 though - I've also had success with O2's stick too after changing the connection details. Doesn't look like there's many of the original NB100s around as I've had to buy a reconditioned one from Comet as my local store had one left on display sans battery. Ahh yeah Comet have a habit of doing that. When I bought my Acer Aspire 2920 it was an ex-demo model without the battery. Luckily they paid for a replacement battery and gave me £50 off. I keep seeing Windows Tosh netbooks advertised at Aria.co.uk for about £200, shame that they don't appear to do the Linux based ones anymore as at £200 even I'd be tempted. No the NB100-11R models which were the Ubuntu ones are now discontinued, the NB200 series are Windows only and I don't think Ubuntu will run on them yet. -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband usage monitor
Mark Fraser wrote: On Wednesday 23 September 2009 16:19:44 Rob Beard wrote: Mark Fraser wrote: On Wednesday 23 September 2009 15:53:52 Gordon wrote: Mark Fraser wrote: I'm intending on setting my sister up with a netbook running UNR 9.04 for use with Orange mobile broadband. Is there an application - preferably one which will sit in the bar at the top - and notify her of her usage? Not an answer but a question - does Orange Mobile BB work in 9.04? (Got a Tosh NB100 running 9.04 myself...) Yes, it does - I've had it running on a Tosh NB100 running 9.10a6 though - I've also had success with O2's stick too after changing the connection details. Doesn't look like there's many of the original NB100s around as I've had to buy a reconditioned one from Comet as my local store had one left on display sans battery. Ahh yeah Comet have a habit of doing that. When I bought my Acer Aspire 2920 it was an ex-demo model without the battery. Luckily they paid for a replacement battery and gave me £50 off. I keep seeing Windows Tosh netbooks advertised at Aria.co.uk for about £200, shame that they don't appear to do the Linux based ones anymore as at £200 even I'd be tempted. No the NB100-11R models which were the Ubuntu ones are now discontinued, the NB200 series are Windows only and I don't think Ubuntu will run on them yet. The ones Aria have are NB100-12R, I presume they're the Windows versions and being sold off due to the NB200 coming out. *http://tinyurl.com/ko68x5 Rob * -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband
On 20/01/2009 00:05, Sean Miller wrote: Anybody got any experience of mobile broadband? I may be moving to rented accommodation shortly and don't know how long I'll be there, so the mobile broadband concept is tempting as it'll allow me to not worry about minimum contracts and so on with phone lines etc. How supported is it with Ubuntu? Is there a particular network that works well, are they all as easy as it comes or should I just forget it entirely and route through a Windows PC? Any advice very much appreciated :-) Best, Sean I've used a Three Mobile broadband modem on both Ubuntu 7.10 and Kubuntu 7.10 and also on Ubuntu 8.04 without any problems. I did have to create a WVDial script to connect using earlier versions of Ubuntu but looking at 8.10 there is support built into the network manager for mobile broadband providers. One thing you should be aware of though is that even if you get good reception you may not get high speeds at certain times of the day. It appears that in some areas providers get so many customers connecting that the connection slows down. From what I have read it affects all providers. I'd say before you buy check the coverage on the various providers sites (Three, O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone all do PAYG Mobile Broadband). As far as deals go, O2 are offering a modem for £30 at the moment. AFAIK you have to top up using a credit/debit card but you can choose from paying per day, per week or per month. It's handy if you want to just use it on odd days. T-Mobile also offer the same with a 3GB per month limit although I have heard that if you go over your limits more than twice the speeds go down to dialup speeds. Three and Vodafone offer something like 1GB a month (well Three offer more if you pay extra). If you use your allowance up before the end of the month simply top up again. Hope this helps. Considering the cost of modems, if it doesn't work you could probably sell it off on eBay. O2 offer a 50 day money back guarantee too. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband
Anybody got any experience of mobile broadband? I may be moving to rented accommodation shortly and don't know how long I'll be there, so the mobile broadband concept is tempting as it'll allow me to not worry about minimum contracts and so on with phone lines etc. How supported is it with Ubuntu? Is there a particular network that works well, are they all as easy as it comes or should I just forget it entirely and route through a Windows PC? Any advice very much appreciated :-) Best, Sean Here are my notes from a few months ago if they're any use. I used vodaphone drivers and app to run a three mobile dongle. It worked well and includes bandwidth monitoring with the ability to stop you using your dongle when you hit a pre set level. http://www.justuber.com/blog/2008/06/25/setting-up-your-huawei-e220-3g-usb-modem-on-ubuntu-three-uk/ Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband
I use the Huawei E220 with T-mobile (contract) It was as easy as plugging it in selecting T-mobile from the dropdown and I was online in minutes. (Ibex) Download a limited but not enforced... Has been excellent. Highly recommended... I have tried to configure an ICON 255 that came with Orange, you have to install other stuff to get it to work and it is not reliable and locks up my girlfriends laptop so the it needs a power cycle to clear... 2009/1/20 Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net Anybody got any experience of mobile broadband? I may be moving to rented accommodation shortly and don't know how long I'll be there, so the mobile broadband concept is tempting as it'll allow me to not worry about minimum contracts and so on with phone lines etc. How supported is it with Ubuntu? Is there a particular network that works well, are they all as easy as it comes or should I just forget it entirely and route through a Windows PC? Any advice very much appreciated :-) Best, Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband
An XPS1530, which is a really nice machine. The design of it is nice enough that, having switched from a Mac, it doesn't feel like I've traded down in terms of looks! :) The built-in 3G was a BTO option - I think it added about £40 to the price, which seemed a good deal given that I'm convinced I'd end up losing a dongle! It came with a Vodaphone SIM, but I didn't have to sign up for a contract, so I'm just using a 3 SIM which I already had. Configuring it to work with 3 was easy - just selected UK in the network settings, then chose 3 as the provider, and a couple of minutes later I was connected. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Simon Wears munkyju...@googlemail.com wrote: Ian, out of curiosity, what laptop do you have? If I iunderstood right with built in 3g? On 20 Jan 2009, at 00:22, Ian Betteridge i...@ianbetteridge.co.uk wrote: The built-in 3G modem in my Dell was recognised under 8.10, and works perfectly. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:17 AM, Simon Wears munkyju...@googlemail.com wrote: I've READ it works well, but I haven't tried it personally. Simon On 20 Jan 2009, at 00:05, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: Anybody got any experience of mobile broadband? I may be moving to rented accommodation shortly and don't know how long I'll be there, so the mobile broadband concept is tempting as it'll allow me to not worry about minimum contracts and so on with phone lines etc. How supported is it with Ubuntu? Is there a particular network that works well, are they all as easy as it comes or should I just forget it entirely and route through a Windows PC? Any advice very much appreciated :-) Best, Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband
IIRC from researching this a while ago, some dongles used to require quite a bit of fiddling to get working. Some of the USB sticks included both the modem itself and a flash drive which contained the Windows (and sometimes Mac) drivers - very convenient on those platforms, but unfortunately not well supported in Ubuntu 8.04. You basically needed to poke around, unmount the flash drive, and then do something with the modem - all via the command line, which wasn't ideal. 8.04 was the last time I used a dongle, so I can't say for sure if this has been fixed in 8.10 - I'll do some digging... On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:16 AM, James Thomas selin...@googlemail.com wrote: I use the Huawei E220 with T-mobile (contract) It was as easy as plugging it in selecting T-mobile from the dropdown and I was online in minutes. (Ibex) Download a limited but not enforced... Has been excellent. Highly recommended... I have tried to configure an ICON 255 that came with Orange, you have to install other stuff to get it to work and it is not reliable and locks up my girlfriends laptop so the it needs a power cycle to clear... 2009/1/20 Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net Anybody got any experience of mobile broadband? I may be moving to rented accommodation shortly and don't know how long I'll be there, so the mobile broadband concept is tempting as it'll allow me to not worry about minimum contracts and so on with phone lines etc. How supported is it with Ubuntu? Is there a particular network that works well, are they all as easy as it comes or should I just forget it entirely and route through a Windows PC? Any advice very much appreciated :-) Best, Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband; Step by step
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009, Sean Miller wrote: How supported is it with Ubuntu? 1. Insert dongle into USB port. 2. (one time only) Select United Kingdom-'3' (or Orange/T-mobile/etc) 3. Cruise the interweb. 4. Remove dongle. Repeat Steps 1., 3. and 4. whenever bored. The connection is as good as the network reception; which is *highly variable*, and needs experiementation. Personally I have my dongle positioned (with a 10-metre USB extension lead) on the roof.[0][1][2] -Paul [0] Reception not related to Ubuntu. [1] Most people are required to reposition their house less. [2] Works better in Finland than the United Kingdom, see [0]. -- Fradley Junction Top Lock, GB. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband
Anybody got any experience of mobile broadband? I may be moving to rented accommodation shortly and don't know how long I'll be there, so the mobile broadband concept is tempting as it'll allow me to not worry about minimum contracts and so on with phone lines etc. How supported is it with Ubuntu? Is there a particular network that works well, are they all as easy as it comes or should I just forget it entirely and route through a Windows PC? Any advice very much appreciated :-) Best, Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband
I've READ it works well, but I haven't tried it personally. Simon On 20 Jan 2009, at 00:05, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: Anybody got any experience of mobile broadband? I may be moving to rented accommodation shortly and don't know how long I'll be there, so the mobile broadband concept is tempting as it'll allow me to not worry about minimum contracts and so on with phone lines etc. How supported is it with Ubuntu? Is there a particular network that works well, are they all as easy as it comes or should I just forget it entirely and route through a Windows PC? Any advice very much appreciated :-) Best, Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband
The built-in 3G modem in my Dell was recognised under 8.10, and works perfectly. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:17 AM, Simon Wears munkyju...@googlemail.com wrote: I've READ it works well, but I haven't tried it personally. Simon On 20 Jan 2009, at 00:05, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: Anybody got any experience of mobile broadband? I may be moving to rented accommodation shortly and don't know how long I'll be there, so the mobile broadband concept is tempting as it'll allow me to not worry about minimum contracts and so on with phone lines etc. How supported is it with Ubuntu? Is there a particular network that works well, are they all as easy as it comes or should I just forget it entirely and route through a Windows PC? Any advice very much appreciated :-) Best, Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband
I am currently on a train going to the darkest parts of Kent and using a 'Three' dongle on my eeePC 701 running eeeBuntu. 3G works fine in Ubuntu 8.10. Although there is a know bug where you sometimes dont get DNS from your provider, but it's being worked on. All I do is disconnect and reconnect and it works normally. I have seen 'Three' dongles for sale as PAYG with a good amount of bandwidth included if you dont want a long contract. As 'Three' customer my dongle is only £5 a month for 1GB. More than enough mobile bandwidth. Colin (getting close to my station) 2009/1/20 Ian Betteridge i...@ianbetteridge.co.uk: The built-in 3G modem in my Dell was recognised under 8.10, and works perfectly. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:17 AM, Simon Wears munkyju...@googlemail.com wrote: I've READ it works well, but I haven't tried it personally. Simon On 20 Jan 2009, at 00:05, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: Anybody got any experience of mobile broadband? I may be moving to rented accommodation shortly and don't know how long I'll be there, so the mobile broadband concept is tempting as it'll allow me to not worry about minimum contracts and so on with phone lines etc. How supported is it with Ubuntu? Is there a particular network that works well, are they all as easy as it comes or should I just forget it entirely and route through a Windows PC? Any advice very much appreciated :-) Best, Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Colin McCarthy binarysig...@gmail.com wrote: As 'Three' customer my dongle is only £5 a month for 1GB. More than enough mobile bandwidth. If I'm programming websites on ssh I would imagine that isn't a lot of bandwidth. Just need to avoid downloading all that por... erm... ;-) Seriously, I've looked at my router stats and I seem to have downloaded about 2GB in the last week so a bit worried about these limits, but I think my neighbour's daughter is connecting to my router (caitlin-pc on the router stats is a bit suspicious as I have nobody of that name in my house) so I suspect 3GB is probably fine... 3's 5GB might be better, but I have had bad experience with coverage with 3 Thanks all, Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband
Ian, out of curiosity, what laptop do you have? If I iunderstood right with built in 3g? On 20 Jan 2009, at 00:22, Ian Betteridge i...@ianbetteridge.co.uk wrote: The built-in 3G modem in my Dell was recognised under 8.10, and works perfectly. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:17 AM, Simon Wears munkyju...@googlemail.com wrote: I've READ it works well, but I haven't tried it personally. Simon On 20 Jan 2009, at 00:05, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: Anybody got any experience of mobile broadband? I may be moving to rented accommodation shortly and don't know how long I'll be there, so the mobile broadband concept is tempting as it'll allow me to not worry about minimum contracts and so on with phone lines etc. How supported is it with Ubuntu? Is there a particular network that works well, are they all as easy as it comes or should I just forget it entirely and route through a Windows PC? Any advice very much appreciated :-) Best, Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband
How supported is it with Ubuntu? Is there a particular network that works well, are they all as easy as it comes or should I just forget it entirely and route through a Windows PC? My 3G modem from '3' (a Huawei E220) worked straight away on my Acer Aspire One running Intrepid. I don't believe I even needed to change any config settings - they seemed to be pulled off the modem itself. A couple of warnings: - Credit on '3' modems expires after a month, so use it or lose it. I would suggest buying frequent smaller amounts, depending on potential usage - Ubuntu (or maybe my machine) can get confused in properly recognising the modem when plugged in if you have an active wireless connection. Sometimes I have to disable wireless completely and occasionally even have to reboot. Robert. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:48:43 + Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Colin McCarthy binarysig...@gmail.com wrote: As 'Three' customer my dongle is only £5 a month for 1GB. More than enough mobile bandwidth. If I'm programming websites on ssh I would imagine that isn't a lot of bandwidth. Just need to avoid downloading all that por... erm... ;-) Seriously, I've looked at my router stats and I seem to have downloaded about 2GB in the last week so a bit worried about these limits, but I think my neighbour's daughter is connecting to my router (caitlin-pc on the router stats is a bit suspicious as I have nobody of that name in my house) so I suspect 3GB is probably fine... 3's 5GB might be better, but I have had bad experience with coverage with 3 Thanks all, Sean Interestingly, I am on the Three network and I get a really poor 3G reception on my Nokia 95, but my Huawei E620 gets a good connection. It also worked out of the box on my Ubuntu system: http://crunchbang.org/archives/2009/01/17/huawei-e620-usb-modem-and-vnstat/ Good luck if you do decide to make a purchase. Cheers, Philip -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband modems - using them on multiple networks
Hi folks, I'm looking to get a mobile broadband modem for Christmas. I was originally considering getting a T-Mobile stick for £50 as they do the £2 a day mobile broadband. However it seems that I can't get T-Mobile 3G where I live, it appears that the reception is a bit better on Three. I found this guide on The Inquirer a while ago about using a Three E220 modem (IIRC the soap on a rope modem) on Vodafone - http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/784/1007784/avoid-roaming-disasters Now I was wondering if it's just a case of plugging the modem in and changing the profile settings, or do the modems need some sort of firmware update to unlock them? From what I gather with the case of the E220 it just needs some different software from Huawei's web site. So I just wondered if anyone had managed to use a SIM from another network in a Three or T-Mobile USB broadband modem stick on Ubuntu? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband modems - using them on multiple networks
3 do a pay as you go plan £10 buys 1gb valid for 1 month. They do the soap style e220 also the t mobile style one e169. Matt. On 12/19/08, Tony Arnold tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk wrote: Rob, Rob Beard wrote: Now I was wondering if it's just a case of plugging the modem in and changing the profile settings, or do the modems need some sort of firmware update to unlock them? I tried a friends 3G USB modem from 3 recently. I pluged it in to my laptop running Intrepid, and a window popped up saying a new mobile broadband device had been discovered. It hen took me through a wizard that just asked me who was providing the service and that was it, it just worked! I could then use Network Manager to select the 3G connection and all was good. I was very impressed. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 Head of IT Security,Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 Manchester M13 9PL. Email: tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband modems - using them on multiple networks
Tony Arnold wrote: Rob, Rob Beard wrote: Now I was wondering if it's just a case of plugging the modem in and changing the profile settings, or do the modems need some sort of firmware update to unlock them? I tried a friends 3G USB modem from 3 recently. I pluged it in to my laptop running Intrepid, and a window popped up saying a new mobile broadband device had been discovered. It hen took me through a wizard that just asked me who was providing the service and that was it, it just worked! I could then use Network Manager to select the 3G connection and all was good. I was very impressed. Regards, Tony. That's good. I'm just wondering though if the modems are like mobiles and locked to specific providers (for instance, a Three modem being locked to a Three SIM card). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband modems - using them on multiple networks
Matt Jones wrote: 3 do a pay as you go plan £10 buys 1gb valid for 1 month. They do the soap style e220 also the t mobile style one e169. Matt. They still do the E220? Hmm, I'll have to check the store in town I think. What attracts me to T-Mobile is that it's 3GB per month and I don't have to pay £10 for the month, I can pay £2 for the day as and when I need it (I probably wouldn't use it much as I have normal broadband at home). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband modems - using them on multiple networks
Rob Beard wrote: What attracts me to T-Mobile is that it's 3GB per month and I don't have to pay £10 for the month, I can pay £2 for the day as and when I need it (I probably wouldn't use it much as I have normal broadband at home). Rob That sounds a really good deal, but I can't see it on their website. Do you have a link, as I'd be interested in that! Steve Garton -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband modems - using them on multiple networks
Or you could ignore me, as the link is http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-broadband/pay-per-day-options/ /me needs to open my eyes! Steve Garton -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband modems - using them on multiple networks
Steve Garton wrote: Or you could ignore me, as the link is http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-broadband/pay-per-day-options/ /me needs to open my eyes! Steve Garton Turns out O2 are doing PAYG mobile broadband too now... http://broadband.o2.co.uk/mobile/payandgo.jsp £30 for the modem and then £2 a day for 500MB, £7.50 a week for 1GB or £15 a month for 3GB. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband modems - using them on multiple networks
Rob, I am using the Huawei E220 with Vodafone on Intrepid 8.10 The laptop is an EI systems 13 inch screen. The broadband worked straight away. Douglas On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 10:35 +, Tony Arnold wrote: Rob, Rob Beard wrote: Now I was wondering if it's just a case of plugging the modem in and changing the profile settings, or do the modems need some sort of firmware update to unlock them? I tried a friends 3G USB modem from 3 recently. I pluged it in to my laptop running Intrepid, and a window popped up saying a new mobile broadband device had been discovered. It hen took me through a wizard that just asked me who was providing the service and that was it, it just worked! I could then use Network Manager to select the 3G connection and all was good. I was very impressed. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 Head of IT Security,Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 Manchester M13 9PL. Email: tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband Modem for Eee PC 901
Yishay Mor wrote: slightly to the left of this topic, anyone managed to use the 3 skypphone as a modem under Ubuntu? I haven't personally (my Skypephone died after 3 days!) but it seems it can be done, at least via Bluetooth... http://davestevens.co.uk/blog/2008/01/03/3-skype-phone-as-bluetooth-modem-on-ubuntu-linux/ Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband Modem for Eee PC 901
Hi all, I'm getting an Eee PC 901 which should be delivered tomorrow and I plan to install ubuntu-eee on it as soon as it arrives. Have any of you guys managed to get a Mobile Broadband USB modem such as Vodafones's [1] set up on an Eee PC and if so how? Also, are there any important things I need to be aware of when installing ubuntu-eee on a Eee PC 901? Thanks in advance, Josh [1] http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/mobile-broadband/usb-modem-stick/ -- Joshua Scotton, MAAT My PGP public key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x3E4E0E21 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband Modem for Eee PC 901
Generally they just work, I have seen people using the Vodafone ones with them. If it doesn't work Out of the box, Vodafone have produced a GPL'd tool to use them with. I had a 3 Huawei E220, which worked perfectly. On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Joshua Scotton [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi all, I'm getting an Eee PC 901 which should be delivered tomorrow and I plan to install ubuntu-eee on it as soon as it arrives. Have any of you guys managed to get a Mobile Broadband USB modem such as Vodafones's [1] set up on an Eee PC and if so how? Also, are there any important things I need to be aware of when installing ubuntu-eee on a Eee PC 901? Thanks in advance, Josh [1] http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/mobile-broadband/usb-modem-stick/ -- Joshua Scotton, MAAT My PGP public key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x3E4E0E21 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband Modem for Eee PC 901
Josh asked about usb broadband modems. I used one very successfully on 8.04 (eee version) on my 702 with no problems. I installed the latest network manager (0.7) on 8.04 and this has the built in broadband modem support so it was just a matter of selecting it and say connect. Usb stick was/is a 169 on 3, but most seem to be compatible. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband Modem for Eee PC 901
I was talking about the USB ones. On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Ken Robson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Josh asked about usb broadband modems. I used one very successfully on 8.04 (eee version) on my 702 with no problems. I installed the latest network manager (0.7) on 8.04 and this has the built in broadband modem support so it was just a matter of selecting it and say connect. Usb stick was/is a 169 on 3, but most seem to be compatible. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband Modem for Eee PC 901
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Joshua Scotton [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi all, I'm getting an Eee PC 901 which should be delivered tomorrow and I plan to install ubuntu-eee on it as soon as it arrives. Have any of you guys managed to get a Mobile Broadband USB modem such as Vodafones's [1] set up on an Eee PC and if so how? Hi Josh, I have a eeePC 701 running the default Xandros OS and got my 'Three' 3G Huawei e169g USB broadboand dongle working fine after following this site http://www.greenhughes.com/content/huawei-e169g-easy-way I also have Ubuntu 8.10 running on my laptop and the 'Three' 3G Huawei e169g USB broadboand dongle just worked. It fact it worked quicker and easier than in XP. (XP requires a reboot after installing software) I am sure you will be fine with whatever modem you get. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband Modem for Eee PC 901
slightly to the left of this topic, anyone managed to use the 3 skypphone as a modem under Ubuntu? ___ Yishay Mor, Researcher, London Knowledge Lab http://www.lkl.ac.uk/people/mor.html http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=yishaym%40gmail.com +44-20-7837 x5737 2008/11/6 Colin McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Joshua Scotton [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi all, I'm getting an Eee PC 901 which should be delivered tomorrow and I plan to install ubuntu-eee on it as soon as it arrives. Have any of you guys managed to get a Mobile Broadband USB modem such as Vodafones's [1] set up on an Eee PC and if so how? Hi Josh, I have a eeePC 701 running the default Xandros OS and got my 'Three' 3G Huawei e169g USB broadboand dongle working fine after following this site http://www.greenhughes.com/content/huawei-e169g-easy-way I also have Ubuntu 8.10 running on my laptop and the 'Three' 3G Huawei e169g USB broadboand dongle just worked. It fact it worked quicker and easier than in XP. (XP requires a reboot after installing software) I am sure you will be fine with whatever modem you get. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
