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/
