Re: [Hampshire] 3g dongles (Was: Re: GPS Dongle recommendations)

2010-05-20 Thread Ian Park
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

Re: [Hampshire] 3g dongles (Was: Re: GPS Dongle recommendations)

2010-05-20 Thread Paul Stimpson
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 dev

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] TalkTalk and low IP addresses

2010-05-20 Thread trotter
At 22:22 20/05/2010, you wrote: >Hi trotter, > >On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 08:42:06PM +, trotter wrote: > > At 13:51 18/05/2010, you wrote: > > >I come across this all the time. HCC are running what networky types > > >call a bogon filter. An outdated bogon filter is worse than no bogon > > >filte

[Hampshire] 3g dongles (Was: Re: GPS Dongle recommendations)

2010-05-20 Thread Andy Smith
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. Ch

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] TalkTalk and low IP addresses

2010-05-20 Thread Andy Smith
Hi trotter, On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 08:42:06PM +, trotter wrote: > At 13:51 18/05/2010, you wrote: > >I come across this all the time. HCC are running what networky types > >call a bogon filter. An outdated bogon filter is worse than no bogon > >filter at all. > > Who are the sort of people w

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] TalkTalk and low IP addresses

2010-05-20 Thread trotter
At 13:51 18/05/2010, you wrote: >Hi Chris, > >On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 01:50:12PM +0100, Chris Dennis wrote: > > I've just been to a client who suddenly lost access to various websites > > including www.hants.gov.uk > > > > It turns out that TalkTalk have assigned to her router an IP address > > lik

Re: [Hampshire] GPS Dongle recommendations

2010-05-20 Thread Mark Johnson
Hi Dee, On Wednesday 19 May 2010 23:05:15 Dee Earley wrote: > On 19/05/2010 12:45, Mark Johnson wrote: > > I use a SirfStar III based Globalsat BU 353 and it works perfectly. > As with all GPS devices, they appear as a serial port and as this one is > USB, it uses the common PL2303 USB-RS232 chip

Re: [Hampshire] GPS Dongle recommendations

2010-05-20 Thread Stuart Biggs
Hi all Again!!! has anyone been able to get those internet dongle working with ubuntu? From: "d...@earlsoft.co.uk" To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Sent: Thu, 20 May, 2010 13:43:25 Subject: Re: [Hampshire] GPS Dongle recommendations > Hi All, > > Is a GPS

Re: [Hampshire] GPS Dongle recommendations

2010-05-20 Thread dee
> Hi All, > > Is a GPS dongle the same as > broadband wireless dongle or is > it something else? The same in that they both connect to a computer (a dongle) :) A GPS one has a GPS receiver on it, a broadband wireless one has a mobile phone (essentially) in and allows internet access. -- Dee Ear