On 02/06/2010 06:29 PM, Del wrote:
Hello Del,
The BigPond Elite network gateway is of real interest to me. As I'm not
knowledgeable with wireless, I was wondering if you, or anyone, could
provide a run down on how to get this thing to work on my linux system,
which is Fedora 12 ... a desktop
On 01/22/2010 05:38 PM, Del wrote:
Amos Shapira wrote:
Since this became a discussion of broadband modems - I got an OK from
my workplace to buy the Telstra Turbo USB pre-paid modem (currently
costs $149) but so far Google, whirlpool and ubuntuforums failed to
provide a positive answer about
Hello Del,
The BigPond Elite network gateway is of real interest to me. As I'm not
knowledgeable with wireless, I was wondering if you, or anyone, could
provide a run down on how to get this thing to work on my linux system,
which is Fedora 12 ... a desktop box? I have a home network of 3
Ben Sand wrote:
I'm pretty sure this is the model I use now:
http://maxon.com.au/shop/product_info.php?cPath=21products_id=47
expensive from the manufacturer, but should work on Linux, you can
check with them, but they are somewhat Linux aware:
$495
This is a rather elegant solution - I
have
http://geobray.com/2010/01/19/broadband-3g-from-the-beach/
Marghanita
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On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Del d...@babel.com.au wrote:
Still - so far I haven't heard that it works with Linux so I'm not
sure it's an option, unless I manage to test it successfully in the
shop somehow (my own company issued laptop's display died this week so
I'll have to buy a new
I'm pretty sure this is the model I use now:
http://maxon.com.au/shop/product_info.php?cPath=21products_id=47
expensive from the manufacturer, but should work on Linux, you can
check with them, but they are somewhat Linux aware:
$495
By far the most simple guaranteed solution for everyone though
On 24 January 2010 10:44, Ben Sand b...@bensand.com wrote:
Missed the start of this, but, FWIW:
I have:
100MB/month: Next G
Telstra Prepaid wireless running on Maxon BP3 USB Dongle
+ modem originally used with Bigpond)
+ it uses the prepaid phone system because the 100MB data blocks are
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Amos Shapira amos.shap...@gmail.comwrote:
On 24 January 2010 10:44, Ben Sand b...@bensand.com wrote:
Missed the start of this, but, FWIW:
I have:
100MB/month: Next G
Telstra Prepaid wireless running on Maxon BP3 USB Dongle
+ modem originally used
Still - so far I haven't heard that it works with Linux so I'm not
sure it's an option, unless I manage to test it successfully in the
shop somehow (my own company issued laptop's display died this week so
I'll have to buy a new one before I can do that).
It will work with Linux for certain
2010/1/22 Dean Hamstead d...@fragfest.com.au:
the down side of pre-paid is that the data expires fairly quickly.
a few gigs typically only has a 30 day expiry. larger data blocks tend to
last longer (up to 90 days on optus)
you can just whip out your credit card and buy a data block.
that
Just a thought, being techy people these people are going to have
mobiles with data plans no?
If they need to use a laptop to do something why not just tether it?
virgin has bolt on data $5 for 50mb and $10 for 300 $15 for 1gb
keep in mind virgin/optus has typically hideous latency and jitter.
On Saturday 23 January 2010 09:00:07 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote:
the down side of pre-paid is that the data expires fairly quickly.
a few gigs typically only has a 30 day expiry. larger data blocks tend to
last longer (up to 90 days on optus)
you can just whip out your credit card
On 23 January 2010 10:55, Jake Anderson ya...@vapourforge.com wrote:
Just a thought, being techy people these people are going to have mobiles
with data plans no?
If they need to use a laptop to do something why not just tether it?
virgin has bolt on data $5 for 50mb and $10 for 300 $15 for
2010/1/21 Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au:
From memory you can get them in two general packages... time online or
monthly download.
you really have to watch the downloads of these...
Thanks for the warning but unless Telstra completely redefined the
meaning of pre-paid I shouldn't be
I have a laptop with a Sierra Wireless modem built-in. Stuffed if I can
get the sodding thing to work on Ubuntu Karmic. The SIM (3 prepaid)
works fine with other modem dongles on Ubuntu and also works with the PC
modem on Windoze.
I guess the moral is - check before you buy :)
BTW the 3
A variety of responses. I would like to ask - why have a tricky
device-dependant USB driver at all? The Optus Huwei, Bigpond
whatever-it-is hub or a 3rd party device like an Ericsson W25/W35 is a
network device. Sure it's not so handy since it requires a power supply
and it's a bit lumpier for
Amos Shapira wrote:
2010/1/21 Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au:
From memory you can get them in two general packages... time online or
monthly download.
you really have to watch the downloads of these...
Thanks for the warning but unless Telstra completely redefined the
meaning of pre-paid
Amos Shapira wrote:
Since this became a discussion of broadband modems - I got an OK from
my workplace to buy the Telstra Turbo USB pre-paid modem (currently
costs $149) but so far Google, whirlpool and ubuntuforums failed to
provide a positive answer about the hardware compatibility to linux
2010/1/22 Del d...@babel.com.au:
Amos Shapira wrote:
Since this became a discussion of broadband modems - I got an OK from
my workplace to buy the Telstra Turbo USB pre-paid modem (currently
costs $149) but so far Google, whirlpool and ubuntuforums failed to
provide a positive answer about
Part of the motivation for buying a modem out-right and use pre-paid
is that it doesn't tie us to any plan, plus we expect to use the
pre-paid modem very sporadically - in emergencies which happen when
the guy on call is out and just must access the network.
the down side of pre-paid is
I've been looking at getting a wireless Broadband Prepaid kit from
either Vodaphone,Optus or Bigpond.
I just want it to use in addition to my ADSL Broadband connection, and
will use it with either my Laptop or Netbook.
I'm running Ubuntu in one form or another, from 8.10 to 9.04.
Any advice
Hey hey.
On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 20:44 -0800, j blrown wrote:
I've been looking at getting a wireless Broadband Prepaid kit from
either Vodaphone,Optus or Bigpond.
I have experience with Vodafone and Bigpond post-paid wireless broadband
on Ubuntu 9.04.
The Vodafone dongle works fine. Plugged it
I've done a skype call over one of those USB modems before, i think
the company was 3. I've got to say it was pretty good, the skype call
didn't drop out at all at any time, very impressive for such a small
device. I've also heard that you can go and get your own wireless USB
modem and just use
The Optus dongles 'just work', as the huawei modems are well supported
in more recent kernels and network-manager. They are also trivial to get
going using wvdial (which i use) or other ppp tools.
Virgin, Dodo, 3 and Voda dongles which are from Huawei are no doubt just
as trivial to
j blrown wrote:
I've been looking at getting a wireless Broadband Prepaid kit from
either Vodaphone,Optus or Bigpond.
I just want it to use in addition to my ADSL Broadband connection, and
will use it with either my Laptop or Netbook.
I'm running Ubuntu in one form or another, from 8.10 to
From Optus (and its resellers), the 7.2mbps modems are definitely
faster than their 3.6meg cousins and do hold the network better.
These are supposedly using two frequency's. Most likely their more
advanced antennas and radios make them more robust as well.
Ive browsed the net (as a
Since this became a discussion of broadband modems - I got an OK from
my workplace to buy the Telstra Turbo USB pre-paid modem (currently
costs $149) but so far Google, whirlpool and ubuntuforums failed to
provide a positive answer about the hardware compatibility to linux
(Ubuntu 9.10).
Can
j blrown wrote:
I've been looking at getting a wireless Broadband Prepaid kit from
either Vodaphone,Optus or Bigpond.
Something you might like to consider is
the coverage. I'm in the inner west of
Sydney, using a Virgin (Post Pay
$40-5GB capped/shaped/month) branded
modem, on the
Optus
I got a Vodafone prepaid one the other day, not much luck on my 64 bit system
so
far though.
The current usb stick model is K3765 which doesn't seem to be supported by the
available kernels in Ubuntu at least, or maybe it needs some fiddling. It's not
been
From memory you can get them in two general packages... time online or
monthly download.
you really have to watch the downloads of these...
If you go over, you get slugged quite heavily. They are not capped at
whatever and then shaped. You get hit for every additional MEGABYTE!
(unless their
Greetings SLUG,
Can anyone advise if there is a USB Wireless Broadband device from any
of the ISPs which will work with a PC based Net Book running Linux?
Regards,
Tim Bayfield
--
Network Planning and Quality Assurance Coordinator
Information Technology Division Mob:0419-430-519
??? Not sure I'm understanding you correctly but,
my eeePC running eeebuntu NR2.0 works flawlessly with vodafone's USB
wireless modem.
Kind Regards
Kyle
Tim Bayfield wrote:
Greetings SLUG,
Can anyone advise if
Tim Bayfield wrote:
Greetings SLUG,
Can anyone advise if there is a USB Wireless Broadband device from any
of the ISPs which will work with a PC based Net Book running Linux?
*
Telstra Series 7.
Model: MF636
You need to turn off the device's functionality as a thumb drive and not
as a
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 at 18:16, Tony Cosentino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Del,
I use mobile broadband with the 3 network. It was by far the best value 18
months ago when I got it. I have been very happy with the speed,
availability. Its had about 3 major outages in that period of 1-4 hours.
So, who uses wireless broadband here? I'm currently researching the
available alternatives and although Virgin appears the cheapest they
also appear to have limited coverage and none of the vendors provide (a)
Linux support or (b) an offer of your money back if you can't get it
working on
Del wrote:
So, who uses wireless broadband here?
Have used. Don't currently use (it was an experiment that we decided
not to go ahead with).
I'm currently researching the
available alternatives and although Virgin appears the cheapest they
also appear to have limited coverage and none of
Del wrote:
So, who uses wireless broadband here? I'm currently researching the
available alternatives and although Virgin appears the cheapest they
also appear to have limited coverage and none of the vendors provide (a)
Linux support or (b) an offer of your money back if you can't get it
Hi Del,
I use mobile broadband with the 3 network. It was by far the best value 18
months ago when I got it. I have been very happy with the speed,
availability. Its had about 3 major outages in that period of 1-4 hours.
None in the last 6 months though.
I got have the PCI Express modem and
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Andrew Cowie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 16:01 +1000, Del wrote:
So, who uses wireless broadband here?
Not telco, but I can put in a brief mention of Unwired. One of the cafes
in town just got an access point (yeay) provisioned by Unwired
On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 16:01 +1000, Del wrote:
So, who uses wireless broadband here?
Not telco, but I can put in a brief mention of Unwired. One of the cafes
in town just got an access point (yeay) provisioned by Unwired (oh).
It's only been installed for a couple weeks, but I am rather
$quoted_author = Tony Cosentino ;
I use mobile broadband with the 3 network. It was by far the best value 18
months ago when I got it.
It still is one of the best value wise with the caveat that you are only
going to be using it in metro areas with 3 coverage. Once you start roaming
it's no
I'm currently using Virgin Broadband/Home Phone bundle.
Not the best I'm afraid.
Service is very flaky.
The router admin console is web based, so OS is not a problem.
their customer service is woeful.
Check whirlpool.
-
Regards
Phil
I Like to take on my problems one at a time,
but, they
Tony Cosentino wrote:
Hi Del,
I use mobile broadband with the 3 network. It was by far the best value
18 months ago when I got it. I have been very happy with the speed,
availability. Its had about 3 major outages in that period of 1-4 hours.
None in the last 6 months though.
I got have
Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
I am very happy with my I-Burst bridge which plugs into a router or
provides
ethernet directly so, no issue about linux. It is Wireless but not claiming
mobility. I have used the device/account in Sydney and Canberra but it
may not
work when
travelling at speed.
This one time, at band camp, Del wrote:
The problem is that I have *one* 240V outlet and the inverter is only
rated to 400W, so I don't want to go powering routers and things with
it as I will almost certainly need it for other things (charging the
shaver and electric drill batteries, for
Andrew Cowie wrote:
It may seem overkill, but depending how far offshore you're heading
don't screw around, just get an Inmarsat terminal.
I'm still waiting for the prices to drop on these. Typically you're
paying $1/kb for traffic which is unreasonable. I'm happy with HF
radio offshore and
Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
I'm assuming you're using a laptop then. If it takes the mini-PCI
cards, there are internal HDSPA (3G) cards. Otherwise the little USB
ones. I've heard they work okay, but never used one.
Yes, I am, and I should have pointed out earlier that it doesn't
take PCMCIA
Quoting Del [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
So, who uses wireless broadband here? I'm currently researching the
available alternatives and although Virgin appears the cheapest they
also appear to have limited coverage and none of the vendors provide
(a) Linux support or (b) an offer of your money back if
Del wrote:
Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
I am very happy with my I-Burst bridge which plugs into a router or
provides
ethernet directly so, no issue about linux. It is Wireless but not
claiming
mobility. I have used the device/account in Sydney and Canberra but it
may not
work when
travelling
On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 09:14 +1100, Mark Pearson wrote:
One of the doctors I work for has an Eee for travel purposes and has
tested his 3G usb modem (I think from Vodafone) and it seems to work OK.
I must say that all this talk of the Eee has me interested, especially
as it may trigger other
Sonia Hamilton wrote:
I must say that all this talk of the Eee has me interested, especially
as it may trigger other companies to produce similar products.
I'm travelling o/s with my laptop at the moment, and the idea of having
a light weight linux box that's cheap enough to not be totally
Dear List,
Is there any of the USB dongel modems worth with the Eee?
The 3G 1G for $29 per month seems pretty sweet.
regards,
Richard Hayes
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One of the doctors I work for has an Eee for travel purposes and has
tested his 3G usb modem (I think from Vodafone) and it seems to work OK.
Richard Hayes wrote:
Dear List,
Is there any of the USB dongel modems worth with the Eee?
The 3G 1G for $29 per month seems pretty sweet.
regards,
Dear SLUG,
I was wondering if the SLUG knew of any ISPs that support the use of a
wireless broadband service for Linux, or if there were any drivers out
there for the various USB, PCMCIA and ExpressCard devices for the
wireless broadband services.
Whether there is support out there (for
Bryce Robilliard wrote:
I was wondering if the SLUG knew of any ISPs that support the use of a
wireless broadband service for Linux, or if there were any drivers out
there for the various USB, PCMCIA and ExpressCard devices for the
wireless broadband services.
Most of it works.
In my day
On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
Bryce Robilliard wrote:
I was wondering if the SLUG knew of any ISPs that support the use
of a wireless broadband service for Linux, or if there were any
drivers out there for the various USB, PCMCIA and ExpressCard
devices for the wireless
I am considering using wireless broadband and wondered if anyone had any
experience with the Sydney providers and Linux compatibility?
Is the client/login software on the wireless modem ( controlled by a
browser) or do I need a client for my Debian box.
Any preferred service providers?
Thanks
I use Unwired. Have tried it with a few different distros and it has
been automatically and successfully configured each time. Can recommend it.
John.
Mark O'Connor wrote:
I am considering using wireless broadband and wondered if anyone had any
experience with the Sydney providers and Linux
On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 04:08:05PM +1000, Mark O'Connor wrote:
?I am considering using wireless broadband and wondered if anyone had any
experience with the Sydney providers and Linux compatibility?
Is the client/login software on the wireless modem ( controlled by a
browser) or do I need a
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