On Thursday 01 October 2009 10:00:04 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: > We use Westnet Huawei e169 usb drives on 701 EEEPC's > I guess any reseller that uses Optus as a carrier will be the same. > We use Mint and it has worked on Puppy and Ubuntu > The default E program wont find 3g networks for us. > The trick is to get the settings right for APN and the dns servers for your > ISP. There are no pass words. > I have to say Westnet were very unhelpful, for the first time in five > years. But Linux is a mystery to them it seems.
Did not iinet just absorb westnet. Hmmmm > Thank god for the internet > community As most people use Microsoft these usb modems come with a small > connection program and you need to use latter versions on Linux that bypass > the set-up program. If you hunt around you can find work arounds if you do > not want to up date you OS. Our systems operate in rural areas and an Optus > or Telstra service was the only option for us. I suspect that all the other > carriers and modems will be the same though. James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
