On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 09:35 +0800, Kelvin Quee wrote: > Hello Slugnet, > > Does anyone have luck with the Singnet Mobile Internet USB dongle on > Linux? I use Ubuntu 8.04. > > I'm thinking of signing up with any operators. I'll go for the cheapest > "unlimited" (5Gb?) plan but it has to work on Linux. So far, it seems > that Singnet has the cheapest offering. > > I would be using it for simple demo-ing of web-based software. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] has been really awful lately for me. Usually, I would be > able to only connect to the access point but unable to get an IP. >
Using Singnet Mobile BroadBand for quite some time - no nagging issues - I use it on my laptops running either RHEL or Fedora - Here's the generic setup instructions i.e. from memory - may or may not be a step-by-step ... ========================= GENERIC - RHEL and Fedora ========================= yum install pyserial python-sqlite2 python-twisted cd /home/roy/addons wget http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/dag/dries/packages/libgksu/fc5-i386/libgksu-1.3.7-1.2.fc5.rf.i386.rpm wget http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/dag/dries/packages/libgksuui/fc5-i386/libgksuui-1.0.7-1.2.fc5.rf.i386.rpm wget http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/dag/dries/packages/gksu/fc5-i386/gksu-1.3.4-1.2.fc5.rf.i386.rpm wget https://forge.vodafonebetavine.net/frs/download.php/50/vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-1.0-1.fc7.i386.rpm rpm -ivh libgksu-1.3.7-1.2.fc5.rf.i386.rpm libgksuui-1.0.7-1.2.fc5.rf.i386.rpm gksu-1.3.4-1.2.fc5.rf.i386.rpm rpm -ivh vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-1.0-1.fc7.i386.rpm Things to note 1. number to dial is *99# 2. dns to use is 165.21.83.88 and 165.21.100.88 3. APN for Singtel is "internet" 4. references https://forge.vodafonebetavine.net/frs/?group_id=12&release_id=13 http://michaelboman.org/wiki/index.php?title=M1_BroadBand http://proxy.11a.nu/2007/08/14/using-m1-broadband-with-ubuntu-7-04 http://www.reqwireless.com/apns.html ======= Fedora 3 ======= Had to use this on a FC3 machine Whoa, this was more challenging since we are not able to use the stuff from vodafone. Here's how I did it ... plug in the USB modem and do the following rmmod usb-storage modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1003 ls -la /dev/ttyU* ln -sf /dev/ttyUSB0 /dev/modem Things to note 1. invoke your "Internet Configuration Wizard" found under System Tools in a Gnome Desktop to setup a new connection 2. number to dial is *99# 3. dns to use is 165.21.83.88 and 165.21.100.88 4. APN for Singtel is "internet" 5. references http://www.fadalti.com/OS/linux/how_to_configure_vodafone_mobile.htm http://www.pharscape.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=29 http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/archive/index.php/t-21726.html http://www.reqwireless.com/apns.html
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