Thanks Barry. Good advice, will do. I'll post the list my outcomes once I attempt to get it happening. As for the modem I buy, if it dosen't work - I'll be posting that on Ebay :-) Cheers, Rob - =============================================== Local Id: OPM595 Email: opm...@yahoo.com.au PO Box 190, Narellan NSW 2567 Australia
Aude aliquid dignum - "Dare Something Worthy" =============================================== On Tue, 2009-08-18 at 17:14 +0930, Barry Williams wrote: > I would advice trying to get the make and model of the modem (which > can be harder than it sounds as the guys at voda will likely only know > it as the vodaphone prepaid modem) but hopefully it is printed on the > box. Then do some research as to whether that model is supported by > the linux kernel or has drivers available. Also look for some > instructions re getting it working. I have some experience with a few > 3g usb modems working for telstra and some will work out of the box > and some need new drivers sometimes the drivers are not available yet. > For instance it took sierra wireless about 2 months between releasing > their 306 21mbps modem and them releasing linux drivers. Another trick > is if you have one of these fancy modems that have windows software > loaded on the device you will probably need to eject the internal > memory on the device before it will function as a modem. > Unfortunately I haven't come across any company telco or manufacturer > that officially supports linux. That way they can get out of training > staff to assist with technical support. However most have unofficial > support such as sierra wireless writes drivers and zte help users on > there forum. > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 3:42 PM, opm595<opm...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > > Many thanks Guys, > > > > >From what I can gather my problem more so lies from accepting the advice of > > the rep in the Vodafone shop this morning, who said noway - XP/Vista only. > > They have a bit of a deal on with their USB prepaid modem plans, to which I > > was hoping to take advantage of, and if it works (the USB modem) on Jaunty > > maybe go on a plan down the track. > > > > Judging from the info' replies from the list, it seems there's a fair > > possibility that the Vodafone product may be a go. I think I might just > > 'jump in the deep-end' on this one and see what happens. Worse case > > scenario, I blow $130 bucks which is better then being on a long term > > contract etc. > > > > Thanks for all the replies - Much appreciated. > > Regards, > > Rob > > > > -- > > =============================================== > > Local Id: OPM595 > > Email: opm...@yahoo.com.au > > PO Box 190, Narellan NSW 2567 Australia > > > > Aude aliquid dignum - "Dare Something Worthy" > > =============================================== > > > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-au mailing list > > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > >
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