You should be ok with most common usb wireless modems available now. For Australian specific models and connections you can have a look at this link:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/WirelessBroadbandInformation which has some specific information relating to modems and providers. Personally, I have just changed from a Huawei modem to a Sierra modem and also my provider from Soul to Amaysim and had no problems whatsoever - it was very simple and painless. If you have a particular modem already (or one in mind) then post it here and we can probably give you more specific help but it is very simple to do. Cheers, Rob On 28/11/10 07:48, Ray wrote: > > > Hi there, > > My laptop has Ubuntu 10.10 on it and I want to be able to use it when we are > away in the caravan without mains power. > Yesterday I purchased a small inverter that runs off the 12 volts from the > 4x4 and this seems to fire up the laptop OK. > Now, to get email etc I guess I need to buy a USB modem. > The ones I looked at yesterday say for Windows or Mac - will these generally > be OK for Linux too, or do I need a special one? > The shop assistant just rolled their eyes and said, dunno ! > TIA. > > Ned > > >
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