Mobile Broadband for 9.04?

[opm595]

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
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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<opm595 at 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
> >
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