Pt2 - Mobile Broadband for 9.04

[opm595]

Many thanks, Dave. Unfortunately, mate, no cigar.
I carried out everything as per your instructions and nothing further
has evolved from attempting to get connected on 9.04.
However, for what it was worth, I had a spare lappy that I usually trial
stuff on (been trying  out Kubuntu 9.04 - how cool is KDE? ). So I
thought, what the hec and ran-up Ubuntu 8.10 to see if that did
anything.
Following your instructions again, this time it did go a step further
after adding Vodafone in Network Manager by alerting me with the
following message from "My Disc":
"This medium contains software intended to be automatically started.
Would you like to run it? . . . etc" 
Then does nothing more and drops the My Disc icon on the Desktop. When
opened it gave me 3 obviously expected files to look at (all of which
will do very little in my situation):
autorun.inf, helper.exe, and the Vodafone Connect app' -
setup_vms_lite.exe.
All in all, I think I must pick USB modems like I pick horses - they end
up costing me money.  :-) 
So, I really don't think we can go any further on this one.
Many thanks and 10/10, from the list, for all the assistance on this
(and the beer shop url, Dave). A beer and Ubuntu night? I like that
idea. :-)
Cheers Guys, and have a great day. Righto,  . . . .I'm off to the Three
Shop!
Regards,
Rob
PS: Just so you know, I also tried running it under WINE on Ubuntu 9.04
(no, didn't think it'd work to start with but gave it a go anyway) and
on Kubuntu 9.04 before I toasted it and ran it back to 8.10.

On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 10:58 +1000, Dave Hall wrote:

> Do you get the network manager wizard when you plug in the device?  If
> not try this:
> Right click on the network manager applet
> Select the mobile broadband tab
> Click add
> Click forward
> Select vodafone from the list of providers
> Click forward
> Give it a name - the default vodafone should be fine
> Click Apply
> (Left) Click on the network manager applet
> Select vodafone from the list
> Point your browser to google.com.au
> Be impressed that it loaded
> Go to http://www.internationalbeershop.com.au and order some beer for
> the network manager developers :)  (Note: the Around the World in Twenty
> Beers Pack is really good).
> Send an email to the list telling everyone how easy it was
> Cheers
> Dave
> 

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