question re mobile internet connection

[Jared Norris]

Good evening,

All this talk of wireless broadband devices has made me realise this is a
big thing that affects a lot of people (I am also considering a wireless
option myself). As a result I have set up a wiki on the Ubuntu-AU wiki and
can be found at:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/WirelessBroadbandCompatibilityList

Please be kind, I have never done anything like this before so feel free if
you are experienced to modify it as required. If everyone on the list could
take a few minutes of their time to add in their experiences with wireless
broadband devices and networks that would make it a lot easier for other
members to support devices and networks that are supported in Ubuntu.

Regards,

Jared Norris


On 18 April 2010 21:28, Paul Schulz <paul at mawsonlakes.org> wrote:

> Hi Richard,
>
> I had issues with a USB Modem from 3 that has two USB devices in it..
> a memory device and the modem.  They are designed for use with Windows
> hosts where there are drivers on the memory device, which then
> 'switch' the device to the USB modem once loaded.
>
> I wish there was a list of modems somewhere (from Australia vendors)
> which we knew worked with Ubuntu. Someone has done an excellent job
> putting the  details of providers into network-manager. That part of
> it looks like it 'just works'.
>
> (I bought the modem as it was the only on that came with the 3-prepaid
> plan.)
>
> I have yet to get a working solution for me, but 'usb-modeswitch'
> package appears to be one place to look. (I couldn't get it to work,
> but I was only trying it out.. )
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 8:06 PM,  <richardmalter at riseup.net> wrote:
> > Hey folks, warm hello,
> >
> > Just wondering if anyone has experience connecting to a mobile Telstra
> > broadband account - with a plug-in USB chip. Ubuntu is recognizing the
> > chip but doesn't connect, anyone have any ideas? I am in VIC.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> >
> > Richard Malter
> >
> >
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