rogers rocket stick sierra 330U

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Just to add on to what Mathieu said, if you're not going through the 
NetworkManager GUI which simplifies these kinds of things, take a look 
at the command line tool usb-modeswitch which allows you to change the 
mode the usb modem is working as.

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On 2012-09-11 12:32, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 5:06 AM, Rob Lawson 
> <robealawson81 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> my name is rob, and i live in ontario, canada
>> i have downloaded ubuntu into my computer, but i cant access the 
>> internet
>> i am unable to open the USB drive, ubuntu is asking for application 
>> to open
>> with, and as i just installed ubuntu on my drive, i dont have the
>> applications
>> Rogers has said that there is no suporting software to access linux, 
>> but
>> there are posts all over the internet saying that there is
>> would you know of any programs/applications i could find for ubuntu 
>> to make
>> it internet accessable?
>> and maybe how i could open and install the information contained in 
>> the
>> sierra wireless 330U rogers rocket stick
>> ty for any assistance you might be able to provide
>
> Hi Rob.
>
> You're in luck. I happen to maintain NetworkManager and ModemManager
> in Ubuntu (the two pieces of software that are needed for this to
> work) and I also happen to have bought a Sierra 330U some time ago.
>
> To have this work on Ubuntu you don't actually need anything special.
> Everything comes from bundled on the default install; in fact, you
> should be able to access the Internet with such a USB modem straight
> from the LiveCD.
>
> However, where things get complicated is when alternate "flavours" of
> Ubuntu are concerned -- some of them may decide to not ship the
> necessary software, or the graphical interface can be different.
>
> So first; connect your USB device to the computer. You shouldn't have
> to do anything else. If a directory pops up, or if a dialog asks you
> what you want to do, click any option -- it doesn't really matter, as
> the device should be automatically switched to the modem mode (from
> the USB drive mode used on Windows to install the drivers) within
> seconds.
>
> From there; look around the top border of your screen for arrows (if
> you have a wired connection), or an icon that looks like a pizza 
> slice
> (for wireless). Click on that icon, then use the menu available there
> to select "New Mobile Broadband (GSM) connection". Follow the steps 
> in
> the wizard and you should be ready to go within a few seconds. If it
> doesn't connect automatically you might want to get back to the menu
> and click on your "Rogers Default" connection to start it.
>
> Please let me know if you get stuck somewhere.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu.tl at gmail.com>
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