[ubuntu-in] Tata Indicom Photon+ / Reliance NetConnect on Ubuntu

[Guru गुरु]

Prakash
you are right, I am talking about the CDMA 1x
many of us ubuntu users have problems getting wireless card to work ...
would be glad for any info on this.
thanks
guru


Prakash Advani wrote:
> Guru गुरु wrote:
>> Hi Prakash
>>
>> On Ubuntu, we have found that only the  Huwaei data card works. The 
>> ZTE does not work.
>>
>> Problem is that Reliance has phased out the Huwaei card and does not 
>> offer that on new connections, this creates problems for people who 
>> migrate to Ubuntu.
>>   
> Guru
> 
> Huawei is definitely available as it is just launched. I am talking of 
> the new 3G cards which offer 3Mbps connectivity. Perhaps you are 
> referring to earlier CDMA 1x.
>> Either they should continue to support the Huwaei card or should 
>> provide    support on ZTE.
>>
>> We have not found any other company (bsnl/airtel/vodafone) providing 
>> support for GNU/Linux on their wireless cards
>>
>> Would be good to also hear others experiences
>>
>> regards,
>> Guru
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>> As you would have seen there are these new high speed data cards by Tata
>>> and Reliance.
>>>
>>> I have tested both Tata Indicom Photon+ / Reliance NetConnect on Ubuntu.
>>> I didn't get much time to test but this is my initial feedback.
>>>
>>> They claim to offer 2-3 Mbps but in reality offer 300-700Kbps.
>>>
>>> Reliance Netconnect offers a choice of  Huawei and ZTE.
>>>
>>> Huawei was the only one that works out of the box and gets detected as
>>> ttyUSB0.
>>>
>>> ZTE didn't even get detected, no message on dmesg.
>>>
>>> lsusb shows: Bus 005 Device 002: ID 19d2:fff6
>>>
>>> Tata Indicom Photon+ also didn't work.
>>>
>>> lsusb shows:
>>>
>>> Bus 005 Device 009: ID 12d1:140b Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
>>>
>>> Has anyone had any different experience or is able to make any of the
>>> others to work?
>>>
>>>     
>>
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