[ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

[John]

Andrew Williams wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12:46:43AM +0000, John wrote:
>   
>> I wanted to try get Orange Wireless on here, as I have Orange with my 
>> mobile. I went into the shop, and they allowed me to try installing the 
>> dongle with one of their SIM cards, and the dongle.
>>
>> Well, I was in there for about an hour, and it just wasnt having it. It 
>> would install the drivers, it kept on saying it couldnt find them, and 
>> it couldnt find the dongle either, even though, when I looked could see 
>> the files for the dongle. I even searched on the net, and found a few 
>> places that tried to explain how to install, and with the guy in there, 
>> we tried, but still we couldnt install the drivers.
>>
>> Has anybody any experience with these dongles, I would really like to 
>> get one.
>>
>>     
>
> What model dongle is it? If it's a Huewai it'll either work or you have to use the likes of usb_modeswitch to get the dongle into the right mode to show the 
> usb serial port. It should have the model number printed on the back.
>
>   
Hi, sorry its taken so long to get back to you. As I have already 
mentioned, I'm not that good with Ubuntu, not been using it long. The 
dongle Orange gave me is a Icon 225. I dont know how to use

usb_modeswitch

would that work with 8.10 and the dongle I have?

If so, could you explain in simple terms how to use it?

Thank you.

John.