Mobile broadband

[Chris G]

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 04:02:32PM +0200, Mark Widdicombe wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 13:52 +0000, Chris G wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 03:33:38PM +0200, Mark Widdicombe wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 23:08 +1000, Nick Edwards wrote:
> <snip>
> > > >
> > > > Why is mobile broadband such a pain in the arse with Ubuntu, using
> > > > e220, on fedora and gentoo the bitch knows its a GSM modem and not
> > > > storage, but  Ubuntu, keeps failing 9/10 times, the e220 should not
> > > > need mode switch because the kernel does the switching for this modem,
> > > > but Ubuntu, no, not even with modeswitch does it work reliably, who
> > > > was it that used to say ubuntu butchers things to oblivion? I am
> > > > starting to see there point of view.
> > > >
> > > Hi Nick,
> > >
> > > I understand your frustration.  I struggled for about two weeks to get
> > > my Huwaei E160 modem working with modeswitch, and eventually only won
> > > when I installed wicd.  I thought they had sorted it out in newer
> > > versions, but it seems not.
> <snip>
> > I have a much better solution (after having fought with 3-G dongles in
> > both Windows and Ubuntu for a while), get a 3-G router which the SIM
> > plugs into directly.  No nasty USB dongles involved at all, sensible Web
> > configuration of the router and then *anything* with a network
> > connection (RJ45 or WiFi) can connect to the internet via the router in
> > the usual way.
> 
> That's not a practical suggestion if the dongle is used to provide net
> access to a laptop.  Lugging a router through airports &c isn't really
> an option.
> 
The 3-G router I have is about the size of a cigarette packet and I know
the other from the same supplier is even smaller.  There are some really
tiny ones now.

-- 
Chris Green