ZTE phones as modems on Beaver - anyone try that?

[Bret Busby]

On 17/12/2021, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17/12/2021, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 16/12/2021, Mike Marchywka <marchywka at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'm trying to get a consumers' cellular phone to act as a USB modem on
>>> a laptop running Ubuntu Bionic Beaver.  The drivers on the phone did not
>>> install correctly and they are labelled for earlier versions.
>>> There is confusing stuff on places like stackexchange.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>
>> What is the beaver thing, and, do the cellphone and the computer, not
>> have
>> wifi?
>>
>> Using a wifi cellphone as a wifi hotspot, for use as a 4G modem,
>> should be simple.
>>
>> I switch between 4G wifi modems, and, a 4G cellphone as a wifi hotspot
>> (I can switch easily between carriers, by doing this), without any
>> problems.
>>
>
> Oh, and, the ease of connecting, and of switching, applies to
> UbuntuMATE  16.04, 20.10, and, 21.04.
>
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> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> (UTC+0800)
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>

What haven't been mentioned so far, are

How old is the cellphone?

What operating system (including version number) is the cellphone running?

Does the customer have a cellphone contract that includes a data
component, to allow the phone to be used for accessing the Internet?

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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