<div dir="ltr"><br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">2008/10/1 Gert van den Berg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gert-vdb@lantic.net">gert-vdb@lantic.net</a>></span><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Hi,</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Does anyone have a way of connecting an Atlantic 3G ( Vodacom SIM )  under Ubuntu?</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">The references I got to a UK solution provided links to several drivers - but none would install under Ubuntu.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Vodacom are unhelpful - they simply say they do not support Linux based OS.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks in anticipation.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Gert</font></div></div><br><br></blockquote> <div> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><span id=""></span>Hi Gert,</blockquote> <div> </div> <div>Are you using the USB or PCMCIA modem? both are supported under ubuntu, but there is no "vodacom mobile connect" application for linux. you have to configure the connection yourself, but the device is supported out the box.</div> <div> </div> <div>for the usb modem, the device will be auto detected as /dev/ttyUSB0. then you can use wvdial or the gnome network applet to connect.</div> <div>i don't have my wvdial.conf with me right now, but got mine off google. basically the number to dial is *99***1# or *99# (shorthand), the username and password can be anything (wvdial doesn't support blank credentials). the access point to use is "internet".</div> <div> </div> <div>I will post my wvdial.conf later when I get home.</div> <div> </div> <div>atleast you have something to google in the mean time :-)</div> <div> </div> <div>regards</div> <div> </div> <div>Louis</div> <div> </div> <div> </div></div></div>