Frans it's the very latest one from Vodacom (don't have it with me now). The USB stick one. Yep data bundle is fine. I plug it directly into the usb port , I don't use any cables with it. - Wikus ----- Original Message ----- From: FransIT [mailto:dormakorp@vodamail.co.za] To: wikus@cheetah-microsystems.com,ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 07:39:34 +0200 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] 3g trouble Which modem is it? I assume airtime and data have been checked. Try the modem with or with out the usb extension cables (it should have been in the box) I recently started getting problems when I connect the auxiliary usb power cable with the modem On 12/06/17 15:34, Wikus wrote: > > Afternoon everyone , > > I am having a lot of issues with 3g. Currently my ADSL is down due to > stolen Telkom cables. > So I went out and got me a 3g usb dongle (new one) so that I at least > can read en send mail. > > However , it is going very badly. It picked it up and I selected my > home network etc. All that went > well , BUT , it doesn't stay connected longer than a few seconds :-( > I am still busy sending or receiving mail then it disconnects. All the > time. Sometimes it is as few as about 10 seconds > then it disconnects. My signal varies between 2 and 3 bars , however > my cellphone always have full signal and no issues. > > Are there any settings in Ubuntu that I can do to make it more stable > and actually stay connected long enough to use ? > Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit. > > Thank you > > - Wikus > -- When working on a computer you have to know enough: To fake what you don't know. Google what you can't fake. How (and when) to 'motivate' the computer to do what Google won't tell. Frans de Waal IT Manager/ Dormakorp