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[AuckLUG] Mobile internet on linux laptop

Ben Ford ben.fordnz at gmail.com
Fri Jun 16 19:08:40 NZST 2006


That might have been me Willie... I had one set up a little while ago under
Ubuntu and Arch... I can't remember the specific model of card, but I can
probably dig up some of my old info if you want. I had heard that VF are now
doing an unlimited data plan for $49, which sounds nice :)
Ben

On 16/06/06, Willie Seabrook <willie at epsom.org.nz> wrote:
>
> I set up a T3G card to work on a linux laptop with the help of someone
> on this group. I can't remember their name but they were very helpful.
>
> If you search the archives you will find the information.
>
> Regards
> Willie Seabrook
>
>
> Stuart R Mealor wrote:
> > Hi everyone
> > I need to get a PCMCIA card with internet access so I can link up to
> websites
> > from clients, onsite.
> > I guess my two options are Vodafone and Telecom?
> > I've spoken to a couple of people using both, and there doesn't seem to
> be a
> > huge amount of difference (pricing or performance).
> > However, I NEED to have this running on a Toshiba laptop (probably Tecra
> A3X)
> > with linux (Mandriva) installed.
> > Can anyone offer advice before I go out, but the wrong card, locate
> drivers,
> > struggle to install, etc. etc. lol
> > Many thanks, Stuart.
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Regards,
Ben Ford
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