Ben Ford wrote: > 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 Plug the card in and then have a look at your system log - you should see it show up as a serial device. You can then configure pppd to drive it, although at the moment I'm driving mine handrolically - can't quite get wvdiwl or kppp doing the right things and too distracted to bother sorting it :-( Let me know if you want the ppp config - I'll have to crank up the laptop to dig them out I understand that the Woosh cards also show up as serial devices, BTW. David H > > 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. >> > _________________________________________________________ >> > 5StarNet - ISP For Business - http://www.5star.net.nz/ >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > AuckLUG mailing list >> > AuckLUG at linux.net.nz >> > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aucklug >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> AuckLUG mailing list >> AuckLUG at linux.net.nz >> http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aucklug >> > > >
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