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[AuckLUG] Mobile internet on linux laptop

David Hawke David.Hawke at ppfort.net
Fri Jun 16 20:00:17 NZST 2006


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.
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