[plug] Mobile internet

[Paul Dean]

Hey Leon,

How are ya.

I just got a Telstra 3G 7.2 modem, follow some instructions and hey presto, 15mins later I'm wireless....

Ubuntu 8.10 intrepid
UMTSmon
usb_modeswitch

google search "ubuntu telstra 3g modem MF636BP" - lots of hits

UMTSmon is good as it does the same as the BigPond software using both usbdevs for comms in the modem, gnome fails in this way.

This allows to monitor traffic usage fairly accurately.

They say you can also use the modem to send sms's, but I've not yet been able to achieve that.

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Thanks

Paul Dean.

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On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:26:24 +0900
Leon Brooks <leon-plug at cyberknights.com.au> wrote:

>Has anyone made one of those 3G modems work with a
>Telstra connection?
>
>Dealing with a school promised ADSL for the last 18
>months (houses backing onto it are connected via DSLAM2+)
>but no joy.
>
>Telstra are now offering mobile internet to dig
>themselves out of a political hole. Their _dialup_ server
>(running BIND, Squid, DansGuardian, ClamAV etc) is Linux
>based, & for many reasons they would like to keep it that
>way.
>
>Cheers; Leon
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Thanks

Paul Dean.

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