[plug] Opensuse + ubuntu +telstra Next g troubles

[Tim Bowden]

On Fri, 2010-08-13 at 14:57 +0800, doodli wrote:
> Have purchased one of the Telstra Nextg Wireless Broadband modems that
> is currently on special at the Post Office for $29 when purchased with a
> $100 recharge. It is a Sierra Usb301 . Both Ubuntu and Opensuse 11.3
> find and I can get on the net. (so does windows xp but who cares).  Now
> the problem is that it will not work if a network card is active. So no
> net sharing across the lan, not good. Wife very irrated, me I;m just
> astounded, why you ask? Cause telstra rep told me that is right , "you
> can not share it accross the home network".
> Surely they are joking? There must be some way?
> Anyone with a bright ideas??

What does your routing table look like (route -n) before and after
bringing up the NextG modem?

Also, your network interfaces (ifconfig)?

Have you tried manually adding a routing rule when you bring up the
NextG modem?

Tim Bowden