[plug] Opensuse + ubuntu +telstra Next g troubles

[doodli]

On 08/13/2010 04:07 PM, Tim Bowden wrote:
> 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
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Thanks for this, it got me to thinking in the right direction. The
problem was the gateway, it needed to be changed once the usb modem came
up. Is there anyway to change the gateway when the usb modem comes up
automatically ?
Yes Linux can network a Serria USB 3