[plug] Wireless Broadband - USB Modem
Michael Baker
michaelbaker at westnet.com.au
Wed Feb 10 22:31:29 WST 2010
Peter
I have been working with this all week Tletsra's Sierrra Wireless 201 worked fine under ubuntu out of the box, Huawei E220 on 3 worked out of the box dial string: *99# APN: 3netaccess you will find most places will supply a Huawei of some kind anyway if you need help with wvdial config's let me know.
- lidder
----- Original Message -----
From: orm <ormg1 at bigpond.com>
To: plug at plug.org.au
Sent: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:10:02 +0800 (WST)
Subject: Re: [plug] Wireless Broadband - USB Modem
GDay Peter
The Huawei e160e works fine on Mint-8. i will not mention the hassles i
had to get it going but, Phil Bennett got it worked out for me. The
problems were caused by myself. Like most things - easy when you know how.
orm
Peter wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm planning to purchase a new pre-paid wireless broadband modem (for
> Laptop) and while I am familiar with a few models (having helped other
> people set them up on Linux), I was wondering if any of you have had
> particularly good experiences with any particular modems and/or
> providers.
>
> Preferred specs:
> * Fast/easy "plug and play" linux compatibility: Linux Mint
> (ubuntu/debian) preferred.
> * Reliable connections in rural areas would be a bonus (telsra/bigpond
> only????).
> * Reasonably good data plan.... not mind blowing (>2GB/mnth would
> be nice).
>
> I will be recommending these to my customers too if I find a good one!
> - I'm in Katanning and travel throughout the Great Southern.
>
> Suggestions?
> Cheers,
> Peter
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