[Gllug] Linux with a broadband dongle

[Robert McKay]

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:10 AM, john maclean <jayeola at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> Does anyone use a 3g dongle with a *nix-based laptop? If you do what
> make//model is the dongle and who is your internet provider?
>
>
I've used a few - Linux support is pretty good. The new ones are a bit
annoying because they often come with a build in pendrive for their windows
driver software and also an sdcard reader. You need to use the
usb_modeswitch utility to switch the device from one capability to the other
(ie: from card reader to internal drive to usb modem). This isn't really a
big deal though and ubuntu actually does it automatically.

The modems I've used are:

Huawei E220 - works perfectly. no internal storage or card reader so no need
to modeswitch.
ZTE MF622 - works perfeclty. does require usb_modeswitch though.

Rob
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