[Sussex] Mobile Internet Access

[Desmond Armstrong]

John Crowhurst wrote:
> On Tue, June 9, 2009 09:07, Karl Manning wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have just bought a Vodafone USB Modem Stick Pro, which with hindsight
>> might not have been a great idea. The software will not load under Wine
>> using Ubuntu Jaunty. Does anyone know if I would be better off swapping
>> for
>> the lower speed non-pro model or will I still have the same problem?
>>
>> I went with Vodafone because I have to have access abroad.
>>     
>
> Look at this website; it has lots of tips, howtos and drivers for setting
> up 3G on Linux:
> http://peck.org.uk/
>
>   
This is a useful site.
On Mandriva all you have to do is to configure network and select 
GPRS/Edge/3G as all the software is on the repositories. For the mobile 
broadband only one additional module is required after Wi-Fi has already 
been set up.