[SWLUG] Mobile broadband - can I make one machine feed the others?

[Philip Barnes]

Hi Mark
I must admit I am surprised that it didn't work on Ubuntu, what make is
it? Most are made by Huawei, and are detected by NetworkManager, if you
are unlucky it will be detected as USB mass storage. Normally the only
information needed is the Network and internet plan, what information is
it asking for?

Phil


On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 17:11 +0100, Mark Summerfield wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I bought a Vodafone K3570-Z mobile broadband dongle. It doesn't work
> on my Acer One netbook (tried Windows 7 & Ubuntu 10.10). Nor on my
> desktop (Debian 6). But it does work on my MacBook (OS X 10.5.8).
> 
> Is it possible to make the MacBook act as a sort of internet server
> (e.g., for my desktop machine) either via my existing router or using
> something else? And if so, how?
> 
> Also, for Ubuntu & Debian you have to fill in lots more information
> than on Mac & Windows, so maybe I put some in that was wrong or didn't
> put in enough. Any suggestions would be welcome.
>