[Wolves] vodafone usb wifi modem

[Kris Douglas]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 2:19 PM, stuart bell <sailing1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 17/03/2008, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
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> > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Re-LoaD <reload at brum2600.net> wrote:
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> > > Kris Douglas wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 11:56 PM, baza <baza41 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > >> Has anyone used one of those Vodafone USB wifi modems with Ubuntu?
> Did
> > > >> it work, 'out of the box'?
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> > > >> baz
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> > > > I wouldnt call it out of the box, but they do work well. If you want
> I
> > will
> > > > put you in touch with someone who has set a load of them up, they
> work
> > > > really well... Email me off list and I will put you in touch :)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > What go for the '3' one as well ?
>
> Hello All,
>
> Huawei E220 no problem to set up in linux. Use recent kernel - 22 +
> and just set it up in your hardware manager as an analogue modem. Mine
> is unlocked so I use "3" and TMob - with the same connection settings!
>
> You'll find the modem comes up as tty/USB0 tty/USB1    and creates
> iface ppp0 so your fwall and network manager will see it. Knemo is
> useful as you get full stats so you can avoid exceeding the monthly
> limit and getting ripped off for a few megs.
>
> I have seen reliable download speeds of 2megs on the "3" sim but this
> varies according to
> "turbo" coverage and signal strength ( very good in W'hampton )
>
> If, for some reason, you want to run it in an older kernel there is a
> howto in the ubuntu forum.
> I know that one works as that's how I did it originally.
>
> My sims are both prepay and probably qualify as a scam. The Tmob sim
> is a phone prepay with access at £1/day max - for 24 hrs, not bad.  My
> "3" sim I bought one of those awful skypephones on prepay and threw
> away the phone. This gets you 'net for £5.mnth just buy the addon
> every 30days. Top ups never expire. Very cheap.
>
> I don't know about any of the contract deals as I'm away a lot and
> will not pay a contract when not using the sim. I just buy local sims
> to avoid roaming charges. ( hence my unlocked E220 )
>
> My first post here, I'll introduce myself properly later !!
>
> Stuart
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> > They're all the same, I'll get stuart to come and post.. probably easier
> > conisdering there are a couple of us.
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Thank you Stuart.


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Kris Douglas
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