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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Paul Sutton wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi >> >> I was looking at getting one of those mobile broadband things that plug >> in to the usb port, >> >> aparently I need extra drivers adn stuff to get it working under Linux, >> not sure, but I am not really that confident with stuff like that > > They simply look like a USB serial device, so you need PPP and a dialler > - e.g. wvdial. > >> however the following in the 3 store caught my eye >> >> http://threestore.three.co.uk/broadband/?id=1397 > >> so it seems i don't need to actually plug it in to my computer so don't >> need to worry about drivers, i get something called a sim card with it, >> which is something to do with mobile networks, don't know (it doesn't >> explain what this is) > > I think you do need to plug them in... Not sure where you've gotten that > idea from... All the offers on that page are for USB broadband dongles... > > A SIM card is the "magic key" that gets you onto the mobile network. All > mobile phones have one and these dongles are just phones without the > audio part. > > I think they all work under Linux now - some supported, some you might > have to create a conf file using a text editor. I plug my phone into my > laptops all the time and they work - but I have to manually type the > wvdial command to get online, but I can cope with that. > > So shop around - see what's the best deal... And remember there's no > such thing as "unlimited"... I'm paying £17ish a month for my O2 deal of > 150 miutes talk time, 300 txts, "unlimited" internet bandwidth, but I'm > not supposed to "tether" my phone to a laptop - it's an E90 with built > in keyboard, screen, web browser, google maps, so who knows what > difference it will make to them... > > Gordon > I was looking at the Mi fi thing, looks like the link didn't go to the right tab on the page. Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Ubuntu 9.10 is out : Visit www.ubuntu.com for details DCGLUG MEETINGS - Details on www.dcglug.org.uk/drupal6, - please click on Group meetings link on right hand side Aged 11 - 19 then dfey may be for you, please goto http://www.dfey.org for more details -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkty3XEACgkQaggq1k2FJq1HuACfTdcFEWiS3Sj4259xxCksOXbh yBYAnjo6KpEdRXZal7sM5GAVIx1GzaCl =CpDO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html