Re: Vodafone Mobile Internet modem
On Σαβ, 2012-01-07 at 17:19 -0500, chris wrote:
> Uhm, I did not mean you should expect to be near a wifi hotspot. There
> are USB devices called "mobile hotspots" which only use the USB port
> for power and allow you to connect any device which supports wifi to
> 3G/4G.
> This would save you alot of headache with ppp and drivers.
Thank you very much, I did not know this. I will look it up.
>
> And just fyi I did copy the list :)
Sorry, I did not mean it in a demeaning way... :-)
> On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Panayiotis <panayk@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, Wifi hotspots are not as ubiquitous in my country as
> elsewhere.
>
> In the future please add Debian User to the recipients... :-)
>
>
> On Σαβ, 2012-01-07 at 16:57 -0500, chris wrote:
> > Why can't you just use a WiFi hotspot or.similar?
> >
> > chris
> >
> > On Jan 7, 2012 4:06 PM, "Panayiotis" <panayk@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Well, sometimes the modem won't get recognized at
> all (nothing
> > in dmesg
> > or lsusb), sometimes it will be connected for a
> while then
> > suddenly
> > disconnect. Signal strength is weaker than in
> Windoze
> > (generally no 3G
> > in Linux). The worst is that when the disconnects
> happen
> > (which is
> > often) I have to plug it out and back in, as
> NetworkManager
> > can't
> > reconnect otherwise. I have also tried wvdial, but
> it's
> > annoying to have
> > to use a different program, and the signal weakness
> still
> > applies.
> >
> > And I have had quite a lot of trouble to get it work
> at all,
> > including
> > having to pull in usbmodeswitch from Wheezy.
> >
> > I want a modem that will "just work"... :-)
> >
> > On Σαβ, 2012-01-07 at 21:09 +0200, Andrei Popescu
> wrote:
> > > On Sb, 07 ian 12, 20:07:29, Panayiotis Karabassis
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > To access the internet I have paid for a
> Vodafone Mobile
> > Internet
> > > > Contract. However the provided Huawei usb modem
> has been
> > nothing but
> > > > trouble.
> > >
> > > Can you provide some more details? I've used two
> different
> > Huawei modems
> > > on squeeze without problems.
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Andrei
> >
> >
> >
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