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Re: Connecting laptop to internet via cell network

Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:06:26PM +0100, Joe wrote:

On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:55:07 -0500
Richard Owlett<rowlett@cloud85.net>  wrote:


Sven Arvidsson wrote:

On Thu, 2015-06-25 at 09:06 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

I'm looking for a USB modem for cell network (preferred) or a
WiFi hot spot (minimally acceptable).



USB dongle - not common now - for GSM / 3G here. Costs virtually
nothing added to a phone contract but superseded by

Mifi - mobile wifi hotspot - 4G / LTE - readily available but with
a cost per month / limitatiions in the amount of Gb you can download
per month.
Plans for 2-4 GB/mo at a price I'm willing to pay are readily available. Having been very satisfied with 56k dialup I see no problem staying well below limit. 



Both available from Asda - your Walmart - for example.
I wasn't considering Walmart. Their ads are annoying and non-informative. 



Neither much use outside good mobile / cell range. Not usable
in the middle of absolutely nowhere.
At home I see no problem. When traveling it will be on the interstates in eastern U.S. so see no problem there either. But it is one of the reasons I'm only looking at "no contract" plans. If thing aren't satisfactory I can bail and try something else being out only out the hardware at most. 



Huawei make a lot of the chipsets.

The Mifi doesn't need physical connection
That I consider a disadvantage. But I discovered that at least one unit would accept a USB tether that the salesman didn't know about. 



- something that looks about
the size of a packet of 20 cigarettes or smaller to sit in the middle
of the room / a car and provide Wifi coverage for up to 10 devices.
SIM card inside and you're good to go. Will contain a rechargeable battery.
If you can connect your laptop to a Wifi hotspot, you're good to go, irrespective
of OS.
Agreed that should be true. I was thinking that should be fairly true of USB also as the was part of the original goal of the USB standard [supported by links Sven gave]. 





Both will provide you with far more bandwidth than you've been used to.

But this is from a European (and specifically English) perspective - which may be
very different.

HTH,

AndyC



Where might I find info on what works cleanly with Debian.
I'm in a medium size city in SW Missouri (multiple carriers
available).
Other usage will be along interstates in eastern U.S.



Try http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/


The links from that URL should prove very educational.
I've got a couple days of reading to do ;)


and see if you can find a device in this list
http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/device_reference.txt







There's a couple here:
https://wiki.debian.org/Modem

I have a Huawei/ZTE modem which I used a few times in the last week on
sid. Unfortunately, I've been using it on Windows and Linux for least
five years, and it will therefore be unobtainable today.

The trick is to find what chipset a modem uses, which can be difficult,
after that it is relatively easy to find out if there is a driver, if
anyone has problems, etc.

--
Joe


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