Cornelius Franken wroHi

I am thinking about getting myself Internet at home(still very expensive here in Africa) by using a 3G USB modem. Has anyone here ever used 3G/ HSDPA cards on Linux before? Or should I just not think about this route.

Regards Neil

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I have a friend here in South Africa that is using the Huawei E220 (USB device). If you have kernel version 2.6.20 or higher it should be mounted as standard ttyUSB device. Then just use NetworkManager/kinternet (or whatever you are using) to configure the dialup. Google a bit - there are many out there using this. Manne -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Cornelius Franken escribió:

Hi

I am thinking about getting myself Internet at home(still very expensive here in Africa) by using a 3G USB modem. Has anyone here ever used 3G/ HSDPA cards on Linux before?

Yes . I used one manufactured by "sierra wireless" and supported by the "sierra" kernel module. Gotcha: Networkmanager 0.6.x is brain-damaged for this use-case, do not even attempt to , will end in frustration, this is apparently fixed in 0.7.x. -- "Progress is possible only if we train ourselves to think about programs without thinking of them as pieces of executable code.” - Edsger W. Dijkstra Cristian Rodríguez R. Platform/OpenSUSE - Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development http://www.opensuse.org/