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Re: [opensuse] Aircards and Linux.
- From: "Hans du Plooy" <koffiejunkielistlurker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:50:41 -0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <46403.212.100.225.55.1171367441.squirrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I was just thinking about this. You know those aircards you can get from
> your
> cellphone provider and be able to connect to the internet using the
> cellphone
> network. Anyways, has anyone tried to use one under Linux? Maybe you know
> the
> theory behind it or something. I think it's treated like a PPP dial-up but
> I am
> not sure. Any thoughts?
I have used several of these cards with Linux. They work exactly as
dialing through your phone (I used a bluetooth connection to my Nokia
6230, for example). The only difference is in the AT commands.
Look at www.pharscape.org for information on drivers and what you need to
do to get it working.
Hans
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> your
> cellphone provider and be able to connect to the internet using the
> cellphone
> network. Anyways, has anyone tried to use one under Linux? Maybe you know
> the
> theory behind it or something. I think it's treated like a PPP dial-up but
> I am
> not sure. Any thoughts?
I have used several of these cards with Linux. They work exactly as
dialing through your phone (I used a bluetooth connection to my Nokia
6230, for example). The only difference is in the AT commands.
Look at www.pharscape.org for information on drivers and what you need to
do to get it working.
Hans
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