On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Andrew Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > hey all.. > > It's been awhile and I have been watching the list more off than on... > So this has possibly been asked and answered recently... I guess its not > a 'bad' problem to have to be so busy these days. > > I am just getting started looking at getting an 'internet stick' so I > can have an Internet connection anywhere I may be. > > Has anyone anything to recommend here? I could go straight to bell and > pick one up but I of course need to know that it'll work well under > modern Linuxes and specifically - since I hope to be buying a tablet in > the new year - Android. > > I know Gustins' desktop portable works well, and provides a DHCP address > via an Ethernet port, and while that seems simpler configuration-wise, I > want to use this in my car etc and all the wiring seems like a major > PITA.
It works, it seems to have unlimited bandwith (I have pushed quite a large number of bits through this thing without getting so much as a phone call, let alone a nasty bill. The downside (and it is a big downside) is that it is bulky, and does not work while in motion. There is also no coverage outside of the city (well Edmonton and Red Deer it works but not on the road in between). I have tested a one of the Rogers sticks on my Ubuntu Laptop and it worked after 5 minutes of googling (there was an entry you had to make in udev to put the device into the proper mode, by default it was in a USBMS (mass storage) mode. I have no experience with the Telus and Bell variants. See if you can't get a trial. Perhaps you can convince someone who has one to lend it to you for a day or two to see if you can get it going. Hth, _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
