On 06/16/2013 02:49 AM, david M brooke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am just wondering how much interest there would be in support for 3G
> (or 4G, where available) wireless Internet network connectivity for
> Bering-uClibc. Does anybody have this working already?
David,
That sounds like a good idea, and should be possible.
Huawei Mobile Broadband
http://www.huaweidevice.co.in/Products/MobileBroadband/index.php
https://www.google.com/search?q=raspberry+pi+huawei
> I recently purchased a Huawei E3131 USB "dongle" and this works well on
> other Linux distributions (e.g. Fedora) so it should be possible to make
> it work on Bering-uClibc.
>
> That particular Huawei model presents itself as a USB Ethernet device
> (rather than a USB Modem) which uses the cdc_ether driver. It has
> provision for connecting an external antenna and mine cost 20 Euros.
>
> Typical use cases might be:
> - An alternative for high-speed, wired Internet in case that fails
> - Automatic fail-over?
> - Mobile or temporary installations where there is no option for
> wired Internet connectivity
>
> I think the main Package we are missing in order to support this is
> http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/
--
Mike Noyes
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