On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 09:23 +1300, Vik Olliver wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 15:47 +1300, Kerry wrote:
> > I got a friends vodem working on her lappie
running Ubuntu last week
> > following these instructions:
> > http://www.geekzone.co.nz/chakkaradeep/4366
>
> Yeah, didn't work for me - I needed sudo and no
usb-storage. I see
> they're up to 2.0beta3 now though, so I'll try it
again later.
>
> Vik :v)
I've been using my Vodem on an Ubuntu-only laptop
(currently Hardy) for
over a year now. I use
vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux
1.99.17. I believe there have been some
showstopping problems with the
2.x versions.
To run earlier (0.something) versions of the
Vodafone Mobile Connect
Card driver for Linux I had to remove usb-storage,
but that's no longer
required. I do have to start the driver with sudo.
The Vodem stays
plugged in throughout.
The username "username" and password "password" work
fine for Vodafone
NZ. The APN needs to be set to one of Vodafone NZ's
choices, e.g.
www.vodafone.net.nz (When first installed, the
driver is configured for
Vodafone Spain.)
The Vodem firmware does need to be up to date.
After upgrading to
Hardy, I found that sometimes after connecting, I
couldn't navigate
anywhere, or nearly anywhere - for some reason I
could still get to
vodafone.co.nz! A firmware upgrade cured that.
Supposedly you need
Windows to do the firmware upgrade yourself.
Although it seemed that I
might be able to use Wine for the purpose, I
reckoned it wasn't worth
the risk. A Vodafone shop did it free of charge.
FWIW I'm presently on a short contract in Australia
and have got the
Vodem running on Virgin Broadband (as Vodafone AU
don't offer any prepay
or short term contracts for broadband).
=====Andrew
