After seeing a friend using his on Windows ?? and it took him about 5
minutes to get it to work (had to run through the set up each time he
stuck it in) and have heard not very good things from Xtra users of
them, I got a Vodem off another friend who had no trouble with his
excepting the cost (sounds like $1 a day in the adverts is way off the
mark. So I now have a Vodophone one to stick in and wonder how to get it
to work instead. Yeeee Haaa I got a refund from Xtra which is like
getting rocks from the moon!!!
Thanks for the help, vodo seem to have more ww support / options
Solor Vox wrote:
Hey Kevin,
I have the Telecom that stick and it does work on Linux. But one
small problem is that by default, it is configured to be a usb storage
device so that drivers are automatically loaded first. Then the
drivers (windows) switch the mode to usb modem. You need to switch it
into modem mode either by using serial options line in Linux, or use
windows software included on the stick.
I'm in Chch if you still need some help.
sV
On 1/17/10, Andrew Packer <[email protected]> wrote:
On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 13:21 +1300, Kevin wrote:
I am still naive enough to buy a Broadband GMS USB stick from Telecom
because the telechick told me that of course it will work with Linux,
just stick it in and it down loads it own stuff and like it just like
works!
<snip>
I also have a Vodem one with me as a friends wants me to sell it or buy
it as he found the $1 a day thing did not have a lot of truth with it,
so that may be able to made to work more easy.
<snip>
I've been using a Vodem (actually three different Vodems) with
exclusively Linux systems for a couple of years now.
Although Vodafone NZ do not support Linux (and will tell you so if you
ring the helpline), the driver program comes from Vodafone Spain:
https://forge.betavine.net/projects/vodafonemobilec/
You want version 1.99.17-8. There are several sub-versions compiled for
various Linux distributions. You'll have to change the APN because, out
of the "box", the software is configured to connect to Vodafone Spain.
If your friend's Vodem has been sitting around for a few years it may
need a firmware update. I do not know whether this can be done in Linux
using Wine. It would be better to have a Vodafone shop perform the
update.
A. Also, a lot of Vodafone's 3G mobile broadband uses the 900 MHz
band, and the older Vodems do not support 3G at that frequency.
I can't offer advice in regards to Telecom.
HTH,
=====Andrew
