On 26/10/2015 9:48 AM, [email protected] wrote:
On thinking the current situation over I do not regard it as serious
enough to bother any one with something I know so little about (I have
never had or used a current mobile phone). As mentioned I currently
have broadband access to Virgin with the modem, a Huawei E220, Now I
do have a Huawei E160 (Note 1) as a spare. I have currently put it
away and cannot find it, but but will surface soon as I am cleaning up
my computor room today.
Another option probably worth pursuing is an external router that can
use a 3/4G modem such as the Netcom Wireless 4GM3W with a Netcom N600,
the latter does not have linux suppport but the I assume the 4GM3W
does. Further research is required.
Of course a real good solution is to find a couple of Belkin micro
N300's (one as a spare) Belkin Australia claim these are readily
availible.
Note 1: The Huawei E160 is a slightly cut down version of the E220.
Note 2: I did a lot of web searching and ringing around yesterday and
was offered 3 different mobile broadband dongles, none of which had in
built linux kernel support, _______________VERY_______________
frustrating I may
I haven't followed this thread in any depth and so may have missed the
obvious. If so, my apologies.
Have you looked at mobile broadband routers? These are OS-independent
and if your download needs are minimal then the plans are reasonably
cheap. I use a R215 Vodafone LTE 3/4G that costed less than $100 to
purchase outright, and it's only $20/month for 2.5GB limit.
The units acts as a dhcp-enabled router for pretty much anything with
wi-fi support whether it be PC, laptop, tablet or phone.
Telstra have similar units, from memory, but I have found that they cost
more.
The Vodafone technical specs can be found at
https://www.vodafone.com/content/index/about/what/devices/mobile_broadbanddevices.html.
FWIW, their code is also Open Source.
If I'm way off what you're after, again my apologies.
George
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