-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dave Howorth wrote: > Roger Oberholtzer wrote: >> We have some vehicles on the road all around the world. They run >> OpenSUSE 10.0. Not all the computer systems have free PCI slots. But >> they do have USB. >> Does anyone have any experience with a USB-based GPRS modem that would >> allow us to log in to these systems via the GSM/GPRS network? I have >> seen these for Windows (in adverts for telecoms - so no real details on >> the actual hardware is provided). Any experience / pointers are >> welcome. > > My Samsung D600 phone appears as a modem when I plug it in. It also > charges from the USB connection. I believe most GSM phones with USB > cables work, so a cheap phone may be an option. Also IIRC, you can buy > USB <-> PC-Card adaptors so that may give you further options. > > Cheers, Dave
Some confusion here GPRS is distinct from GSM. If you are lucky or have thought through your mobile phone purchase you may get an AT compatible mobile modem capability with psuedo serial access via a USB cable. Unfortunately, with Symbian based phones you may also get very mixed results with Linux, especially with the smart phone end of the range. I do not have a s60 phone but have tried this experiment with Nokia Communicator and SE p series devices and this was not a goer with Linux. The phones usually do not want to know... (Though to be honest the phone is a network aware computer so why bother anyway).. if anyone has had anything like success here I would like to know how they did it... (BTW it also can be tricky in windows) In the main Symbian based phones are linux unfriendly, and they are the dominant player in the European market place. I cannot comment on RIM based devices. For a pure GPRS device, palm OS support is a bit (but not a lot) better and you might get Palm OS based GPRS device to talk to a Linux box. Location via GSM is a somewhat different technology (based on triangulation of GSM signals, and accuracy is related to cell density) and it may be related to GPRS supplied information on the access points. Access to this service usually comes at a price however... As for windows mobile support ummm..... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGVgB6asN0sSnLmgIRAs/xAJwJnS2InuTL/oCLk4zupHi9n0e3/gCgw5Ms Auiabq0QdsDzuZyqNSGJ1XQ= =2fG2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
