Re: [SLUG] USB Wireless Inet under Linux.
On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 03:06:29PM +1000, Steve Lindsay wrote: > We're using a bunch of Huawei E160E and E169 USB modems from Virgin on > some embedded systems that work fine with Linux (a minimal Ubuntu > install). Purchased in the last month or two so I assume they are > relatively current. Is that Virgin Prepaid? Do they get an RFC1918 private network address, or a routable address? Nick. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] USB Wireless Inet under Linux.
I am using Telstra's old ZTE MF 626 prepaid without any problems on Ubuntu 10.04 Latest Arch was a little bit fun to make work though. On 2/09/10 3:06 PM, Steve Lindsay wrote: On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Carl Adams<52midni...@gmail.com> wrote: I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who has either a good, inexpensive wireless Inet connection, or experience with these modems. We're using a bunch of Huawei E160E and E169 USB modems from Virgin on some embedded systems that work fine with Linux (a minimal Ubuntu install). Purchased in the last month or two so I assume they are relatively current. The E160E comes up as 12d1:1003, not sure about the E169. - Steve -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] USB Wireless Inet under Linux.
I have a Huawei E160G which is a prepaid from Three - not sure if it can be unlocked because I've never tried. It works out of the box on the last three versions of Ubuntu. One annoying thing which may or may not be to do with Linux is that if you run out of credit completely you have to get a working connection before being able to recharge - I can't understand that. Carl Adams wrote: Hello All I'm currently looking for the most economically efficient way to connect to the Internet via wireless using Linux. A few years ago I purchased an iBurst modem, but that technology is now obsolete. The best bet appears to be a USB stick modem, a device somewhat bigger than a USB memory stick (about 70 x 25 x 10mm) – essentially a mobile phone without screen, keyboard, mic or speaker. I've purchased a Virgin Mobile device for A$80 that includes 1mth/5GB usage. Virgin have a 365day/12GB recharge for A$150 that would be fine for me - my typical usage is less than 1GB/month. Unfortunately, as one might expect, this device has no Lx support, but it seems that the Lx community is addressing the problem. There's a very good site at www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ with full technical explanations, software to download, and a help forum that I'm currently posting to. No success as yet, and I've a feeling that there are more problems yet to come. The thread I'm posting to is here for those interested: http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/bb/viewtopic.php?t=483 I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who has either a good, inexpensive wireless Inet connection, or experience with these modems. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] USB Wireless Inet under Linux.
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Carl Adams <52midni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who has either a good, > inexpensive wireless Inet connection, or experience with these modems. > We're using a bunch of Huawei E160E and E169 USB modems from Virgin on some embedded systems that work fine with Linux (a minimal Ubuntu install). Purchased in the last month or two so I assume they are relatively current. The E160E comes up as 12d1:1003, not sure about the E169. - Steve -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] USB Wireless Inet under Linux.
I'm using a Huawei E169 USB 3G stick. Ubuntu 10.04's network manager has perfect support after installing and updating (I could not get it working from the live CD). I ordered it from Exetel for use with their pay-as-you-go 3G plan, and it comes unlocked for use on any network. On 2/09/2010 2:50 PM, Carl Adams wrote: > Hello All > > I'm currently looking for the most economically efficient way to > connect to the Internet via wireless using Linux. A few years ago I > purchased an iBurst modem, but that technology is now obsolete. The > best bet appears to be a USB stick modem, a device somewhat bigger > than a USB memory stick (about 70 x 25 x 10mm) – essentially a mobile > phone without screen, keyboard, mic or speaker. I've purchased a > Virgin Mobile device for A$80 that includes 1mth/5GB usage. Virgin > have a 365day/12GB recharge for A$150 that would be fine for me - my > typical usage is less than 1GB/month. > > Unfortunately, as one might expect, this device has no Lx support, but > it seems that the Lx community is addressing the problem. There's a > very good site at www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ with full > technical explanations, software to download, and a help forum that > I'm currently posting to. No success as yet, and I've a feeling that > there are more problems yet to come. The thread I'm posting to is here > for those interested: > > http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/bb/viewtopic.php?t=483 > > I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who has either a good, > inexpensive wireless Inet connection, or experience with these modems. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] USB Wireless Inet under Linux.
Hello All I'm currently looking for the most economically efficient way to connect to the Internet via wireless using Linux. A few years ago I purchased an iBurst modem, but that technology is now obsolete. The best bet appears to be a USB stick modem, a device somewhat bigger than a USB memory stick (about 70 x 25 x 10mm) – essentially a mobile phone without screen, keyboard, mic or speaker. I've purchased a Virgin Mobile device for A$80 that includes 1mth/5GB usage. Virgin have a 365day/12GB recharge for A$150 that would be fine for me - my typical usage is less than 1GB/month. Unfortunately, as one might expect, this device has no Lx support, but it seems that the Lx community is addressing the problem. There's a very good site at www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ with full technical explanations, software to download, and a help forum that I'm currently posting to. No success as yet, and I've a feeling that there are more problems yet to come. The thread I'm posting to is here for those interested: http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/bb/viewtopic.php?t=483 I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who has either a good, inexpensive wireless Inet connection, or experience with these modems. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] MySQL & Mono
On 25/08/2010, at 8:13 PM, Chris Allen wrote: > Can any one recommend good books / courses (in Sydney) for learning both of > these? How do you place yourself as a programmer already? If you're fairly familiar with object oriented programming and C-style syntax, then C# should be pretty easy for you to pick up. If you've used Java before, then that's even better. Last time I was in Basement Books (http://basementbooks.com.au/) there was a good range of C# books from Apress. I don't know about the quality, but they were pretty cheap (most less than $5 or $10). They were all aimed for .NET development using Visual Studio, but I imagine the code itself should be about the same on mono (or at least that's the idea of Mono, or so I understand). If you're after a course, again, most will be for Visual Studio environments. I know UTS runs a short course on .NET development - see http://www.it.uts.edu.au/courses/short/programming/dotnet.html I've vaguely heard TAFE has some teachings in .NET, but with a quick search I only found some VB.NET subjects. -Chris. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
