Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vodafone Topup and Go Mobile Broadband dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-11-02 Thread Rob Beard
Andrew Robinson wrote: Hi Rob, I found your post on the ubuntu.com lists about your success with using the Vodafone PAYG broadband dongle in linux. Thank you so much for your post - I'm currently running Ubuntu 9.04 and looking for a broadband PAYG dongle - your post gives me a fair degree

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vodafone Topup and Go Mobile Broadband dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-11-02 Thread mac
Rob Beard wrote: I'll cc it to the Ubuntu UK list and maybe someone else might be able to fill in the gaps. Andrew / Rob Just to confirm, and add some details: The Hauwei modems are detected correctly since Jaunty, and Network Manager as full support for Mobile Broadband. The modems appear

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vodafone Topup and Go Mobile Broadband dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-11-02 Thread mac
mac wrote: To top up without Windows... Mmm.. I meant also to say that you only need to do this once, to register your modem. After that, you can top up via the site, and read your remaining allowance there. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vodafone Topup and Go Mobile Broadband dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-11-02 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 02/11/09 15:50, mac wrote: mac wrote: To top up without Windows... Of course you could try installing Wader which supports SMS over the Dongle :-) http://wader-project.org/ HTH Al -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vodafone Topup and Go Mobile Broadband dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-11-02 Thread Rob Beard
mac wrote: Rob Beard wrote: I'll cc it to the Ubuntu UK list and maybe someone else might be able to fill in the gaps. Andrew / Rob Just to confirm, and add some details: The Hauwei modems are detected correctly since Jaunty, and Network Manager as full support for Mobile

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vodafone Topup and Go Mobile Broadband dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-11-02 Thread Rob Beard
mac wrote: mac wrote: To top up without Windows... Mmm.. I meant also to say that you only need to do this once, to register your modem. After that, you can top up via the site, and read your remaining allowance there. mac Ahh that's even better :-) Rob --

[ubuntu-uk] Vodafone Topup and Go Mobile Broadband dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-28 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I wasn't sure if anyone had posted before about using the Vodafone USB 3G modem on Ubuntu 8.10 but I thought I'd post my findings. I picked one up today from the local Vodafone store. The one I got was the £39 USB pen drive size dongle. It came pre-loaded with 1GB allowance (worth