On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 04:45:51PM +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > 2008/12/4 david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I've been following this thread and checking the links... all of them refer > > to "software" which I assume is Windows only. > > > > Should I assume that any of them work on either Mac or Linux, or both, > > consecutively. Or is that a dangerous assumption? > > I can't speak for them all, but the Huawei E220 and E169 (which are > the most common 3G modems you'll see) work just fine with Linux (at > least on the Optus network).
And ditto the Huawei E800, which is the Express Card/PCMCIA card used by Vodafone (and I think by 3 and Optus as well). I like the Express Card form factor as being less 'extrusive' than the USBs; the only real disadvantage with them is that they're not usually usable by current netbooks. Cheers, Gavin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
