[email protected] wrote:
> I'd like to use a USB Modem, however I'm told
> that there are problems in using them with Linux.
> (Linux, note, rather than a specific distro.)
Quite frankly, this is rubbish. One of the really nice things
about USB is that any device that connects via USB can have
its bus snooped (on a windows machine if necessary) and have its
protocol deciphered. In the absence of encryption (which I have
never seen or heard of on a USB device) its even trivial.
> Has anybody used one with Linux?
Yes, I've used a number of them (Unwired, Telstra 3G, others) but
never for anything more than testing.
With something recent like intrepid many of these things work out
of the box. When they don't they can often be made to work by
someone knowledgable.
The vast majority of these devices simply emulate an RS 232 port
over USB and use the Hayes AT modem control protocol.
You best bet is to take your laptop to a shop that has these modem
devices, plug one into your laptop and capture the output of
lsusb -vvv
grab the USB product/vendor ID and and then Google for that ID and
Linux.
Erik
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