Hi All, We use Westnet Huawei e169 usb drives on 701 EEEPC's I guess any reseller that uses Optus as a carrier will be the same. We use Mint and it has worked on Puppy and Ubuntu The default E program wont find 3g networks for us. The trick is to get the settings right for APN and the dns servers for your ISP. There are no pass words. I have to say Westnet were very unhelpful, for the first time in five years. But Linux is a mystery to them it seems. Thank god for the internet community As most people use Microsoft these usb modems come with a small connection program and you need to use latter versions on Linux that bypass the set-up program. If you hunt around you can find work arounds if you do not want to up date you OS. Our systems operate in rural areas and an Optus or Telstra service was the only option for us. I suspect that all the other carriers and modems will be the same though.
Hope this is not too random Graham Byrne process server victoria dot com dot au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
