On Friday 07 October 2011 12:25:34 Jeremy Visser wrote: > On 07/10/2011, at 19:11, Richard Ibbotson wrote: > > On Friday 07 October 2011 08:47:49 james o'regan wrote: > >> I live in the bush, i unfortunately have to be with telstra next > >> g, phone & mobile broadband usb. > > > > for Mint and Kubuntu you can probably start with wicd and wi-fi > > radar. Use 'apt-cache search wicd' or 'apt-cache search wi-fi > > radar' for those in a terminal window. > > Maybe I just fail at reading comprehension, but why does it seem > that (a) your answer is completely irrelevant to the James' > question (he's talking about USB mobile broadband, not WiFi), and > (b) you are recommending non-standard WiFi–management tools that > are in conflict with what comes with the distro (i.e. > NetworkManager)?
I always find that if I'm using mobile broadband it's a good idea to install the wi-fi stuff as well. There's a lot of USB drivers in the versions of Linux that he's using. Should work. Just the version of the USB hardware that might cause some issues but that should work. -- Richard -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
