On Fri, 7 Oct 2011 12:38:43 +0100 Richard Ibbotson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. In my experience, Network Manager tends to work with USB mobile broadband devices as well. Since that's the default networking interface in most distros and James mentioned that he is new to computers, it would be far easier for him to try that first and post any specific problems to the list. Learning can come later, when he's not frustrated with trying to get his hardware to work. I strongly agree that the output of 'lsusb -v' is necessary to give anything more than general advice, though.
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