Hi Mark,
Not sure if this is of any help to you, however last night I successfully
connected to the internet using Ubuntu 7.10 and my Samsung Next G mobile
phone, via the USB cable.
Here's what I did:
* SU to root
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ su
password: xxxxxxx
* edit your wvdial.conf settings as follows
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/user# cd /etc
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc# nano wvdial.conf
* delete everything from the file except the 'Dialer Defaults' heading (if
there is none add one enclosed with '[' and ']') and add the following
(Username and Password will be different depending on provider)
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
Phone = *99#
Modem Type = USB Modem
Baud = 115200
Dial Attempts = 2
Username = vdata
Password = vdata
* Save the file by pressing CTRL-O (Output) and then CTRL-X to exit nano (I
love nano to bits - just be careful for whitespace sensitive files, for
those use VI)
* Depending on your mobile phone you may need to set it to be a modem or
internet connection. Plug in your USB data cable ( Phone must be on… snigger
:D )
* Exec the following at any point, root or not to establish an internet
connection.
sudo wvdial
* Wait a while for a connection to take place - you can watch the output
window ;)
* Enjoy surfing
Let me know if you have any luck with that!
Cheers
Blake Munro
VK6FBNZ
On Jan 9, 2008 8:31 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jan 2008, "Mark M Lambert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I have a friend that wants to dump Vista and try Ubuntu on her laptop.
> > She uses a Virgin Mobile Broadband USB modem (on the 3G network) and I
> > can't find any easy ways of getting it to work in Linux. Has anyone on
> > this list had any success with a similar device?
>
> I vaguely recollect that there are some people in SLUG who were/are
> looking
> for the same thing. I suggest that you check the archives on the main
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] list, and if you don't find anything ask on that list.
>
>
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