I have managed to get the ICON 255 to work. But it did periodically lock the OS. I cannot say whether this would be the same for you... But the drivers and howto can be found here: http://pharscape.org/icon225.html
Hope it works for you! :) irc: selinuxium James Thomas 2009/2/16 John <[email protected]> > Andrew Williams wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12:46:43AM +0000, John wrote: > > > >> I wanted to try get Orange Wireless on here, as I have Orange with my > >> mobile. I went into the shop, and they allowed me to try installing the > >> dongle with one of their SIM cards, and the dongle. > >> > >> Well, I was in there for about an hour, and it just wasnt having it. It > >> would install the drivers, it kept on saying it couldnt find them, and > >> it couldnt find the dongle either, even though, when I looked could see > >> the files for the dongle. I even searched on the net, and found a few > >> places that tried to explain how to install, and with the guy in there, > >> we tried, but still we couldnt install the drivers. > >> > >> Has anybody any experience with these dongles, I would really like to > >> get one. > >> > >> > > > > What model dongle is it? If it's a Huewai it'll either work or you have > to use the likes of usb_modeswitch to get the dongle into the right mode to > show the > > usb serial port. It should have the model number printed on the back. > > > > > Hi, sorry its taken so long to get back to you. As I have already > mentioned, I'm not that good with Ubuntu, not been using it long. The > dongle Orange gave me is a Icon 225. I dont know how to use > > usb_modeswitch > > would that work with 8.10 and the dongle I have? > > If so, could you explain in simple terms how to use it? > > Thank you. > > John. > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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