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Woody
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      08-25-2010, 08:51 PM
Does anyone know of free (or very cheap downloadable) software
that will drive a Huawei PCMCIA 3G modem card?

I have acquired an unlocked device and am going off to France
soon. I could buy a SIM over there but obviously need software to
interface it - or do I?

Any (polite) advice welcomed.



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The Natural Philosopher
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      08-25-2010, 09:41 PM
Woody wrote:
> Does anyone know of free (or very cheap downloadable) software
> that will drive a Huawei PCMCIA 3G modem card?
>
> I have acquired an unlocked device and am going off to France
> soon. I could buy a SIM over there but obviously need software to
> interface it - or do I?
>
> Any (polite) advice welcomed.
>
>
>

linux?
 
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      08-26-2010, 06:26 PM
On 25/08/2010 21:51, Woody wrote:
> Does anyone know of free (or very cheap downloadable) software
> that will drive a Huawei PCMCIA 3G modem card?
>
> I have acquired an unlocked device and am going off to France
> soon. I could buy a SIM over there but obviously need software to
> interface it - or do I?
>
> Any (polite) advice welcomed.
>
>
>

usually the software is on the dongle but it might be tied to
the original provider

 
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Brian Mc
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      08-27-2010, 10:03 AM
Harry <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: usually the software is on the dongle but it might be tied to
: the original provider

Almost always tied to the original provider! With a "3" ZTE MFT 627 dongle
I found BOTH a program to unlock it AND a new PC driver program (originally
from the Australian operator "Telastra") which allowed manual input of
things like APN, username and password. The "3" software had all these
hardwired in!

 
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Theo Markettos
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      08-27-2010, 01:52 PM
Brian Mc <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Almost always tied to the original provider! With a "3" ZTE MFT 627 dongle
> I found BOTH a program to unlock it AND a new PC driver program (originally
> from the Australian operator "Telastra") which allowed manual input of
> things like APN, username and password. The "3" software had all these
> hardwired in!


You should be able to use it with just a bare driver, which you should be
able to get from Huawei's website (if you need it, and Windows doesn't find
it automatically). The driver will give you a COMn port - set it up like a
dialup modem connection in Windows. You'll have to add a special modem
configuration string with the APN - something like
AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","yourapn"

Then just use it like any other dialup connection. Windows will keep track
of the data used per session - it's up to you to add up the traffic over
multiple sessions. You won't get SMS or signal strength this way, but you
can at least connect. And no network bloatware.

Theo
 
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