Mobile broadband dongle for Linux?

A quick search of this NG doesn't seem to offer any recent information.

I would like mobile broadband for my ASUS EEE PC and also to be able to use
the same dongle with my Win2K portable.

Most mobile offerings claim to support Windows and Mac.

Do they all work with Linux - or some/none?

Any recommendations?
This would be for use when travelling - I have a fixed Broadband connection
at home.

TIA

Dave R

On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:14:31 +0000, David W EEE Roberts wrote:

> A quick search of this NG doesn't seem to offer any recent information.
>
> I would like mobile broadband for my ASUS EEE PC and also to be able to
> use the same dongle with my Win2K portable.
>
> Most mobile offerings claim to support Windows and Mac.
>
> Do they all work with Linux - or some/none?
>
> Any recommendations?
> This would be for use when travelling - I have a fixed Broadband
> connection at home.
>
> TIA
>
> Dave R

There is going to be an article on this in the next Linux Format Mag out
in a little over a week - may be worth giving that a look when it pops up.



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"David W EEE Roberts" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>A quick search of this NG doesn't seem to offer any recent information.
>
> I would like mobile broadband for my ASUS EEE PC and also to be able to
> use
> the same dongle with my Win2K portable.
>
> Most mobile offerings claim to support Windows and Mac.
>
> Do they all work with Linux - or some/none?
>
> Any recommendations?
> This would be for use when travelling - I have a fixed Broadband
> connection
> at home.

If you plug the mobile modem (dongle) into the USB port of a router
(typically a Vigor) then you can connect any sort of computer (even several
computers) to the router's LAN ports and achieve a truly flexible solution.

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Graham J

Graham J wrote:

>
> "David W EEE Roberts" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>A quick search of this NG doesn't seem to offer any recent information.
>>
>> I would like mobile broadband for my ASUS EEE PC and also to be able to
>> use
>> the same dongle with my Win2K portable.
>>
>> Most mobile offerings claim to support Windows and Mac.
>>
>> Do they all work with Linux - or some/none?
>>
>> Any recommendations?
>> This would be for use when travelling - I have a fixed Broadband
>> connection
>> at home.
>
> If you plug the mobile modem (dongle) into the USB port of a router
> (typically a Vigor) then you can connect any sort of computer (even
> several computers) to the router's LAN ports and achieve a truly flexible
> solution.
>

You will note that this is for use when I am travelling - I have a fixed
Broadband connetion for home use.

Therefore I have no particular desire to carry a router as well as my
Netbook.

I also see limited value in supporting multiple PCs as I'm only likely to be
carrying one.

However it is interesting that some routers support USB mobile dongles -
most USB ports on routers are for connection to PCs as an alternative to an
Ethernet connection and so would not be suitable.

Any details on the Vigor model(s) providing this feature?

On 01/04/2009 09:33 AM, "David W EEE Roberts" <(E-Mail Removed)>, wrote:

> Any details on the Vigor model(s) providing this feature?

For example:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/vigor2820

To see some of the Linux supported USB modems go:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/penguin-usb-modems

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A Tennyson

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
David W EEE Roberts <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> A quick search of this NG doesn't seem to offer any recent
> information.
>
> I would like mobile broadband for my ASUS EEE PC and also to be able
> to use the same dongle with my Win2K portable.
>
> Most mobile offerings claim to support Windows and Mac.
>
> Do they all work with Linux - or some/none?
>
> Any recommendations?
> This would be for use when travelling - I have a fixed Broadband
> connection at home.
>
> TIA
>
> Dave R


I've got a Huawei E160G USB Mobile dongle tied to '3' - which I bought to
use with my Win-XP laptop when away from home.

However, I've just experimenting with Ubuntu Linux (running from a CD rather
than being installed) and that recognises the dongle ok, and connects to the
internet. You don't get the '3' user interface, but that doesn't seem to
matter.
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Roger Mills wrote:
> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
> David W EEE Roberts <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> A quick search of this NG doesn't seem to offer any recent
>> information.
>>
>> I would like mobile broadband for my ASUS EEE PC and also to be able
>> to use the same dongle with my Win2K portable.
>>
>> Most mobile offerings claim to support Windows and Mac.
>>
>> Do they all work with Linux - or some/none?
>>
>> Any recommendations?
>> This would be for use when travelling - I have a fixed Broadband
>> connection at home.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Dave R
>
>
> I've got a Huawei E160G USB Mobile dongle tied to '3' - which I bought to
> use with my Win-XP laptop when away from home.
>
> However, I've just experimenting with Ubuntu Linux (running from a CD rather
> than being installed) and that recognises the dongle ok, and connects to the
> internet. You don't get the '3' user interface, but that doesn't seem to
> matter.
That is a feature, not an issue I reckon

David W EEE Roberts wrote:

> A quick search of this NG doesn't seem to offer any recent information.
>
> I would like mobile broadband for my ASUS EEE PC and also to be able to
> use the same dongle with my Win2K portable.
>
> Most mobile offerings claim to support Windows and Mac.
>
> Do they all work with Linux - or some/none?
>
> Any recommendations?
> This would be for use when travelling - I have a fixed Broadband
> connection at home.
>
> TIA
>
> Dave R

I just got a Huawei E160 on T-Mobile which works fine with the Xandros
version EEE. I can't immediately recall what was needed to set it up (it's
in the network settings) but it was much quicker and easier than
installing it in Windows (which I've also done).

As I understand it, this is the case with most if not all of the Huawei
dongles and perhaps others as well.

The dongle also installs easily and works fine with Kubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid)
but I updated my other machines rather than trying to get it working with 8.04.

You might need to ensure the EEE is fully updated - I don't know if this makes a
difference.

There are many devices like this which work fine in Linux but are labeled as
Windows and perhaps Mac only since the suppliers don't want to support other
systems and there are umpteen different Linux versions. Unfortunately, there
are other devices which really don't work in Linux and there are some which
use varying chipsets in the same apparent model where some work and others
don't. Grrr... Google may reveal what falls into each category and what's
needed to get them working.

Good luck but you should be OK.
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Roger Mills wrote:
> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
> David W EEE Roberts <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> A quick search of this NG doesn't seem to offer any recent
>> information.
>>
>> I would like mobile broadband for my ASUS EEE PC and also to be able
>> to use the same dongle with my Win2K portable.
>>
>> Most mobile offerings claim to support Windows and Mac.
>>
>> Do they all work with Linux - or some/none?
>>
>> Any recommendations?
>> This would be for use when travelling - I have a fixed Broadband
>> connection at home.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Dave R
>
>
> I've got a Huawei E160G USB Mobile dongle tied to '3' - which I bought to
> use with my Win-XP laptop when away from home.
>
> However, I've just experimenting with Ubuntu Linux (running from a CD rather
> than being installed) and that recognises the dongle ok, and connects to the
> internet. You don't get the '3' user interface, but that doesn't seem to
> matter.

I'll confirm this, I tried my brother-in-law's '3' USB dongle with my HP
laptop running Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) a couple of days ago. Ubuntu
detected it and configured it all automatically. Once I'd told it to use
the dongle instead of my dad's wifi it just connected and worked.