Mobile Broadband under LINUX

mosel

I was surprised to find out how easy it is to establish a
broadband internet connection using the Three Data Modem
under LINUX. Despite the fact that Three denies support
for Linux the hardware operates fine on Fedora, Suse, Ubuntu,
Mandriva and Gentoo Linux systems.

A detailed information sheet can be found at:
http://kerry-linux.ie/broadband/three-datamodem.pdf

And the software used to get the connection started is here:
http://kerry-linux.ie/broadband/three.tar

I hope this makes life easier for many of us living in remote
areas and those being on the move from time to time.

Regards

RON

Sponge Bob

Be even better if it supported Vodafone and especially O2 .

mosel wrote: »

I was surprised to find out how easy it is to establish a
broadband internet connection using the Three Data Modem
under LINUX.A detailed information sheet can be found at:
http://kerry-linux.ie/broadband/three-datamodem.pdf

And the software used to get the connection started is here:
http://kerry-linux.ie/broadband/three.tar

Cool .

watty

Almost any USB, PCMCIA or Express Card 3G/HSDPA/EDGE/GPRS modem really looks like a bunch of Serial Ports. The Mac OS X or Windows GUI simply hides this reality.

Most of them will work on Linux. You then just put in any operator specific settings using a "helper" program. After that it's just dialup networking.

The attached settings gives HSDPA connection in XP without using the 3/O2/Vodaphone GUI software.

Getting one working in Linux is about 90% identifing which Generic Serial Port via PCMCIA/USB it is. The ExpressCards are fakes... they use the two USB 2.0 pins on the slot rather than higher speed PCIe Bus.

cgarvey

Yup .. I fear the original post was motivated by advertising (judging by the duplication of it across various forums/fora). Still, useful information (so the post stays).

croo

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Be even better if it supported Vodafone and especially O2

As others have pointed out once the serial ports are determined it seems to be pretty much just the dialup-networking but there is a project that I think is getting some vodafone sponsorship at
https://forge.vodafonebetavine.net/projects/vodafonemobilec/

This provides a GUI interface must like the that available in windows Vodafone Connect software.
I tried it myself a few months back but didn't succeed with my e620 pcmcia card... then recently I remembered the notebook I tried it on has an embedded 3g modem, so I had been pointing to this modem not the e620 pc card so no wonder it didn't work. I will try again soon.

watty

cgarvey wrote: »

Yup .. I fear the original post was motivated by advertising (judging by the duplication of it across various forums/fora). Still, useful information (so the post stays).

I don't think he is selling anything, really... also was on ILUG.
If you aren't a Linux Guru, it would be opaque enough installing this stuff. The "3" setup will work on O2 and Vodaphone, with small edits. (APN settings etc). With increasing popularity of Linux (Vista effect and Apple HW Pricing?), more "ordinary" people are using Linux for MID/UMPC/Laptops etc.


Serria Wireless actually has some Linux "howto" on their site.