27 Mar
2007
27 Mar
'07
1:19 p.m.
Hi,
Has anyone used an AirTel Data Card on Ubuntu to access the internet? Any
tips on how to do this?
I haven't bought the card yet. I just wanna make sure it works before i buy
it.
Just in case this is helpful : I am using ubuntu edgy on a sony vaio
vgn-fe48g.
Thanks in advance,
Javed.
27 Mar
27 Mar
8:54 p.m.
Javed Rahman said on Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 01:19:52PM +0530,:
Has anyone used an AirTel Data Card on Ubuntu to
access the internet? Any
tips on how to do this?
I haven't bought the card yet. I just wanna make sure it works before i buy
it.
You will need to contact your dealer and ask him which (brand / make /
chipset) cards are available (if at allyou have have a choice) and
then go and google.
Just in case this is helpful : I am using ubuntu edgy
on a sony vaio
vgn-fe48g.
Just out of curiosity, do all the hardware features work on this h/w?
(IR / WiFi modems, etc?)
--
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Free Software - it is free as in FREEDOM
28 Mar
28 Mar
4:18 a.m.
On 3/27/07, Mahesh T. Pai <paivakil(a)gmail.com> wrote:
You will need to contact your dealer and ask him which (brand / make /
chipset) cards are available (if at allyou have have a choice) and
then go and google.
ok.. will do that... but i dont seem to find anything on GNU/Linux and
datacards in general. do ppl actually use these things?
Just in case this is helpful : I am using ubuntu edgy
on a sony vaio
WiFi works perfectly out of the box. i'm using bluetooth with
gnome-bluetooth. perfect out of the box. havent tried using the modem yet
but its detected in networking. only things not working are the Fn keys (can
be fixed by patching the kernel, taken care of in fiesty), the camera (there
is a driver for this but is not stable) and the sony memory stick slot (no
solution for this yet) alsa needs to be compiled from source for the
headphone and mic to work. speakers work out of the box. on the whole good
compatibility.. so i've completely shifted to linux..
vgn-fe48g.
Just out of curiosity, do all
the hardware features work on this h/w?
(IR / WiFi modems, etc?) 
3:12 p.m.
Javed Rahman wrote:
On 3/27/07, Mahesh T. Pai <paivakil(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
*chop *
I've used the Reliance cards (the HUAWEI one) the ZTE one I haven't
tried. They work ok.
Regards,
Amol Hatwar
You will need to contact your dealer and ask him which (brand / make /
chipset) cards are available (if at allyou have have a choice) and
then go and google.
ok.. will do that... but i dont seem to find anything on GNU/Linux and
datacards in general. do ppl actually use these things?
2:14 p.m.
On 3/27/07, Javed Rahman <s.kaniff(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Has anyone used an AirTel Data Card on Ubuntu to access the internet? Any
tips on how to do this?
I haven't bought the card yet. I just wanna make sure it works before i buy
it.
The Huawei EC321 Datacard works perfectly with GNU/Linux. Both
reliance and tata Indicom have this card. I'm not sure about Airtel.
regards,
~vimal
30 Mar
30 Mar
1:59 p.m.
Vimal Joseph wrote:
The Huawei EC321 Datacard works perfectly with
GNU/Linux. Both
reliance and tata Indicom have this card. I'm not sure about Airtel.
Reliance has discontinued the Huawei PCMCIA card. It only has ZTE, which
does *not* work with Linux. I burnt my hands on this. Reliance however
still has a Huawei USB external modem, which might work.
But whatever you do, do *not* take ZTE under any circumstances as this
Chinese manufacturer doesn't care a hoot about Linux compatibility or
standards. The chip used inside ZTE cards have some issues that even
kernel developers haven't been able to work with yet. I remember a mail
thread between the professor who was associated with Reliance's Linux
clients in the early years, trying to work with the kernel guy who had
worked on the chips that ZTE uses. The discussion reached nowhere
because the ZTE version of the chip worked weirdly.
- Sandip
2:40 p.m.
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Sandip Bhattacharya wrote:
Vimal Joseph wrote:
I am using an HUwei USB External Modem which works well with GNU/Linux
The model No.EC325
You will get the configuration instructions from here
http://spo0nman.blogspot.com/2006/08/huawei-ec321-cdma-on-linux.html
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Anivar Aravind
Global Alternate Information Applications(GAIA)
Peringavu.P.O
Thrissur-680018
India
Ph. +91 9446545336
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31 Mar
31 Mar
11:06 a.m.
is there any way i can use the windows drivers for these cards?? maybe under
wine??
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