[clug] Choice of (two) 3G modems?

[wally at wic.net.au]

I have one of these as well, although through Virgin (who use the Optus 
network)

I only use it on my laptop (Vista 64) so cant comment on linux right 
now. (I know - I will go dual boot next month when I get a bigger HDD 
and have time to suffer through the process). But happy to plug into 
ubuntu tonight if you need to confirmation..

I bought it a couple of weeks ago - 5G for $34/month on plan
http://www.virginbroadband.com.au/5off

their prepaid is also great value.


Wally


Quoting Steve Walsh <steve at nerdvana.org.au>:

> I have a '3' E169G, and it just worked with Network Manager on Fedora 
> 9 (at the time), and still works with NM on F11. the ZTE has a nasty 
> habit of only presenting the storage side of the device (they all 
> take mini-SD cards so you can carry the windows software around with 
> you) unless you use the *exact* usb modeswitch commands.
>

> Brad Hards wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Looked around for a 3G broadband wireless modem thingy.
>>
>> The best (most sane, as long as you don't "roam") option for my 
>> usage looks like the three/vodaphone prepaid option.
>>
>> The modem options are Huawei E160G and ZTE MF627. Internet searching 
>> says "probably" for both on Linux, but I'd like to know if anyone 
>> has tried them (ideally on three/vodaphone) with a recent-ish linux 
>> distro. Thoughts, comments?
>>
>> Brad
>>
>