Uhm, I did not mean you should expect to be near a wifi hotspot. There are USB devices called "mobile hotspots" which only use the USB port for power and allow you to connect any device which supports wifi to 3G/4G. This would save you alot of headache with ppp and drivers.
And just fyi I did copy the list :) On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Panayiotis <pan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, Wifi hotspots are not as ubiquitous in my country as elsewhere. > > In the future please add Debian User to the recipients... :-) > > On Σαβ, 2012-01-07 at 16:57 -0500, chris wrote: > > Why can't you just use a WiFi hotspot or.similar? > > > > chris > > > > On Jan 7, 2012 4:06 PM, "Panayiotis" <pan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks! > > > > Well, sometimes the modem won't get recognized at all (nothing > > in dmesg > > or lsusb), sometimes it will be connected for a while then > > suddenly > > disconnect. Signal strength is weaker than in Windoze > > (generally no 3G > > in Linux). The worst is that when the disconnects happen > > (which is > > often) I have to plug it out and back in, as NetworkManager > > can't > > reconnect otherwise. I have also tried wvdial, but it's > > annoying to have > > to use a different program, and the signal weakness still > > applies. > > > > And I have had quite a lot of trouble to get it work at all, > > including > > having to pull in usbmodeswitch from Wheezy. > > > > I want a modem that will "just work"... :-) > > > > On Σαβ, 2012-01-07 at 21:09 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Sb, 07 ian 12, 20:07:29, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > > > > > > > > To access the internet I have paid for a Vodafone Mobile > > Internet > > > > Contract. However the provided Huawei usb modem has been > > nothing but > > > > trouble. > > > > > > Can you provide some more details? I've used two different > > Huawei modems > > > on squeeze without problems. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Andrei > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > Archive: > > http://lists.debian.org/1325970368.4682.14.camel@smyrna > > > > >
