Re: Virgin Mobile Broadband

2009-11-17 Thread AndrewG
Hi Ashley, I have a problem with 9.04. I managed to get around it by editing the options file and uncomment -chap ie. remove the # Sudo gedit /etc/ppp/options Uncomment # -chap I hope that this helps Andrew G (Brisbane) http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntu-au/browse_thread/threa

Virgin Mobile Broadband

2009-11-17 Thread Julie Marsh
Hi, I am not able to get my virgin mobile usb modem to setup or work with ubunto 9.10. This is the only internet connection that I have and so if it can't work I would have to go back to using windows. Hope that someone can help. I am trying to load it ont my laptop which is a HO Compaq nx 701

Re: Virgin Mobile Broadband

2008-01-13 Thread Daniel Morrison
Hi all Although I don't use Virgin for broadband, I worked there for many years. If anyone comes up with a walkthrough for connecting from an Ubuntu box, I would be more than happy to pass the info on to their customer service people for inclusion in their knowledge base (crappy .NET thing I u

Re: Virgin Mobile Broadband

2008-01-09 Thread Mark M Lambert
Hi everyone, thanks for the helpful posts about 3G mobile. I will try and get my hands on my friend's laptop in the next few days and let y'all know how it goes. Cheers Mark -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Virgin Mobile Broadband

2008-01-09 Thread Blake Munro
"Mark M Lambert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I have a friend that wants to dump Vista and try Ubuntu on her laptop. > > She uses a Virgin Mobile Broadband USB modem (on the 3G network) and I > > can't find any easy ways

Re: Virgin Mobile Broadband

2008-01-09 Thread Leslie Gossner
Dave Hall wrote: On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 01:13 +1100, Mark M Lambert wrote: Hi folks, I have a friend that wants to dump Vista and try Ubuntu on her laptop. She uses a Virgin Mobile Broadband USB modem (on the 3G network) and I can't find any easy ways of getting it to wo

Re: Virgin Mobile Broadband

2008-01-09 Thread Dave Hall
On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 01:13 +1100, Mark M Lambert wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have a friend that wants to dump Vista and try Ubuntu on her laptop. > She uses a Virgin Mobile Broadband USB modem (on the 3G network) and I > can't find any easy ways of getting it to work in Linux.

Re: Virgin Mobile Broadband

2008-01-09 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Wed, 9 Jan 2008, "Mark M Lambert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have a friend that wants to dump Vista and try Ubuntu on her laptop. > She uses a Virgin Mobile Broadband USB modem (on the 3G network) and I > can't find any easy ways of gettin

Virgin Mobile Broadband

2008-01-08 Thread Mark M Lambert
Hi folks, I have a friend that wants to dump Vista and try Ubuntu on her laptop. She uses a Virgin Mobile Broadband USB modem (on the 3G network) and I can't find any easy ways of getting it to work in Linux. Has anyone on this list had any success with a similar device? Thanks, Mark -- u