Andrew Williams wrote: > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12:46:43AM +0000, John wrote: > >> I wanted to try get Orange Wireless on here, as I have Orange with my >> mobile. I went into the shop, and they allowed me to try installing the >> dongle with one of their SIM cards, and the dongle. >> >> Well, I was in there for about an hour, and it just wasnt having it. It >> would install the drivers, it kept on saying it couldnt find them, and >> it couldnt find the dongle either, even though, when I looked could see >> the files for the dongle. I even searched on the net, and found a few >> places that tried to explain how to install, and with the guy in there, >> we tried, but still we couldnt install the drivers. >> >> Has anybody any experience with these dongles, I would really like to >> get one. >> >> > > What model dongle is it? If it's a Huewai it'll either work or you have to > use the likes of usb_modeswitch to get the dongle into the right mode to show > the > usb serial port. It should have the model number printed on the back. > > Hi, sorry its taken so long to get back to you. As I have already mentioned, I'm not that good with Ubuntu, not been using it long. The dongle Orange gave me is a Icon 225. I dont know how to use
usb_modeswitch would that work with 8.10 and the dongle I have? If so, could you explain in simple terms how to use it? Thank you. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/