I've used an Android device with no issues, but I've also had some success with the Huwei USB dongles - both from 3 and O2.
I think 3 are pretty good from a data plan rate... -- Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs On 2 August 2012 16:38, Anton Kanishchev <antonk20...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Adam, > I have used an android smartphone as a wifi hotspot with no problems with > ubuntu (from 10.04). Most dongles should work with it anyway. From my very > limited experience the huawei ones work right out of the box, it is just a > question of changing a setting so that it connects via the dongle and > doesnt look for wifi(or just turn off wifi and that should work). In worst > case scenario if it doesnt work for some reason then most shops > (o2,vodafone etc) will refund you the cost if it doesnt work. Since the > kernel 3.0.27 update (latest i think) there is now support for even more > devices. ps this is the dongle that i have used-- huawei k3770. The > following guide should help if you do encounter any problems > http://digitalgotcha.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/get-vodafone-3g-dongle-huawei-k3770.html > > hope this helped > On 2 August 2012 16:14, Adam Funk <a24...@ducksburg.com> wrote: > >> Just wondering if anyone would like to recommend any particular USB >> dongle internet hardware/services in the UK? I'm expecting to use it >> quite a bit for short periods, but only in the UK. Obviously it needs >> to be usable with Ubuntu! >> >> Thanks, >> Adam >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >
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