[gull] HSDPA USB device from Swisscom and Linux

Jean Pierre Rupp jpierre at xeno-genesis.com
Sun Feb 24 09:19:28 CET 2008


By the way, I forgot another important question. Does Swisscom or
Sunrise assign public IPv4 addresses?.

-- 
Jean Pierre Rupp <jpierre at xeno-genesis.com>
www.xeno-genesis.com


El dom, 24-02-2008 a las 00:39 +0100, Grossiord Yves escribió:
> Hello,
> 
> Le samedi 23 février 2008 à 10:51 +0100, Jean Pierre Rupp a écrit :
> > Je suis desolé for speaking in English. I've only been in Geneva for a
> > month, and I still don't have enough skills to write in French.
> 
> You are welcome anyway.
> 
> > I'm planning on buying a USB wireless modem from Swisscom, the one
> > that's advertised everywhere in Geneva. It connects using GPRS, EDGE,
> > UMTS and HSDPA technologies, so it's quite good on the road.
> > 
> > The only concern is the compatibility with Linux, does it work with the
> > serial USB or ACM drivers without problems on a recent distribution?.
> > Anyone has been using it under Linux?.
> 
> I didn't try this one but the black one from Sunrise
> T at ke Away (Novatel Ovation MC950). It worked under
> Ubuntu and Fedora with just a little trick in the
> config file of vwdial to send the PIN code to the SIM
> card. Average bandwidth: between 60 and 100 kb/s, but
> we don't move it a lot, it's to create a private wifi
> network with internet access at work.
> 
> Swisscom seems to be using the modem Huawei E220. Google tells us that
> it works on linux, especially with kernels
> 2.6.20 and greater, but there is a workaround anyway:
> http://oozie.fm.interia.pl/pro/huawei-e220/
> 
> There is even a wikipedia page on it:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei_E220
> 
> 
> Best regards, Yves.
> 
> 
> 
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