yes, absolutely, the E220 etc already fundamentally works on Linux, the
dialer client organises the PPP connection and deals with the APN
settings and DNS settings for the various networks, it also deals with
the driver for the Option 225 dongle which works a bit more like a
network card than a modem and it shows signal strength and the type of
network you are connected to (GPRS/HSDPA/UMTS). The wader-gtk client
does the same thing as the GUI on Xandros on the eeePC, but it knows
about more networks and more dongles and deals with some stupidity from
the networks like when they give you bogus DNS servers of 10.11.12.13
and 10.11.12.14. Oh and I am pretty sure the Xandros thing isn't GPL
licensed.
Alan.
Andy Random wrote:
>
> On Sat, 9 Aug 2008, John Cooper wrote:
>
>> Is this software available? I have a '3' usb dongle and would like to
>> use it on Linux.
>
> My 3 USB 3G modem works out the box on my Eee.
>
> All I had to do was add a network connection for it using the GUI and
> I was connected.
>
> I've not tried it on any other flavour of Linux, but clearly it is
> possible on Linux and has been since last November...
>
> Andy
>
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