3G Dongle with EE PC Linux?

Nick B. wrote:
> Am considering getting an EE PC (Linux version).
>
> Does the Huwei 3G dongle work with this? If not then I'll have to go for
> one with XP.
>

Do a search. ISTR reading that Vodafone had done a Linux driver for
it which was OK for any network.

regards, Ian

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Nick B. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am considering getting an EE PC (Linux version).
>
> Does the Huwei 3G dongle work with this? If not then I'll have to go for
> one with XP.

Yes, oodles of people have reported the E220 working. I have no idea
whether any others of Huawei's product line do, but Google is over
there -------->

Theo

On 29 Oct, 19:36, Mark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:39:54 +0000, "Nick B."
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Am considering getting an EE PC (Linux version).
>
> >Does the Huwei 3G dongle work with this? If not then I'll have to go for
> >one with XP.
>
> It does and it works well with very little config needed , however the
> client only supports only dialup connection (so there's no SMS
> support) and it has no usage stats, signal strength, roaming
> indication etc.

There is an Eee Xandros repository for the Vodafone Mobile Connect
Card Driver for Linux. I use it under Xubuntu and it work very well -
the only annoyance is that the window size is hardcoded for a larger
screen. There is supposed to be an UMPC version coming out, though.

Ian