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Doug Laidlaw wrote:

> Zebee Johnstone wrote:
> 
>> In aus.computers.linux on Wed, 06 May 2009 03:30:41 +1000
>> Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> wrote:
>>> I have one from Optus Australia.  I don't know if it would work with
>>> Linux, but no info on Linux is available.
>>>
>> 
>> 
>> I know the Huaweis work, whether they'll work out of the box or you
>> need to install Huawei's driver will depend on your distro I suppose,
>> mainly on how old it is.
>> 
>> (I had it running on Fedora Core 8, I  haven't tried on Centos 5)
>> 
>> If you have a fairly recent distro, then you should be able to use
>> network manager "mobile broadband" and configure that.
>> 
>> Zebee
> 
> I am running Mandriva 2009 Spring.  I was not thinking straight. I tried
> under Wireless and got nowhere.
> 
> I tried under GPRS/3G, and it was detected.  The network was "unlisted"
> and available networks under manual setup don't include Australia.
> 
> At the moment, the modem has no credits, and we use it only for my wife's
> XP
> laptop.  I will experiment further next time we buy credits.
> 
> Doug.

I got that wrong.  It does detect the Optus network, which it then asks me 
to configure manually.  It shows up in my Network Centre as connected, but 
with no credits, I can't test it any further.  As I write, it shows steady 
blue (WCDMA) and cyan (HSPA) LEDs, alternating

Doug.
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