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BrianM <bmorris@nilads.co.nz> wrote:
> Desktop PC with Mandriva 2008. Shortly I will moving to an area with no
> fixed phone line to access my ISP so it will have to shift to wireless.
> Assume I will need a wireless USB adapter connected to the PC - not
> sure what is needed in the way of hardware from that point. 
> Also, will I need additional drivers? 
> 
> Bigpond.au offer a 7.2 home network where the modem plugs into any
> 240V AC plug - I was wondering if this could be adapted to work with
> Linux?. I'm not up to speed when it comes to wireless
> as I haven't used it before. 
> 
> cheers
> B

  This is for *AUS*, right? (Asking because you have a .nz e-mail address.)

  If so, see 'my' recent (October 3) thread "(Telstra) Wireless
Broadband USB Modem under Linux?" in aus.comms.mobile and
rec.travel.australia+nz (and partly in this group). That contains many
pointers that may/will be of use to you.

  In the end, for several different reasons, I chickened out and went
for a (MS-)Windows based approach. But AFAICT, it should be perfectly
doable under Linux as well. Especially see the excellent "The Linux GPRS
HOWTO" (<http://www.xs4all.nl/~ernstagn/GPRS-HOWTO/GPRS-HOWTO.html>)
[1]. While that document talks about GPRS, it is equally applicable to
UMTS/3G/NextG/<whatever>, because that is a phone-network aspect, not a
computer/Linux aspect.

  I hope this helps.

[1] Am I suprised that this is written by a Dutchman? No, of course I'm
not! :-)