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On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:30:23 +0100, Frank Slootweg wrote:

> 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! :-)

thanks for the info Frank. No, I'm not in NZ, that is just an anti-spambot
address. I'll change it to .au  though. 
I've just got back from a talk with Vodafone (an informed person strangely
enough) and they have a good broadband wireless deal at the mo. It seems
the modem works out of the box without additional software, with Windows,
Mac, and probably Linux. I checked the coverage and it is a solid go for
the area I'm shifting to.
This is one option - still have a few more to investigate. 
cheers
B