On 26/10/2015 9:48 AM, zlinw@mcmedia.com.au wrote:
On thinking the current situation over I do not regard it as serious enough to bother any one with something I know so little about (I have never had or used a current mobile phone). As mentioned I currently have broadband access to Virgin with the modem, a Huawei E220, Now I do have a Huawei E160 (Note 1) as a spare. I have currently put it away and cannot find it, but but will surface soon as I am cleaning up my computor room today. Another option probably worth pursuing is an external router that can use a 3/4G modem such as the Netcom Wireless 4GM3W with a Netcom N600, the latter does not have linux suppport but the I assume the 4GM3W does. Further research is required. Of course a real good solution is to find a couple of Belkin micro N300's (one as a spare) Belkin Australia claim these are readily availible. Note 1: The Huawei E160 is a slightly cut down version of the E220. Note 2: I did a lot of web searching and ringing around yesterday and was offered 3 different mobile broadband dongles, none of which had in built linux kernel support, _______________VERY_______________ frustrating I may
I haven't followed this thread in any depth and so may have missed the obvious. If so, my apologies. Have you looked at mobile broadband routers? These are OS-independent and if your download needs are minimal then the plans are reasonably cheap. I use a R215 Vodafone LTE 3/4G that costed less than $100 to purchase outright, and it's only $20/month for 2.5GB limit. The units acts as a dhcp-enabled router for pretty much anything with wi-fi support whether it be PC, laptop, tablet or phone. Telstra have similar units, from memory, but I have found that they cost more. The Vodafone technical specs can be found at https://www.vodafone.com/content/index/about/what/devices/mobile_broadbandde.... FWIW, their code is also Open Source. If I'm way off what you're after, again my apologies. George