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| 1193456 | 2011-04-11 03:59:00 | Its one less thing to carry around. I wish more devices did this with their install software. BTW Telecom also do a wireless hotspot. About $300 from memory. |
Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1193457 | 2011-04-11 04:00:00 | Why don't they just give you an actual CD so it doesn't piss you off every time you plug it in...Because many computers these days don't actually have an optical drive, and therefore nowhere to put an actual CD. And yes, also as Alex mentions above - one less thing to carry around or lose. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1193458 | 2011-04-11 04:15:00 | Well I'll never buy something that does that, it would infuriate me I recall some LG optical drives had some program called "Bluebird" on them which pissed people off so much LG released a tool (or was it firmware update?) to remove it. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1193459 | 2011-04-11 04:22:00 | Well I'll never buy something that does that, it would infuriate me...Agreed - it bugged the hell out of me too; that's why I disabled that feature on mine. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 1193460 | 2011-04-11 04:37:00 | Well if you can turn that off I guess it would be OK. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1193461 | 2011-04-11 05:14:00 | 2Degrees has this pocket WiFi hotspot that will work with any WiFi enabled device (so definitely should work with any laptop): www.2degreesmobile.co.nz electProd.do%3FprodId%3D71&_konakart_portlet_WAR_konakart_portlet_prodId=71&_konakart_portlet_WAR_konakart_portlet__sorig=%2FS electCat.do%3FcatId%3D26 Not sure if it will work on Telecom XT, I know Telecom's T-Stick works with 2Degrees, so there's a reasonable chance it works the other way around too. No they only work on the 2degrees / Voda frequencies. The OP could go for something like this: www.pbtech.co.nz However as erayd mentioned any semi-recent kernel works well with them, so there's no need. If in doubt, check dmesg. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1193462 | 2011-04-11 06:57:00 | Hi Erayd, so many replies so soon. Yours is the simplest suggestion, so I'll give it a go. But (excuse my ignorance) how do I configure it as a dial up; I'm a long term newby, but I have used the terminal on occasions. Thanks for all the replies; I hope to return with a 'solved'...........sarum | sarum (6222) | ||
| 1193463 | 2011-04-11 10:16:00 | With Ubuntu in the GUI there is a "Mobile Broadband" tab in network connections. I believe Vodafone/2Degrees devices work when setup here? | johnd (85) | ||
| 1193464 | 2011-04-11 11:06:00 | Hi Erayd, so many replies so soon. Yours is the simplest suggestion, so I'll give it a go. But (excuse my ignorance) how do I configure it as a dial up; I'm a long term newby, but I have used the terminal on occasions. Thanks for all the replies; I hope to return with a 'solved'...........sarumIf NetworkManager picks it up automatically when you plug it in (it should), it'll do most of the work for you - you should just be able to select the connection, choose your provider off the list and go for it. As Johnd has mentioned, it should appear on the mobile broadband tab (depending on which GUI you're using for NetworkManager, this tab may be called something else similar). |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1193465 | 2011-04-18 06:43:00 | www.zte.com.au I think it was Erayd who suggested this site, and led to the answer. Not exactly easy, the forum site has an NZ section, and after some fiddling it worked. I'm very grateful for all of those who help..............sarum PS Not sure how to mark this as solved |
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