<p dir="ltr">Hi David (Rees),</p>
<p dir="ltr">If you're still stuck and would like a hand and on the basis that I've no idea where you live/work. ..</p>
<p dir="ltr">I'd you live near the Canterbury area or work in the Sydney CBD I'd be happy to see if I can help you with this. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards, </p>
<p dir="ltr">Patrick<br></p>
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> 1. Re: Optus Wireless USB Dongle (Jeremy Visser)<br>
> 2. Re: Optus Wireless USB Dongle (Ankur Sinha)<br>
> 3. Optus Wireless USB Dongle (Don Knowles)<br>
> 4. Re: Optus Wireless USB Dongle (David Lyon)<br>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
> From: Jeremy Visser <<a href="mailto:jeremy@visser.name">jeremy@visser.name</a>><br>
> To: <a href="mailto:linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au">linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au</a><br>
> Cc: <br>
> Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 17:28:32 +1000<br>
> Subject: Re: [Linux-aus] Optus Wireless USB Dongle<br>
> On 08/07/13 11:14, David Lyon wrote:<br>
> > I had to open a command prompt, then type the following:<br>
> ><br>
> > $> sudo apt-get install libusb-dev<br>
> ><br>
> > That installed the USB drivers that were needed. After that everything<br>
> > worked fine.<br>
><br>
> Call me a skeptic, but I find it highly unlikely that installing a -dev<br>
> package will magically get a 3G dongle working.<br>
><br>
> Wouldn't there be, y'know, something afterwards?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
> From: Ankur Sinha <<a href="mailto:sanjay.ankur@gmail.com">sanjay.ankur@gmail.com</a>><br>
> To: <a href="mailto:linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au">linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au</a><br>
> Cc: <br>
> Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 19:18:43 +1000<br>
> Subject: Re: [Linux-aus] Optus Wireless USB Dongle<br>
> On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 10:03 +1000, <a href="mailto:nicknoff@gmail.com">nicknoff@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
> > I am hoping you can help me, or point me in the right direction. I<br>
> > downloaded a Linux Distro called Mepis 11.<br>
> > BUT as a new Linux user I have not been able to get my USB Dongle to<br>
> > work, nor does searching the web, (via Windows), and using all the<br>
> > info available there help. I just go around in circles. Optus were no<br>
> > help at all!<br>
> > I’m starting to regret trying Linux.<br>
> > Sincerely,<br>
><br>
> Hi David,<br>
><br>
> Can you please plug in the dongle and tell us what the output of "lsusb"<br>
> command says?<br>
><br>
> I've used a few dongles myself. None of the companies supported Linux,<br>
> but they seemed to work fine with usb_modeswitch[1,2]. On Fedora, if<br>
> supported by usb_modeswitch, such dongles worked with NetworkManager<br>
> without much additional configuration.<br>
><br>
> If the output of lsusb matches one of the files listed here[3], there's<br>
> a good chance usb_modeswitch will support your device and it'll work out<br>
> of the box. It should show up in NetworkManager as "Wireless broadband",<br>
> and "just work".<br>
><br>
> I haven't used Mepis, so I'm uncertain of the status of the packages<br>
> there, but this might be worth a try.<br>
><br>
> [1] <a href="http://linux.die.net/man/1/usb_modeswitch">http://linux.die.net/man/1/usb_modeswitch</a><br>
> [2] <a href="https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/usb_modeswitch">https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/usb_modeswitch</a><br>
> [3] <a href="http://paste.fedoraproject.org/23634/37327502">http://paste.fedoraproject.org/23634/37327502</a><br>
> --<br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Warm regards,<br>
> Ankur (FranciscoD)<br>
><br>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
> From: Don Knowles <<a href="mailto:donakk@gmail.com">donakk@gmail.com</a>><br>
> To: <a href="mailto:nicknoff@gmail.com">nicknoff@gmail.com</a><br>
> Cc: <a href="mailto:linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au">linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au</a><br>
> Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 00:17:39 +1000<br>
> Subject: [Linux-aus] Optus Wireless USB Dongle<br>
> Hi David,<br>
><br>
> SimplyMEPIS 11 was first released in May 2011, so it might be worth your while trying a more up to date distro, like one of the Ubuntu variants. I personally use Xubuntu.<br>
><br>
> I have an Optus 3G USB dongle, a Huawei Mobile Connect model E160E, and setup in Xubuntu was as simple as going into Network settings by<br>
><br>
> - left clicking on the network icon, <br>
> - left click on Edit Connections<br>
> - left click on the Mobile Broadband tab at the top,<br>
> - and click on "Add" and answer the questions in the following dialogue.<br>
><br>
> You should have a look at (and record details of) your connection under Windows, because some detail required would need to be entered manually or selected from a drop-down list in Linux.<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Don Knowles <br>
><br>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
> From: <<a href="mailto:nicknoff@gmail.com">nicknoff@gmail.com</a>><br>
> To: <<a href="mailto:linux-aus@linux.org.au">linux-aus@linux.org.au</a>><br>
> Cc: <br>
> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:03:42 +1000<br>
> Subject: [Linux-aus] Optus Wireless USB Dongle<br>
> I am hoping you can help me, or point me in the right direction. I downloaded a Linux Distro called Mepis 11.<br>
> BUT as a new Linux user I have not been able to get my USB Dongle to work, nor does searching the web, (via Windows), and using all the info available there help. I just go around in circles. Optus were no help at all!<br>
> I’m starting to regret trying Linux.<br>
> Sincerely,<br>
> David Rees.<br>
><br>
> -- <br>
> Don Knowles, Rockhampton, Australia<br>
> a Founding Member of Central Queensland Linux User Group<br>
><br>
><br>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
> From: David Lyon <<a href="mailto:david.lyon@hackerpads.com">david.lyon@hackerpads.com</a>><br>
> To: <<a href="mailto:linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au">linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au</a>><br>
> Cc: <br>
> Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 17:43:37 -0400<br>
> Subject: Re: [Linux-aus] Optus Wireless USB Dongle<br>
> On 08.07.2013 03:28, Jeremy Visser wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Call me a skeptic, but I find it highly unlikely that installing a -dev<br>
>> package will magically get a 3G dongle working.<br>
>><br>
>> Wouldn't there be, y'know, something afterwards?<br>
><br>
><br>
> What I found in the past, was the drivers to communicate with the serial port in the modem were not present, or in libusb-dev.<br>
><br>
> Once the system had the drivers to communicate with the modem as a serial port then the the connection wizard would then appear and you would be asked to select the Telco and your plan.<br>
><br>
> David<br>
><br>
><br>
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