I got a Huawei HSPA E1762 USB stick a few months ago for 3G network access, together with Exetel’s $5/month Zero Gig plan (uses the Optus network). Great for when I’m out and about and can’t find a wireless signal to jump onto, or I’m at some client who doesn’t allow laptops onto their network.
The Reverand Simon Rumble wrote a nice post on [Mobile broadband over Bluetooth with Ubuntu 8.10][1] using [Blueman][2].
[wicd][1] – “an open source wired and wireless network manager” – a possible replacement for Ubuntu’s annoying Network Manager (Mangler?).
[Mary Gardiner][1] [answered][2] one of Voytek Eymont’s questions on the [SLUG list][3] by referring to the [ssh socks proxying][4] post on Ubuntu Blog.
If running a recent kernel, just plugin and check option module is being loaded
NetworkManager: “When I’m good, I’m really really good. But when I’m bad.“. Some tricks I’ve found for troubleshooting NetworkManager:
My first task in Guatemala was to get Jesus’s wireless going.
A couple of notes on working with the ipw2200 wireless card on a Compaq nc4200 running Ubuntu (7.04 and 7.10), including how to get the blue LED to work:
HowTo Setup 3 Broadband Wireless on Ubuntu Linux
ipw2200 wireless on linux
A while ago I bought a [account][1] from Telstra for roaming wireless on my laptop – it uses a Maxon MiniMax [MM-5500U][2] to connect on the CDMA phone network. I got this rather than other wireless products as I was going to be doing some work in Perth, and this was the only network that had coverage.
atheros wireless