On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 10:34:17AM -0500, max bianco wrote: > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Matt Domsch <[1]Matt_Domsch@xxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 01:09:09PM -0500, max bianco wrote: > > I originally started this under the Archive Search thread but i > wanted to > > put in an appropriate subject line. > > I was having trouble getting the Verizon EVDO 5750 Broadband Card > to work. > > There are several how to's out there but some are, of course, > different > > from others. The one that set me sailing was : > > > > [1]http://www.linux.com/feature/52729 > > This is no longer the recommended procedure. You really want to not > use usbserial driver, but instead the sierra driver (in your case, or > option driver for GSM cards), to get 3G performance out of your card. > > NetworkManager 0.7.0 (in rawhide), plus latest hal and hal-info > packages, should "just work". You get an entry for your CDMA modem in > the NetworkManager applet. Select that, and it auto-connects and > you're good to go. If you find it doesn't "just work", let the hal > developers know. > > I just added a Dell / Verizon modem to the hal list last week, so it > now "just works" too. > > Thanks, > Matt > > What do you mean by 3G performance? I thought 3G was wireless network > standard. Do you mean it would be faster or more reliable?or both? faster. usbserial max speed is 115kbps, while the Verizon card I had last week I was getting 1150kbps (~10x the speed) down, ~450kbps up. -- Matt Domsch Linux Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux
