[ILUG] Vodafone USB modem

[Ian Spillane]

Well it works in Linux http://iantheteacher.blogspot.com/search/label/modem

And it works for a second or two in Windows Vista (if you copy the install
software via a Linux machine), because for those of you who haven't seen how
crazy Windows Vista is, once you happily connect to the Internet, Vista will
report your infringement back to the mothership and you will be cheerfully
told that it is shutting down your modem on your machine for your own good.
It recommends you check the Internet for updates - exactly how can I do that
now Bill?

Stay with Linux!

Ian

On 4/23/07, FRLinux <frlinux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/23/07, Vincent Cunniffe <vincent at cunniffe.net> wrote:
> > Ian Spillane wrote:
> > > Ya, got it working. Works well. And ironically still does not work on
> > > Windows Vista. See
> http://iantheteacher.blogspot.com/search/label/modem
>
> According to a post from SAGE sent by Harry Duncan, it does work :
>
> --- shameless copy/paste begin ---
>
> "Hi Guys,
>
> Just in case any of you need to install that new Voda USB modem on
> vista... you know, the one thats not vista compatible and is getting
> written up about in all the tech newspapers becuase of its
> incompatibility....
>
> A colleague of mine got it working quite easily. The device itself
> stores its drivers on the device in USB storage, and vista can't read
> the contents of the USB drive. My colleague extracted the contents of
> that under linux (presumably you could do it on different os's too).
>
> That gave him enough to install the drivers for the modem.
>
> To install the protocols to run the 3G service, he downloaded a binary
> install package from Vodafone New Zealand for the voda 3G datacard.
> About half way through the installation of that, the blue lights came
> on the modem and it's been working solid for a week now.
>
> Some of you might find that useful.....
>
> Harry."
>
> --- shameless copy/paste end ---
>
> Steph
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