On 22/01/2008, Spatch <spatchtadley(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
Hello everyone
I'm thinking of buying an Asus Eee PC, but I need to be able to use it for
GPRS connectivity (with O2).
I was thinking I could buy a bluetooth dongle, then use a Motorola Razr as a
modem. Does anyone have any experience of this? if so, does it sound easy
enough to do?
Also, will all bluetooth dongles work with Linux? If not, can someone point
me in the right direction of a compatible bluetooth adapter.
I would describe myself as 'in between learner and intermediate' with my
Linux knowledge.
Cheers
Al
I use a 3g modem, Huawei 220, it works perfectly with a reasonably up
to date kernel.
There are lots of terrifying posts on the subject of setting these
things up but mine is just analog modem-ppp0-no prob. GPRS is awful,
it runs at 7kB/sec d'load but most of the UK now has coverage for UMTS
50KB/sec or HSDPA 100+.
It pays to check the data costs as some providers can be expensive.
My 220 is unlocked so I just use whichever sim is best in area/deal.
Fair usage applies but these are deals that I know of:
"3" prepay £5/month
T-Mob prepay £1/day
Orange contract £1,50/day
My normal O2 sim won't do data so I never tried that!
I use PCLinuxOS kernel 2.6.23.8
Stuart
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