[clue-tech] Cellular broadband cards under Linux?

[Chris N. Brown]

On Monday 05 December 2005 11:27, Nate Duehr's keyboard came alive and wrote:
> Chris N. Brown wrote:
> > Yup, I use Verizon's.  been using it for a few years now (the AirPrime PC
> > 5220) an it works like a champ.  Of course, Verizon didn't offer any
> > official support for setting up the card and using it, but there is a
> > website out there (google for Linux Airprime) that tells you how to set
> > the thing up.
> >
> > For what it's worth, I'm running SuSE 10.0 but it's worked under every
> > version of SuSE I'm run since 9.2.  The only downside is that initially
> > you have to use Windows to activate the card.. I did it under Vmware :-)
> >
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Chris
>
> Is the 5520 one of the newer cards that operates on their fast EV-DO
> network, or the older protocol?
>
> EV-DO has a theoretical maximum of 2Mb/s, assuming perfect conditions
> and no one else using the cell site.  Friends using the cards are
> reporting 500 Kb/s consistently throughout Denver Metro.
>
> Another hint: All the carriers offering EV-DO data on CDMA at this time
> are using "rev 0" of Qualcomm's chipset... it's not even fully released
> yet and it's good enough to offer service on -- that's impressive in
> these days of using software releases as a way to make your customers
> beta-test your code that seems to be so popular right now.
>
> Just curious on the speed thing.
>
> I've been using a T-Mobile Sony-Ericsson card (GC-79 I think?) for a
> long time under Linux, but it's limited to 56K down/28.8 up on
> T-Mobile's network.  (But also MUCH more inexpensive, and if you can
> live with the lower speeds, saves a lot of money.)
>
> It's a dual 802.11b and GSM data card.  802.11b support requires
> ndiswrapper and the Windows driver.  GSM acts like a modem with some odd
> setup strings and dialing commands, and works with standard pcmcia_cs
> serial support.  Also both networks will operate at the same time, which
> means you can do interesting things like share the GSM data connection
> out over WiFi... but I haven't had any need to do that yet -- especially
> at those speeds -- 56K is too slow to share!  (GRIN)
>
> Nate


Yup, it's EVDO, says so right on the card.

--Chris
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