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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Not that gentoo makes everything easy, but
I’ve been running a Sprint Sierra Wireless AC595U as my primary internet
connection for the last 13 months. It’s a remarkably stable and
fast and Google Maps is a great replacement for GPS. Average ping time to
google is 220 ms and download bandwidth 800 kbps / 120pps. I’ve
seen as high as 2.5 MBits. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>On several occasions I’ve made skype
calls to my parents (on sabbatical taking to me from internet cafes or hotels
in <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region>,
Africa, and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region>) before
starting the car and driving from work in <st1:City w:st="on">Duluth</st1:City>
to my home in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Virginia</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Highlands</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. Call
quality was almost on par with same you’d expect overseas cell-to-cell.
Routing my Nokia N770 through my laptop to an Asterisk server on Broadvoice was
notably worse. Next task is to route through a Gumstix computer mounted
in my trunk.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yay Linux! Bringing sex appeal to
geekdom.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> ale-bounces@ale.org
[mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Jim
Kinney<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, August 03, 2008
10:20 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Mike Harrison; ale@ale.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] How easy using
a USB CellModem has become.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I had a similar happy
moment with Fedora 9. NetworkManager understands my Verizon card, saw it
immediately and all I had to do was put in my cards "phone number"
and vzw for the password and name the connection. Now all I do is plug in the
card and in about 15-20 seconds, I'm online.<br>
<br>
Big difference over prior releases. F7,8 required much manual futzing with
ppp-chat scripts. Work laptop with Ubuntu 7.x was not as nice as the 8.x
series.<br>
<br>
Yay! Linux!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Mike Harrison <<a
href="mailto:meuon@geeklabs.com">meuon@geeklabs.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Sometimes, Linux just makes things too easy to believe. Especially Ubuntu.<br>
We needed to make a laptop online, just about anywhere.<br>
We bought an Verizon USB 727 and plugged it into an Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy<br>
Heron powered laptop. Tailing /var/log/messages, I see an Airprime driver<br>
installed as /dev/ttyUSB0 (actually, /dev/ttyUSB0-/dev/ttyUSB15). Lets see<br>
if we get lucky:<br>
<br>
as root:<br>
<br>
#ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 /dev/nodem (optional,
see below)<br>
<br>
#pppconfig<br>
<br>
1. create a connection,<br>
2. named provider<br>
3. dynamic dns<br>
4. PAP Authentication<br>
5. <a href="mailto:use%3AYourDevicePhoneNumber@vzw3g.com">use:YourDevicePhoneNumber@vzw3g.com</a>
as a login<br>
6. vzw as a password.<br>
7. 115200 as speed<br>
8. tone (of couse)<br>
9. #777 as number to dial<br>
10. /dev/modem as modem (or /dev/ttyUSB0)<br>
11. Pick "Finish".<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
And now, the commands "pon" will initiate the connection (mine worked
the<br>
first time) and "poff" will hang up.<br>
"plog" is useful for seeing the log as it connects.<br>
<br>
It worked the very first time. Wow.<br>
<br>
Because of the Airprime driver, it gets amazing speeds, my speed tests<br>
are showing bursts in the 800kbps range (<a href="http://bandwidthplace.com"
target="_blank">bandwidthplace.com</a>)<br>
<br>
The bad news: $60 per month for a high usage plan from Verizon.<br>
Keeping the sales droids from trying to configure WiFi or<br>
networking while at a clients location: Priceless.<br>
<br>
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-- <br>
James P. Kinney III <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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