[Fsf-friends] Why internet data cards are not available for laptops which work on GNU/Linux?

[Satish Babu]

I am using both the Airtel USB Data device and the BSNL EV-DO. I am
also aware the Tata Photon Plus can be made to work with Hardy with a
bit of tweaking.

The Airtel device is auto-recognized by Hardy, and is zero-config.

In many cases, these devices can be made to work with GNU/Linux as
generic modems, even while there is no explicit support from the
vendor.

satish

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Krishnakant <krmane at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 15:22 +0530, Arky wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Yeah, they insist that datacards don't work with linux. Reliance Netconnect USB card does work with linux, you find information here.
>>
>>
>> Reliance Netconnect USB card on Linux Howto - http://thejeshgn.com/2008/01/12/reliance-netconnect-usb-card-on-linux-howto/
>>
>> Reliance Netconnect USB card in Ubuntu Jaunty - http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com/2009/04/reliance-netconnect-usb-card-in-ubuntu.html
>
> I use a tata internet datacard and with a wvdial.conf and the wvdial
> command, it works perfectly.
>
> Happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.
>
>
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