[wellylug] Family History Expo at Johnsonville Community Hall Saturday 27 August.

[Lyndsay Mountfort]

I use a Vodafone Vodem with Ubuntu 10.10 whenever I'm on the road. As 
far as I recall, it pretty much worked out of the box, with Ubuntu. 
There are a number of different vodem versions out there, so your 
mileage may vary. Mine is an "HSDPA USB Stick" model K3565-Z, from ZTE 
Corporation. It has a micro-SD card in it  as described by Dagan, but I 
didn't have to add modeswitch - I think Ubuntu took care of that for me.

I had no success previously using Suse 11. But when I installed Ubuntu, 
it recognised the modem, and was available for use. I can't remember how 
much of the connection options I had to put in manually, but just in 
case, what you need in the Mobile Broadband connection dialog is simply 
the Number "*99#", and the APN "internet". All other settings are 
default ones I think.

  Hope this helps.

Lyndsay


On 22/08/11 19:03, Jeff Hunt wrote:
> This coming Saturday my wife will represent the National Library at
> the Family History Expo at Johnsonville Community Hall.
>
> There is no internet cabling. She will have our laptop running Ubuntu
> and Gramps to show off how Linux can cope with genealogy but she also
> needs online access to the National Library sites to show what they
> offer. For this she expects to use two laptops and there is no reason
> they can't be someone's Linux set-up. Otherwise she will borrow MS
> machines from work.
>
> I have offered to help with the off-line Gramps set up so that Linux
> can be used but I have no experience of wireless connections except
> that I just tried to use a usb 'Vodem' at home and failed. I don't
> want to make a chook of myself in a public forum attempting to show
> off Linux. There will be other groups showing their software - some
> will presumably bring their own internet access and one assumes no one
> else will be using the excellent Gramps package.
>
> Anyone want to hold my hand / offer internet laptops? This could be a
> good opportunity for a Government Official (my wife) to be seen using
> Linux to access their site. Alas there is no budget. If this is costly
> all we can do is offer a small personal contribution. ($20ono).
>
> Just to make myself clear I am not troubled by the static Gramps
> machine. It is both Linux laptops and internet access that I need.
>
> I'm not expecting success. But if there is a technical showman with
> spare equipment out there wanting to perform for Open Source and allow
> Joan to show off the Nat Lib I would be very grateful. This is a long
> day from set up at 7 to 8ish, public at 10 and closing to the public
> at 5pm. (But we don't need you - just your equipment and expertise ;-)
>   )
>
> -Jeff
>
>
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