Huawei E1550
Update: I’ve rewritten this article for 10.04.1, please post comments there and not here!
Update: You no longer need to install udev-extras in Ubuntu 10.04.
I picked up a Huawei E1550 pre-pay mobile broadband dongle, £39.99 with 3 Mobile including 3Gb usage (note it’s not the device they’re picturing).
I’m on a course next month so that’ll do fine, I have no reception at home and am not away enough to warrant a contract.
It appears to identify itself as USB storage, to install drivers on Windows then flip-flops to a modem. Nice idea, terrible implementation, even in Windows where it installs drivers every time you use a different USB port (it’s often wise to try such devices in Windows – so you don’t chase your tail with a faulty device). Pretty sure it’s the autorun program that’s flipping the device.
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I reinstalled Arch from scratch on an Aspire One today, something I haven’t done for a while. I’ve updated my wiki page to reflect the changes since the end of last year.
http://wiki.lynxworks.eu/aspireone/arch
One of the things I need my Aspire One to do is watch TV. When you’re away, it’s nice to be able to watch a little TV. I bought a Freecom DVB-T USB stick years ago and have always had success under Linux. It’s small, sensitive and selective.
I was surprised, especially on Ubuntu, how easy it was to setup.
My netbook runs Arch, so I installed it on that and my Dell 1545 running Ubuntu 9.04.
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I am a heavy web user. Everything from webmail to banking, if I can do it on-line I will.
So when I’m away from home (which is common) I like to have connectivity. With WiFi access and mobile broadband what to connect to is straightforward. As I like to travel light, I prefer to use a netbook and as they are typically lower specification, you quickly become aware of software bloat.
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I recently decided to reinstall a perfectly good install of Arch on my Aspire One because someone said they couldn’t get it to work. I don’t know why this install was more troublesome than the last but it was. I’m not taking any credit here – this information is available on the Arch Wiki, its more to jog my memory for next time. (more…)
