[olug] Cricket Internet

[Jon Larsen]

Before you plug the adapter into the laptop, do a 
'tail -f /var/log/messages' in a terminal to watch to see if it's 
recognized.

We were testing one of the cricket adapters a week or so ago for a 
co-worker's windows laptop.  We had to use the provided cricket software 
in windows to setup a vpn connection for pptp, however we didn't have much 
luck getting the vpn to work.

I can't remember if I plugged it into my fedora laptop or not.  However, 
if it is recognized, NetworkManager should see it and allow you to 
configure it.  I have tried two different verizon adapters, one pcmcia and 
the other usb (black model).  Both were picked up and easily 
configured with NetworkManager without a hitch.

One thing you can do with NetworkManger these days is share your 
cellular internet over your wifi card, in effect creating a hotspot.

Jon L.


On Sat, 7 Mar 2009, T. J. Brumfield wrote:

> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 20:53:57 -0600
> From: T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: [olug] Cricket Internet
> 
> Has anyone here used Cricket's cellular internet on Linux?  I'm
> setting up a laptop for my sister, and she has one of Cricket's
> cellular internet adapters.  However, officially it isn't supported on
> Linux.  I was going to give her an openSUSE based laptop, but I'm not
> sure if she'll be able to get on the interwebs.
> 
> To be honest, I've never used a cellular adapter in linux period.  I'm
> hoping openSUSE recognizes it.
> 
> -- T. J. Brumfield
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