[maemo-users] N810 and 3G Broadband Wireless

[From: Vagabond_Aero]

That's a good point about the power requirements.  I had not even considered
that.

The link to jasons.org was one of the two links from fedoraforum.org that  I
used to get the connection with the laptop working.  I'll continue heading
along that path.

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 09:43, John B. Holmblad <jholmblad at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Vagabond Aero,
>
> you may need an external power injector to drive the USB modem.  As I
> understand it from previous messages  on this list (circa late 2007^1 ), the
> N800 and N810 can only deliver between 100ma and 200ma to the interface.
>
> Here,  in case it helps you out. is the url to an article on how to do this
> using Ubuntu on a pc/notebook/netbook:
>
>
> http://www.jasons.org/2008/09/02/howto-verizon-um175-usb-evdo-card-under-ubuntu-hardy/
>
>
> 1. See email on this list from dufkaf at seznam.cz dated 10/24/2007
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
>
> John Holmblad
>
>
>
> Acadia Secure Networks, LLC
>
>
>
>
> Vagabond_Aero wrote:
>
>> I am a new (~30 hours) owner of a N810 that I like very much.  One of the
>> uses I hoped to do with this is connect with my wireless Verizon broadband
>> modem (UM175) and get access when I am outside my wifi zones, like I
>> currently do with my linux laptop.  Since wvdial does not exist in /usr/bin,
>> it looks like I may have to attempt to build it myself.  Before I head down
>> that path, has anyone else set up a connection with these types of modems?
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