[maemo-users] Nokia netbook

[From: Matan Ziv-Av]

On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, Gary wrote:

> Matan Ziv-Av wrote:
>> Almost all GPRS/UMTS/HSPA modems appear to
>> the CPU as a serial device and need standard AT commands for connection
>> management.
>
> Oh yeah -- I forgot about that. There's a way to use those modems with
> OS X that involve some configuration of PPP. Is that the same way a
> connection is initiated under Linux?

Yes. Exactly like an analog modem - a few AT commands for establishing 
the connection and then PPP.

Again, that is how most chipsets work. I know of one counterexample, but 
there may be other.


-- 
Matan.