ZTE phones as modems on Beaver - anyone try that?

[Bret Busby]

On 17/12/2021, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 16/12/2021, Mike Marchywka <marchywka at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm trying to get a consumers' cellular phone to act as a USB modem on
>> a laptop running Ubuntu Bionic Beaver.  The drivers on the phone did not
>> install correctly and they are labelled for earlier versions.
>> There is confusing stuff on places like stackexchange.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> What is the beaver thing, and, do the cellphone and the computer, not have
> wifi?
>
> Using a wifi cellphone as a wifi hotspot, for use as a 4G modem,
> should be simple.
>
> I switch between 4G wifi modems, and, a 4G cellphone as a wifi hotspot
> (I can switch easily between carriers, by doing this), without any
> problems.
>

Oh, and, the ease of connecting, and of switching, applies to
UbuntuMATE  16.04, 20.10, and, 21.04.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
..............