[ubuntu-za] Creating a stir

[Gustav H Meyer]

Hi William,

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:04 PM, William Walter Kinghorn <williamk at dut.ac.za
> wrote:

> For the HUWAI E220 USB modem, try this, first put modem in usb slot, wait a
> min or so
>

The problem is not getting connected. In fact we got connected within
seconds after connecting the modem at my house. The problem is the
connectivity at my friends house which is worse than bad. The modem jumps
back and forth between GPRS, 3G and HSDPA (light going between green, light
blue and darker blue) making it totally and utterly unworkable. #FAIL

On Kubuntu (and sadly even Windows which leaves the perception with the user
that Linux is not ready for the desktop) there is a dropdown option to set
the Network Type to either Any, GPRS, GSM, Prefer GPRS or Prefer GSM.
Unfortunately this option does not exist on the GNOME version of Ubuntu
9.04. With the modem set at GPRS at least the signal is stable and workable
even if damn slow.

Fortunately this friend of mine found a workaround. Setting the modem to
GPRS Only while on Windows seems to set the sim card and when you then use
it on Ubuntu it stays on GPRS. Not ideal at all but it seems to work.

Regards,
Gustav
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