USB wireless modems for Inet access.
 

I'd like to use one of the popular USB wireless modems for Internet access. If Linux supports this, I assume that the required driver is in the kernel, and that connection would be automatic. Has anyone had experience with this?

Let me know if you get an answer. I've been trying for a couple weeks to get a USB adapter to connect from Lucid Lynx to the net through a D-Link DIR-628 router. D-Link says turn off WEP / WPA and wireless security. YIKES!

Got this from another forum. Not sure whether they're talking about a modem/router or the little sticks that you plug into a USB port. Will add more as I investigate:

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum....cfm?t=1510636

Tekra

My US Robotics USB 5637 works well with the Linux kernel since way back when. It is /dev/ttyACM0. Plug it in, boot up and direct your dialer to search for a device, or set your dialer to that device and your on-line bitchin'.

OK, time to clarify. I'm referring specifically to the little plastic sticks a bit bigger than a memory stick. I've now purchased one, but not activated it. It has a SIM card, so I guess it's essentially a mobile phone minus screen, keyboard, mic and speaker, and with a USB interface instead. When plugged in, it registers as a Huawei storage device. This guy knows what he's talking about:

http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/

Suggest anyone else interested read it and give it a go. I'll try installing the modeswitch utility on my PCLinuxOS 2009 distro.

We used one of those while in Tanzania. IT was through Vodacom / Vodaphone. Ours would switch automatically between the three types of cell network and we could get up to 100+ mbps with the thing. The problem we had was Tanzania's cell phone network, while extensive, was not very reliable. Plus, everyone and his brother had one or two phones, so traffic was always heavy.