I've clean installed over a friend's win98 with Mint 7 (disc from lab a year? or so ago).
My Optus modem prompted the wizard and now always works fine,ok speed, and I updated Mint with 300 new files etc.
But my friend's new Telstra Turbo modem,[Sierra brand] although it shows a blue light flashing, doesn't get the wizard connection process started, and there's just NO sign on Mint that it's plugged in.
Am now searching for commandline solution (not familiar territory, but no other ideas.)
If I can get it to work, it will increase the number of people I know who use linux to 1;
and if I can't ,I think my friend will go bald really quickly.

Hi widda, I saw this thread from aus9, it may help you ...

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...em-u6t-750992/

At least you know the hardware is working.

regards Glenn

SomethingShows!Bus 001 Device 007: ID 1199:68a3 Sierra Wireless, Inc., in response to ls usb when turbo modem connected.but still no sign of it on gui.
I hope this is fuel for passing knowledgable ones enough to suggest another step

Have driver in tarfile now from manufacturer. Now I'm off to find out how to unpack the thing

Mint7 Telstra Turbo Modem Progress Report, of a sort.
Modem now appears on the desktop for the first time, although only as "network server" icon, opening to a "windows network" icon, containing 0 kilobytes.
My friend still has most of his hair, and I'm taking a day off.

The icon appeared next boot after sccessful install of tarfile