Hello everyone--first post here and looking forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship!
Now for the good stuff--I have a Satellite 6100 Pro (Linux Ubuntu 6.06.1 and Windows XP dual boot) 768 M Ram - 40 Gig hd -- Pent D processor. When I am on the road (truck driver) I boot into windows so I can connect to the internet using my T-Mobile GC89 braodband card which works like a champ almost everywhere I go. I was trying to go strictly linux OS pretty soon, but can't find a driver for this card for linux. Anyone out there have any how to's on this one? I called T-Mobile customer support and they adivse their driver does not support linux.
jerrynewt 0 Newbie Poster
John A 1,896 Vampirical Lurker Team Colleague
He's right. There aren't any drivers out for the GC89.
You can manually do it with AT commands, although it's quite complex and I hardly understand any of it myself. Here's some links I encountered on how to do this with your card (and similar chipsets):
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-networking/48900-linux-gprs-gsm-wireless-cards.html?highlight=gc83
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-246623-highlight-gc83.html
http://www.epanorama.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=14923&
Good luck.
jerrynewt 0 Newbie Poster
Thanks for the quick reply--the sites you suggested were very interesting and I will be using them--probably the last one listed, and see if I can get this thing off the ground. Thanks again and I will let you know if I get it up and running.
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