Linux Support for Wireless Laptop Internet? 243
scubacuda asks: "I'm looking for a good "all you can eat" cellular data plan for my laptop. So far, I've looked into T-mobile, Earthlink, and Verizon's wireless Internet options. Any suggestions on price, availability, and speed? The real kicker for me is Linux support, which, I've been told by all three companies, is NOT available. (Any and all hacks would be greatly appreciated!)" This particular market is still in a great degree of flux, especially with landscape-changing deals like the AT&T/Cingular merger going on in the background and issue of going for cellular or WiFi connectivity service. Are there any wireless carriers that you've been able to get working on a Linux laptop? If so, what did you have to do to attain your wireless laptop nirvana?
Boo. (Score:3, Insightful)
Difference between support and works with (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Boo. (Score:2, Insightful)
Support is worthless anyway (Score:4, Insightful)
The last Verizon tech I talked to didn't know what dhcp was. There's no way these people could deal with something as varied *nix, and frankly you don't want them to. If the hardware works and the protocols are supported you're good to go. If you have a problem reboot the modem. You won't get much else in the way of useful information of the support staff anyway, even if you are running windows.
For GPRS it usually works (Score:4, Insightful)
The best I have seen from this are motorolla phones with miniUsb connector. They have simple and proper support for usb modem.
Those software packages and fancy config dialogs - screw them. provider can't avoid infrastructure standards, so - use them.
Re:Support!! (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:I got it to work with my Xbox and Debian (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Difference between support and works with (Score:2, Insightful)