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mobile-broadband-provider-info package

mobile broadband connectivity

Asked by chris copper

I cannot connect my mobile broadband to ubuntu 10.04, as it is being recognised as a memory stick instead of a mobile broadband dongle.

I have tried the set up wizard, and it does not work.

How do i get my mobile broadband to be recognised as a dongle instead of a memory stick ??

thanks.

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Bhavani Shankar Edit question
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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#1

hello chris

which network are you using to connect?

regards

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chris copper (chriscopper1) said : 		#2

hello,

it is a uk dongle with Orange, the dongle is a 515m. It has a seperate micro sd in the dongle so when the dongle is inserted it sees it as a memory stick, not as a mobile broadband dongle.

many thanks

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#3

Sorry for late reply

Can you please test out the new deb here

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mobile-broadband-provider-info/20100804-1/+build/1917694/+files/mobile-broadband-provider-info_20100804-1_all.deb

and check if it works

regards

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chris copper (chriscopper1) said : 		#4

Hello,

I cannot open your link, so can't read it

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#5

Please open a terminal and copy from here and paste to the terminal the row below:

wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mobile-broadband-provider-info/20100804-1/+build/1917694/+files/mobile-broadband-provider-info_20100804-1_all.deb

Then still using terminal install the deb package:

gksudo gdebi mobile-broadband-provider-info_20100804-1_all.deb

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chris copper (chriscopper1) said : 		#6

I am currently using windows 7 and still can't open it. I cannot open it on my linux machine because I cannot connect to the internet on it

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#7

hmm okay! click on the link there download the deb using windows copy it on a thumb drive and insert the thumb drive in your ubuntu system and double click on that deb file

that should install the deb

regards

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#8

please download the file from another pc it may be also a win pc and then copy it on a external device usb memory stick or cd and then copy it to your Ubuntu pc and then install it...

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chris copper (chriscopper1) said : 		#9

Thanks marcobra (Marco Braida), that solved my question.