Verizon EVDO 5750 Broadband Card

[max bianco]

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch at dell.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 10:34:17AM -0500, max bianco wrote:
> >    On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Matt Domsch <[1]Matt_Domsch at dell.com
> >
> >    wrote:
> >
> >      On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 01:09:09PM -0500, max bianco wrote:
> >      >    I originally started this under the Archive Search thread but
> i
> >      wanted to
> >      >    put in an appropriate subject line.
> >      >    I was having trouble getting the Verizon EVDO 5750 Broadband
> Card
> >      to work.
> >      >    There are several how to's out there but some are, of course,
> >      different
> >      >    from others. The one that set me sailing was :
> >      >
> >      >    [1]http://www.linux.com/feature/52729
> >
> >      This is no longer the recommended procedure.  You really want to
> not
> >      use usbserial driver, but instead the sierra driver (in your case,
> or
> >      option driver for GSM cards), to get 3G performance out of your
> card.
> >
> >      NetworkManager 0.7.0 (in rawhide), plus latest hal and hal-info
> >      packages, should "just work".  You get an entry for your CDMA modem
> in
> >      the NetworkManager applet. Select that, and it auto-connects and
> >      you're good to go.   If you find it doesn't "just work", let the
> hal
> >      developers know.
> >
> >      I just added a Dell / Verizon modem to the hal list last week, so
> it
> >      now "just works" too.
> >
> >      Thanks,
> >      Matt
> >
> >    What do you mean by 3G performance? I thought 3G was wireless network
> >    standard. Do you mean it would be faster or more reliable?or both?
>
> faster.  usbserial max speed is 115kbps, while the Verizon card I had
> last week I was getting 1150kbps (~10x the speed) down, ~450kbps up.
>
>
I see. Thanks for the advice. As soon as the user gets back in town I will
reconfig the hardware and see how it goes.

Thanks,

Max
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