Comments on: Reassessing mobile broadband options for the Eee PC http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/08/reassessing_mobile_broadband_options_for_the_eee_pc/ tips and downloads to help you at work and play Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:11:13 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Liam Green-Hughes http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/08/reassessing_mobile_broadband_options_for_the_eee_pc/comment-page-1/#comment-12410 Liam Green-Hughes Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:39:10 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/08/22/reassessing_mobile_broadband_options_for_the_eee_pc.html#comment-12410 Hi Leelu, I was lent an E160G by 3 not so long ago to see how compatible it is with Linux. I wrote about it here: http://www.greenhughes.com/content/e160g-works-ubuntu-and-easy-peasy. What I would recommendthat you do is to replace the Xandros Linux operating system supplied on the EEE with "Easy Peasy", which is based on Ubuntu and available at: http://www.geteasypeasy.com/. This is much less scary than it sounds! Once you do this you will be able to plug the E160G in and you will be asked what provider you are with then it will work! You will also be able to do much more with your machine this way too as Easy Peasy and Ubuntu are much better than the Xandros supplied. Hi Leelu, I was lent an E160G by 3 not so long ago to see how compatible it is with Linux. I wrote about it here: http://www.greenhughes.com/content/e160g-works-ubuntu-and-easy-peasy. What I would recommendthat you do is to replace the Xandros Linux operating system supplied on the EEE with “Easy Peasy”, which is based on Ubuntu and available at: http://www.geteasypeasy.com/. This is much less scary than it sounds! Once you do this you will be able to plug the E160G in and you will be asked what provider you are with then it will work! You will also be able to do much more with your machine this way too as Easy Peasy and Ubuntu are much better than the Xandros supplied.

]]> By: Leelu http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/08/reassessing_mobile_broadband_options_for_the_eee_pc/comment-page-1/#comment-12102 Leelu Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:54:11 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/08/22/reassessing_mobile_broadband_options_for_the_eee_pc.html#comment-12102 Sorry, should have said, after being assured by 3 that it would all work BEFORE I bought it, I have now rung 3 support only to be told after much 'please hold'ing that basically its my problem, they won't let me cancel the plan, and I should find a computer technician to sort it all out. Great. Sorry, should have said, after being assured by 3 that it would all work BEFORE I bought it, I have now rung 3 support only to be told after much ‘please hold’ing that basically its my problem, they won’t let me cancel the plan, and I should find a computer technician to sort it all out. Great.

]]> By: Leelu http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/08/reassessing_mobile_broadband_options_for_the_eee_pc/comment-page-1/#comment-12101 Leelu Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:52:06 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/08/22/reassessing_mobile_broadband_options_for_the_eee_pc.html#comment-12101 Oh gods. Look, I have spent hours and hours on the internet (not on my eeePC, obviously) looking for how to make my new 3 mobile broadband stick (HUAWEI E160) (2GB plan) work with my EeePC 701SD (bought earlier this year), with a Linux system - although buggered if I can figure out which version. Could someone please recommend - with solid reasoning - either exactly how to make the bloody thing work, or if I should get one of these WiFi routers, or if I should just give in and buy Windows - which I don't want to do. I am a techno-gumby, so please explain in very small words, preferable of only one syllable. Oh gods. Look, I have spent hours and hours on the internet (not on my eeePC, obviously) looking for how to make my new 3 mobile broadband stick (HUAWEI E160) (2GB plan) work with my EeePC 701SD (bought earlier this year), with a Linux system – although buggered if I can figure out which version. Could someone please recommend – with solid reasoning – either exactly how to make the bloody thing work, or if I should get one of these WiFi routers, or if I should just give in and buy Windows – which I don’t want to do. I am a techno-gumby, so please explain in very small words, preferable of only one syllable.

]]> By: Liam Green-Hughes http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/08/reassessing_mobile_broadband_options_for_the_eee_pc/comment-page-1/#comment-2726 Liam Green-Hughes Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:56:43 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/08/22/reassessing_mobile_broadband_options_for_the_eee_pc.html#comment-2726 <p>I guess it was a "tad fiddly"! I've had a go at making it easier by packaging up the files needed and getting everything to install automatically. Have a look at: http://www.greenhughes.com/content/huawei-e169g-easy-way and hopefully that should make it much easier to use the E169G on the EEE. </p> I guess it was a “tad fiddly”! I’ve had a go at making it easier by packaging up the files needed and getting everything to install automatically. Have a look at: http://www.greenhughes.com/content/huawei-e169g-easy-way and hopefully that should make it much easier to use the E169G on the EEE.

]]> By: Sam http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/08/reassessing_mobile_broadband_options_for_the_eee_pc/comment-page-1/#comment-2725 Sam Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:15:55 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/08/22/reassessing_mobile_broadband_options_for_the_eee_pc.html#comment-2725 <p>I recently bought an Eee 1000H and I'm using Bluetooth PAN in conjunction with my phone.</p> <p>This has two advantages, firstly there is nothing to plug into the Eee at all, it's totally wireless and the phone can stay in my pocket.</p> <p>The second and bigger advantage is that I don't have to pay for two separate SIMs/data plans in order to have Internet on both my phone and my laptop. One plan, one low payment (I'm on 3) and one shared data allowance.</p> I recently bought an Eee 1000H and I’m using Bluetooth PAN in conjunction with my phone.

This has two advantages, firstly there is nothing to plug into the Eee at all, it’s totally wireless and the phone can stay in my pocket.

The second and bigger advantage is that I don’t have to pay for two separate SIMs/data plans in order to have Internet on both my phone and my laptop. One plan, one low payment (I’m on 3) and one shared data allowance.

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