Re: cellular usb modem for pelephone

From: Matan Ziv-Av (matan_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Wed 16 Jun 2004 - 11:47:45 IDT


On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:

> I want to be able to connect to the internet from my laptop when away
> from home/office . It seems that this is best done using a cellular
> modem.
>
> Newer phones seem to offer faster connection (around 64kbps), but only
> through some USB interface. I couldn't figure from the tech support
> guy I was talking to whether or not it can work with Linux.

If Pelephone is not a must, Siemens S45 (GSM) has a serial connection,
and can be used as a GPRS modedm either with the serial or with IRDA.

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Matan Ziv-Av.                         matan_at_svgalib.org
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