Verizon EVDO 5750 Broadband Card

[max bianco]

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Matt Domsch <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?

Thanks,

Max
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