Monday, November 09, 2009

Computerworld Article about Computerbank and our use of Ubuntu

Nice little write up about Computerbank and our use of Ubuntu in Computerworld - 'the voice of IT management' - online news. The interview that was conducted last Friday.

For details see http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/325438/computerbank_installs_ubuntu_recycled_pcs

Enjoy!

Saturday, November 07, 2009

More 3G USB Modem Fun!

This time another vodafone modem - K3520 - white. Worked with network manager (ppa 0.7.1) but on disconnect freezes the computer. Reliably. One of our clients had to come back to have this issue resolved. Twice. :(

Works best in Vodafone Mobile Connect Utility. APN vfprepaymbb, we had username web and password web. Also had to put in DNS: 192.189.54.33, 210.80.58.3.

The Vodafone utility has usage meters, but as Barry advised, it counts everything, including the free areas. Probably a good thing really as it will give an over estimate of data used.